Morihei Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba

male, deceased (1969)
Morihei Ueshiba was a famous martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as, meaning "founder", or...
Kisshomaru Ueshiba

Kisshomaru Ueshiba

male, deceased (1999)
Kisshomaru Ueshiba was the son of the founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido, and became the international leader of aikido after his...
Morihiro Saito

Morihiro Saito

male, deceased (2002)
Morihiro Saito was an aikido teacher with many students around the world. He began his aikido training under the founder of aikido, Morihei...
Koichi Tohei

Koichi Tohei

male, 89 years old
(born January 1920) is a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally...
Gozo Shioda

Gozo Shioda

male, deceased (1994)
Gōzō Shioda, was a Japanese aikido teacher and the founder of the Yoshinkan style of aikido. Shioda was a student of judo while young, and after be...
Moriteru Ueshiba

Moriteru Ueshiba

male, 58 years old
Moriteru Ueshiba is the third and current "dōshu" of the Aikikai. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and assumed the title of "dōshu" on January 4, 19...
Minoru Mochizuki

Minoru Mochizuki

male, deceased (2003)
Minoru Mochizuki was a Japanese martial artist who founded Yoseikan Budo. He held the ranks 10th dan, aikido (International Martial Arts...
Shoji Nishio

Shoji Nishio

male, deceased (2005)
a noted aikidoka, was born in Aomori Prefecture of Japan in 1927. He joined Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1951 and began to teach around 1955. Before...
Nobuyoshi Tamura

Nobuyoshi Tamura

male, 76 years old
Nobuyoshi Tamura was born on 1933-03-02 in Osaka, Japan. His father was a kendo teacher. Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo around 1953 as an...
Mitsugi Saotome

Mitsugi Saotome

male, 72 years old
(born March 7, 1937) is a Japanese aikido teacher currently living in the United States. Mitsugi Saotome is a master in the martial art of aikido...