Ueshiba Morihei Osensei: The founder and the father of modern Aikido Osensei Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei?, December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido. He is often referred to as “the founder” Kaiso (開祖?) or Ōsensei...
Osensei supervising an Aikido class at his Iwama Dojo A rare glimpse on how was training during the early days of Aikido at Osensei’s Iwama Dojo Iwama Dojo 1960s: In this Aikido video Saito Sensei teaches a class in the Iwama dojo under the supervision of Morihei Ueshiba Osensei the founder of modern Aikido....
Koichi Kashiwaya Sensei Kashiwaya Sensei of the Ki Society Kashiwaya Sensei is one of the very few full-time Aikido professionals in the United States and travels extensively and frequently, teaching on behalf of Ki Society HQ, for his MKF dojo, and occasional seminars for other groups throughout the world. A...
Born 1947 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Became a live-in student at the Yoshinkan Aikido Honbu Dojo under Soke Gozo Shioda in 1968, where he remained until 1987 and held the position of Dojocho (Chief Instructor) from the age of 23. From 1978 until 1987 he was a part-time aikido instructor for the police...