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    Aikikai shidoin to New York 1975, est. Postwar uchideshi to France in 1961, est. Kendoka and adopted son of Founder Kiyoshi nakakura. Shihan, dojo-cho and assistant to 1935, est. Former boxer, Aikikai student and writer on aikido.

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    Aikikai shidoin to New York 1975, est. Postwar uchideshi to France in 1961, est. Kendoka and adopted son of Founder Kiyoshi nakakura. Shihan, dojo-cho and assistant to 1935, est. Former boxer, Aikikai student and writer on aikido.

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    Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba 1883-1969

    1920s
    Yoichiro Inoue
    1902-1994 Nephew of Founder, est. Shinei Taido

    1930s
    Kaoru Funahashi
    c1911-unknown Kobukan uchideshi from Omoto family

    1950s
    Seigo Yamaguchi
    1924-1996 Senior Aikikai shihan, active internationally

    1960s
    Mitsugi Saotome
    1937-

    Postwar uchideshi to USA 1975, est. Aikido Schools of Ueshiba

    Seikyo Asano
    1867-1945 Vice-admiral who introduced Founder to Takeshita

    Kenzo Futaki
    1873-1966 Famous epidemiologist known as Dr. Brown Rice

    Michio Hikitsuchi

    1923-2004 Kumano dojo-cho, awarded oral 10th dan in 1969

    Terry Dobson
    1937-1992 Early American shidoin at Aikikai and later author

    Isamu Takeshita
    1869-1949 Admiral and patron-student of Founder in Tokyo

    Shigemi Yonekawa
    1910-2005 Kobukan uchideshi, appears in Noma dojo photos

    Second Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba 1921-1999

    Shoji Nishio
    1927-2005 Aikikai 8th dan, active internationally

    Minoru Kurita
    1943Last postwar uchideshi, est. Aikido Seikikai

    Kenji Tomiki
    1900-1979 Waseda judoka and scholar, est. Tomiki Aikido

    Rinjiro Shirata
    1912-1993 Kobukan uchideshi and senior shihan in Yamagata

    Fukiko Sunadomari
    1914-2006 Naginata adept and Aikikai Fujin Bucho

    1940-2001 Aikikai shidoin, and later Aikikai Hombu shihan

    Norihiko Ichihashi *

    Kosaburo Gejo
    c1862-unknown Navy Commander and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu expert

    Takako Kunigoshi
    1911-c2000 Art student and illustrator of Budo Renshu

    Nobuyoshi Tamura
    1933-2010 Postwar Aikikai uchideshi to France in 1964

    Kenji Shimizu
    1940Aikikai shidoin, est. Tendokan Aikido

    Makoto Miura
    1875-unknown Major General and patron-student of Founder

    Kiyoshi Nakakura
    Famous kendoka and adopted son of Founder

    1910-2000

    Present Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba 1951-

    Seiseki Abe
    1915-2011 Master calligrapher, teacher and Osaka dojo-cho

    1938Aikikai shidoin to New York 1975, est. Shin Budo Kai

    Shizuo Imaizumi *

    Hisao Kamada
    1911-1986 Omoto believer and early Tokyo uchideshi

    Tsutomu Yukawa
    c1911-1942 Kobukan uchideshi and Osaka dojo-cho

    Masamichi Noro

    1940s
    Kisaburo Osawa
    1911-1991 Senior Aikikai shihan, dojo-cho and assistant to

    1935Postwar uchideshi to France in 1961, est. Kinomichi

    Seishiro Endo
    1942Aikikai shidoin, presently Aikikai Hombu shihan

    Hajime Iwata
    1909-2003 Early Tokyo uchideshi and Waseda law graduate

    Gozo Shioda
    1915-1994 Kobukan uchideshi, est. Yoshinkan Aikido

    Yoshio Kuroiwa
    1932-2010 Former boxer, Aikikai student and writer on aikido

    Morito Suganuma
    1942Aikikai shidoin to Fukuoka, Kyushu 1970

    Minoru Mochizuki
    1907-2003 Competitive judoka, est. Yoseikan Aikido

    Yoshio Sugino
    1904-1998 Early competitive judoka and Katori Shinto-ryu expert

    Kanshu Sunadomari
    1923-2010 Kobukan wartime uchideshi, est. Manseikan Aikido

    Masando Sasaki
    1929Aikikai Hombu shihan and Shinto priest

    Koretoshi Maruyama
    1936Aikikai shidoin, joined Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido

    Aritoshi Murashige
    1895-1964 Judoka who later taught in Burma and Belgium

    Zenzaburo Akazawa
    1919-2007 Kobukan uchideshi active in Omotos Budo Senyokai

    Tadashi Abe
    1926-1984 Wartime uchideshi in Iwama to France in 1952

    Masatake Fujita
    1937Aikikai shihan and General Affairs Director

    Takuma Hisa

    Morihiro Saito
    1928-2002 Postwar Iwama student and guardian of Aiki Shrine

    Katsuaki Asai
    1942Aikikai shidoin to Germany in 1965

    Seiichi Sugano
    Aikikai uchideshi to Australia 1965, then to Belgium and New York

    This chart presents the major disciples of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba during his teaching career which spanned the period of 1920 to 1969. Ueshiba rst began teaching Daito-ryu aikijujutsu in Ayabe in 1920, and then relocated to Tokyo in 1927. His art was known as Aiki Budo during the 1930s before the creation of modern aikido in postwar Iwama. The Founder made regular trips to the Kansai area including Osaka, his native Tanabe and Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture. Individuals are listed approximately in chronological order according to the decade of their rst instruction from the Founder. Those names denoted with an asterisk (*) rst started training at an earlier date before their main study under the Founder. Some of the persons listed were included primarily due to their prominent roles in the dissemination of aikido rather than duration of training under the Founder. Responsibility for this selection rests entirely with me. Feedback concerning any errors or omissions to this chart are welcome. The chart should be construed as an ongoing project. Stanley Pranin Editor, Aiki News/Aikido Journal February 2001

    NOTES

    1895-1979 Osaka Asahi News dojocho and later Daito-ryu

    1939-2010

    Kenji Tomita
    1897-1977 Osaka Police Chief and patron-student of Founder

    Hirokazu Kobayashi
    1929-1998 Osaka dojo-cho and disseminator of aikido in Europe

    Yasuo Kobayashi
    1936Postwar Aikikai uchideshi, est. Kobayashi Dojos

    Shuji Maruyama
    1940Aikikai uchideshi to USA 1966, est. Aikido Kokikai

    Bansen Tanaka
    1912-1988 Osaka prewar student, operated Aikikai dojo

    Sadateru Arikawa
    1930-2003 Senior Aikikai shihan and martial arts scholar

    Andre Nocquet
    1913-1999 French judoka trained at Aikikai 1955-1957

    Mitsunari Kanai
    1939-2004 Postwar uchideshi to Boston, USA 1966

    Shigenobu Okumura
    1922-2008 Began study in Manchuria, Aikikai senior shihan

    Hiroshi Isoyama
    Postwar Iwama deshi and Air Self-Defense Force instructor

    1937-

    Akira Tohei
    1929-1999 Aikikai shihan to Chicago, USA in 1972

    Nobuyuki Watanabe
    1930Postwar Aikikai uchideshi, presently Hombu shihan

    Koichi Tohei
    1920-2011 Aikikai Shihan Bucho, later est. Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido

    Hiroshi Tada
    1929Senior Aikikai shihan to Italy from 1964-1971

    Yoshimitsu Yamada
    1938Postwar Aikikai uchideshi to New York in 1964

    Yutaka Kurita
    1940Postwar Aikikai uchideshi to Mexico in 1979

    Saburo Wakuta
    1903-1989 Famous sumo wrestler known as Tenryu

    Seijuro Masuda
    1936Aikikai shidoin, presently Aikikai Hombu shihan

    Minoru Hirai
    1903-1998 Kobukan General Affairs Director, est. Korindo Aikido

    Kazuo Chiba
    1940Postwar uchideshi to UK 1965, now in San Diego,

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