Xativa Tomiki Aikido - Tomiki Aikido Roots

Professor Kenji Tomiki (1900 - 1979)
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	1900 Born Kakunodate, Akita prefecture 1914 Entered Yokote Junior High School 1919 Received 1st Dan in Judo 1922 Entered preparatory course at Waseda University and joined the judo club 1926 Met Morihei Ueshiba 1927 Attained 5th dan in Judo Married Shigeko Naba (who died from an illness in 1942) 1929 Entered a judo match held in the presence of the emperor 1931 Started to teach at Kakunodate junior high school Met Hideo Oba 1936 Left Japan for Daido Gakuin in Manchuria 1938 Assistant professor at Kenkoku University in Manchuria 1940 Received 8th dan in Aikido from Morihei Ueshiba 1941 Professor at Kenkoku University in Manchuria 1943 Marriage to Fusae Yanagi 1945 Interned in Siberia 1948 Returned to Japan 1949 Part-time teacher at Waseda University Full-time secretary of Kodokan 1951 Full-time teacher at Waseda University Shihan of the Waseda Judo Club 1953 Visited the United States as a member of a judo mission 1954 Became a professor at Waseda University 1958 Set up an Aikido club at Waseda University 1969 Received 8th dan in judo 1970 Retired from Waseda University The First All Japan Student Aikido Tournament 1974 Established the Japan Aikido Association and became the first chairman of the JAA 1975 Became the vice chairman of Nihon Budo Gakkai 1979 Passed away due to colon cancer
Jigoro Kano (1860-1938)		Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969)
Ichiro Hatta (1906-1983)		Hideo Oba (1910-1986)
Hideo Yamamoto (1911-1991)		Fusae Tomiki (1913-2001)
Den Nagamitsu (1913-1975)		Masayoshi Wazaki (1916- )
Yoshimi Osawa (1926- )		Masaharu Uchiyama (1923-2006)
Shouji Tsunoda (1927- )		Senta Yamada (1924- )
Hirokazu Kobayashi (1929-1998)		Tsunako Miyake (1926- )

THE CONCEPT OF LOVE IN AIKIDO

In seeking the Truth, both master and disciple must be modest in their Heart and also must love the Truth.

The Way starts from the original precepts set down by the founder and reaches the final goal through the achievement of the successors.

To treat those achievements of the founder as the base and go beyond it:

this is Creation.

To improve upon the achievements of the master and take them to a higher level by disciple's successive works though master's works sometimes being succeeded or denied:

this is Advancement.

Mutual Respect and Love exist here. To respect master and love disciple is no doubt to respect Love and Truth.

KENJI TOMIKI

(Translated by Mr Itsuo Haba)