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Nobuyoshi Higashi (born 1938) [1] is a Japanese American teacher of Tomiki Aikido, karate, and judo, and the founder of Kokushi-ryu jujutsu. [2] He is a 10th dan in jujutsu, 9th dan in judo, [3] 7th dan in aikido, and 7th dan in karate. [4] His style of aikido includes defenses against knives. [5]
Shihan, 7th dan Aikikai [citation needed] Masatomi Ikeda (池田 昌富, [ 1 ] いけだ まさとみ, Ikeda Masatomi ) (April 8, 1940 – June 21, 2021 [ 2 ] ) was a Japanese aikido teacher who held the rank of 7th dan Aikikai .
Aikido Ranking Other dan ranking Practice country Koji Yoshida [56] 7th Dan 6th Renshi in Musoshinden-ryu Iaido, 7th in Nishio-ryu Toho Iaido USA Ichiro Shishiya [57] 7th Dan 5th Dan Aikido Toho Iai Japan Kunio Yoshimoto [58] 7th Dan 5th Dan Iaido Paul Muller [59] 7th Dan 5th Dan Aikido Toho Iai France Philip Greenwood [60] 6th Dan 5th Dan ...
Yoshimitsu Yamada (山田嘉光; February 17, 1938 – January 15, 2023) was a Japanese-American aikido instructor. He was ranked eighth dan in the Aikikai. He was chief instructor at the dojo New York Aikikai, and president of the United States Aikido Federation (USAF).
Toshiro Suga at the International training of aikido in Lesneven, 2006. Toshirō Suga (born 22 August 1950) is a Japanese aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 7th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers included Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the martial art, [1] and Morihiro Saito. For many years, he taught military forces in Canada.
Steven Frederic Seagal (/ s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l / sig-AHL; born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician.A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan [2] where he became the first American to teach in an aikido dojo. [3]
Hiroshi Ikeda (池田 裕 Ikeda Hiroshi, born 1950) is a Japanese aikido teacher in the United States.He holds the rank of 7th dan from the Aikikai. [1] He is the most senior student of Mitsugi Saotome of Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (ASU).
In many martial arts, black belts are often worn for all dan grades. In others, different colors are used, with the highest grade (10th dan) sometimes wearing a red belt in some systems. In Jūdo, 6th to 8th dan may wear a red and white-patterned belt, and 9th dan and above may wear a solid red belt. Blue with a red stripe is sometimes worn for ...