TARZANA AIKIKAI is affiliated with
the United States Aikido Federation (USAF), under the
direction and support of Y.
Yamada Shihan and Aikido Hombu Dojo,
Tokyo, Japan.
Instructors Rob Hyatt and Nancy Supanich are students of Yamada Shihan and the late Kanai
Shihan, both of whom are direct students
of O'Sensei.
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O-Sensei
Aiki
is not a technique to fight with or defeat the
enemy. It is the Way to reconcile the world, and make
human beings one family.
Founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba
(1883-1969)
Morihei Ueshiba created Aikido during
the 1920s. Known
throughout the world as O- Sensei, or "Great Teacher",
Ueshiba was an extraordinary martial artist who reached the
highest level of mastery in the classical Japanese martial
arts. As a young man he mastered Ken-jitsu (sword
techniques), So-jitsu (spear techniques) and Ju-jitsu
(unarmed body techniques), and became one of the most
renowned martial artists of his day.
A deeply spiritual man, O-Sensei transmuted his technical
mastery of traditional martial arts into a new martial art. He
called Aikido the Art of Peace
and maintained that Budo or
"Martial Way" is a work of love, a path to overcome discord in
ourselves and bring peace to the world.
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Mitsunari Kanai Shihan, 8th dan, New England
Aikikai
(1939-2004)
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Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan, 8th dan, New
York Aikikai, is
Chairman of the Board of the United States Aikido
Federation.
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