People of Aikido
Aikido: 10 documented people. Founder: Morihei Ueshiba. Also: grandmaster (2), master (1), notable figure (1).
Founder (6)
Gozo ShiodaFounder: Yoshinkan AikidoJapanese aikido master (1915–1994), founder of the Yoshinkan style, for eight years a student of Morihei Ueshiba and creator of the Senshusei training course for the Tokyo police.Kenji TomikiFounder: Tomiki AikidoJapanese judoka and aikidoka, one of the first students of Morihei Ueshiba, who introduced competition into aikido and in 1974 founded the Japan Aikido Association.Ljubomir VračarevićFounder: Real AikidoSerbian aikidoka (1947–2013), founder of the Real Aikido style, which combines aikido with jujutsu techniques for the army and VIP protection.Minoru MochizukiFounder: Yoseikan AikidoJapanese master, a student of Jigoro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the Yoseikan dojo and, according to sources, the first to teach aikido in the West.Morihei UeshibaFounder of aikido, a student of Takeda Sokaku in Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu, who in 1927 opened the Kobukan dojo in Tokyo, later the Aikikai Hombu Dojo.Morihiro SaitoFounder: Iwama RyuJapanese aikido teacher (1928–2002), a long-time student of Morihei Ueshiba in Iwama and keeper of the dojo there, who systematised weapons training in aiki-ken and aiki-jo.
Gozo Shioda
Ljubomir VračarevićGrandmaster (2)
Kisshomaru UeshibaSon of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and, from 1969 until his death, the second doshu of aikido, who unified the Aikikai syllabus and spread aikido around the world.Koichi ToheiJapanese aikido master with the 10th dan, student of Morihei Ueshiba and chief instructor of Aikikai, who founded Ki no Kenkyukai and the style Shin Shin Toitsu aikido in 1971.
Steven Seagal