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Thomas H. Makiyama (1928–2005), born in Hawaii, was an aikido teacher and founder of Keijutsukai Aikido and the Keijutsukai International Federation (Keijutsukai Kokusai Renmei), based in Tokyo.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Aikido, Black Belt (magazine), Budō, Cancer, Dan (rank), Gōjū-ryū, Gozo Shioda, Hawaii, Judo, Jujutsu, Karate, Keijutsukai, Shihan, Tokyo, United States, United States Army, Yokohama, Yoshinkan.

  2. American aikidoka

Aikido

Aikido (合気道, 合氣道) is a modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido.

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Black Belt (magazine)

Black Belt is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports.

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Budō

is a Japanese term describing modern Japanese martial arts.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Dan (rank)

The ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system.

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Gōjū-ryū

, Japanese for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawa styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the famous martial arts book used by Okinawan masters during the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bubishi. Gō, which means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear attacks; jū, which means soft, refers to open hand techniques and circular movements.

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Gozo Shioda

was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. Thomas H. Makiyama and Gozo Shioda are martial arts school founders.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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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.

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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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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Keijutsukai

is a martial arts system taught by the Keijutsukai Kokusai Renmei (Keijutsukai International Federation), an independent aikido federation based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shihan

is a Japanese term that is used in many Japanese martial arts as an honorific title for expert or senior instructors.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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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 Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Yokohama

is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.

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Yoshinkan

Yoshinkan (養神館 Yōshinkan lit. "Hall of Spirit Cultivation") Aikido is a style of aikido that developed after World War II in the Yoshinkan Dojo of Gozo Shioda (1915–1994).

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See also

American aikidoka

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H._Makiyama

Also known as Thomas Makiyama.