Koichi Tohei
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Koichi Tohei was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido, but commonly known as Ki-Aikido.
Tohei demonstrating Aikido with Jon Takagi at Arizona State University in 1974.
Aikido
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Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Aikikai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, and Ki Aikido.
Koichi Tohei
…Koichi Tohei (藤平光一, Tōhei Kōichi) (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Koichi Tohei was born 1920 in…
A version of the "four-direction throw" (shihōnage) with standing attacker (Uke) and seated defender (Tori)
Ueshiba in Tokyo in 1939
Takeda Sōkaku
Onisaburo Deguchi