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Patricia Hendricks is an American aikido teacher and founder of Aikido of San Leandro. She is also the head of division one (the Iwama division) of the California Aikido Association and is the first "menkyo-kaiden" in Saito's system of aiki-ken and aiki-jo. [1] As a 7th Dan Shihan, she is one of the highest and most noted aikido instructors in ...
William Gleason (born 4 September 1943 [1]) is the American author of two books about aikido, spirituality and kototama. He holds the rank of 7th dan in aikido [2] and is the founder and head instructor of Shobu Aikido in Somerville, MA, USA. [3] Gleason teaches seminars worldwide.
Shōreikai 3-dan players who either win or finish runner-up in one of the two 3-dan league tournaments held each year are awarded the rank of 4-dan and granted professional status. Although there is no difference in the systems used for men and women amateurs, the JSA and the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan, or LPSA, do ...
In 1995, he was awarded 6th dan; it took many years for another Swede to receive the same rank. He was given 7th dan in 2006. When Hombu in 1998 granted Swedish aikido the right to give dan ranks without a Japanese shihan present, it can be assumed that Hermansson's name in the grading committee was an important factor.
Haku Michigami (Japan/France, 1912–2002), FFJDA (French Judo Federation) 9th dan, Kōdōkan 7th dan, sent in France by Tamio Kurihara (10th dan) in 1953. Teacher of Anton Geesink. Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Japan, 1925-2013), Kōdōkan 9th dan, was the «father» of Portuguese judo and one of the founders of the Portuguese Judo Federation.
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 .
Stefan Stenudd (born 1954 in Stockholm) is one of the most prominent aikido teachers in Sweden, and also active as writer, astrologist and freelance journalist. He holds 7th dan and is a Shihan in the aikido organisation Aikikai, a rank he acquired in 2003, and 4th dan in Shoji Nishios own iaido system, aikido toho.
After Training in Japan with the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, [6] from 1962-1964 Nadeau returned to Northern California and opened a series of martial art schools sharing space with first Professor Sig Kuferat and later Richard Bunch through whom he has had on-going contact with several notable Ju-Jitsu schools [7] and which eventually ...