Roy Y. Suenaka, the Glossary
Roy Yukio Suenaka (June 25, 1940 in Honolulu – February 8, 2020) was an American martial arts practitioner, author, and founder of the Wadokai Aikido.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Aikikai, Asthma, Honolulu, James Mitose, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, Kenjutsu, Kodokan Judo Institute, Koichi Tohei, Kyuzo Mifune, Martial arts, Morihei Ueshiba, Naha, Reiki, Seishiro Okazaki, Tachikawa Airfield, United States, United States Air Force.
- American aikidoka
Aikikai
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido.
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Asthma
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.
Honolulu
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.
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James Mitose
James Masayoshi Mitose (born Masayoshi Mitose, December 30, 1916 – March 26, 1981) was a Japanese American martial artist who brought the art of Kenpo to the United States starting in 1936.
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Judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.
Jujutsu
Jujutsu (柔術), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents.
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Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu).
Kenjutsu
is an umbrella term for all (ko-budō) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration.
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Kodokan Judo Institute
The, or Kōdōkan (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community.
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Koichi Tohei
(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.
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Kyuzo Mifune
has been categorized as one of the greatest exponents of the art of judo after the founder, Kanō Jigorō.
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.
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Morihei Ueshiba
was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido.
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Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
Reiki
Reiki (霊気) is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan.
Seishiro Okazaki
Seishiro "Henry" Okazaki; January 28, 1890 – July 12, 1951) was a Japanese healer, martial artist, and founder of Danzan Ryu jujitsu.
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Tachikawa Airfield
is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, in the western part of Tokyo, Japan.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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See also
American aikidoka
- Amos Lee Parker
- Andy Foster (sports commissioner)
- Benny Urquidez
- Bobby Lowe (karateka)
- Brian Gamble
- Dana Hee
- David Bradley (American actor)
- Frank Doran (aikido)
- Gaku Homma
- George Leonard
- Gerald Okamura
- Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka
- Harvey Konigsberg
- Henry Cejudo
- Hiroshi Ikeda (aikidoka)
- John Stevens (scholar)
- Jon Mamoru Takagi
- Joseph Jarman
- Karl Geis
- Kathy Long
- Ken and Miye Ota
- Kim Kahana
- Mitsugi Saotome
- Nick Diaz
- Nobuyoshi Higashi
- Pam Grier
- Patricia Hendricks
- Patrick Swayze
- Richard Strozzi-Heckler
- Robert Nadeau (aikidoka)
- Roderick Kobayashi
- Roy Y. Suenaka
- Stanley Pranin
- Steven Seagal
- Terry Dobson (aikidoka)
- Thomas H. Makiyama
- Trey Gunn
- Wael Abdelgawad
- William Gleason (aikidoka)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Y._Suenaka
Also known as Roy Suenaka, Wadokai Aikido.