List of aikidoka

This is a list of famous and well-known aikido practitioners (aikidoka) sorted by area of primary residence.

In Japanese, the suffix ka (家?) may be added to the name of an activity to describe a practitioner, especially a serious or professional one. Aikido practitioners may thus be called aikidōka, analogous to karateka or judōka. In part because the ka suffix may suggest a certain (high) level of dedication, English-speakers sometimes use more generic terms like "aikidoist" or "aikido student" as well.^[1]

For a list of direct students of Morihei Ueshiba please see his legacy.

Japan

The Ueshiba family

Morihei Ueshiba - founder of Aikido, often referred to as Ōsensei.
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Moriteru Ueshiba

Other Japanese aikidoka

Australia

Europe

North America

South East Asia

South America

Literature

Pranin, Stanley A, ed. Aikido masters: prewar students of Morihei Ueshiba. Tokyo: Aiki News. 1993. ISBN 4-900586-14-5 This volume contains 14 in-depth interviews with direct participants in the early days of Aikido publisher
Stone, John and Meyer, Ron (eds.) Aikido in America North Atlantic Books 1995. ISBN 1883319277 Interviews limited to 13 aikidoists in the United States from 1990 to 1994; not meant to be comprehensive, Japanese teachers not covered. Editors were primarily interested in how Americans have responded to, changed, and expanded Aikido in the United States.

References

^ Westbrook, Adele (1970). Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company. pp. 16–96. ISBN 978-0804800044. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[ADS-1] Westbrook, Adele (1970). Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company. pp. 16–96. ISBN 978-0804800044. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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