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Ueshiba Morihei O-Sensei, the Aikido Founder (1883-1969)T.K. Chiba Shihan, student of O-Sensei and the Founder of BirankaiTenzan (Fumio) Toyoda Shihan, the Founder of Shinjinkan Dojo (1947-2001). Photo taken at Chozen-ji temple, Hawaii by M. Moore. Toyoda Sensei as a young man demonstrating with Ueshiba Kisshomaru, the second Aikido Doshu (1921-1999)Toyoda Sensei (right) ca. 1970 at Hombu Dojo, Tokyo; with N. Ichihashi Sensei and Christian Tissier Sensei.Photo from the 10th dan celebration party for Koichi Tohei Sensei, October 16, 1970. A young Toyoda Sensei imay be seen second from the left.Toyoda Sensei in 1977 at his first dojo in the United States, Evanston, Illinois: misogi training.Toyoda Sensei with early American students.Toyoda Sensei i1991 portrait; photo by M. MooreToyoda Sensei 1997 portrait; photo by M. MooreToyoda Sensei, Moore Sensei and Japanese supporters with the second Aiki Doshu; at the party celebrating Doshu's Zui Hosho medal from the Japanese government, 1995.Toyoda Sensei demonstrating; uke M. MooreToyoda Sensei demonstrating, 1988; uke M. MooreToyoda Sensei demonstrating, 1999; uke M. MooreToyoda Sensei and Moore Sensei teaching, Outdoor Training RetreatToyoda Sensei in California; uke M. MooreToyoda Sensei and Moore Sensei, Aikido Instructors Seminar in ChicagoToyoda Sensei shortly before his death in 2001, at the grand opening of his new headquarters dojo in Palatine, Illinois (sold after his death by the Toyoda family)The original Shinjinkan Dojo in downtown Chicago, IllinoisThe new Shinjinkan Dojo, Chicago, Illinois; the headquarters of ShinjinkaiShinjinkan Dojo viewShinjinkan Dojo viewMeido Moore Sensei, Shinjinkai DirectorMoore Sensei teaching, Lake MichiganMoore Sensei in Dabrowno, Poland; uke Tomasz Krzyzanowski SenseiMoore Sensei demonstrating, Chicago; uke Matthew LittleMoore Sensei with the first Shinjinkai Shugyosei Program participants, 2006Shinjinkai Aikido classSome of Shinjinkai's female Aikido studentsShinjinkai youth Aikido class
Shinbukan Headmaster Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei demonstrating IaijutsuKuroda Sensei demonstrating Kenjutsu with his sonKuroda Sensei and students in Texas: the AlamoChicago Shinbukan members with Kuroda Sensei in TexasKuroda Sensei instructing jujutsu in CaliforniaShinbukan training in Chicago
Niina Toyoaki Gyokudo, headmaster of Meishi-ha Mugai Ryu IaihyodoTony Alvarez Sensei instructing at Shinjinkai in ChicagoRenfield Kuroda Sensei instructing at Senpokan Dojo in CaliforniaBrian Pettet, the Chicago Mugai Ryu study group leader, training at the Mugai Ryu Hombu Dojo in TokyoThe Tokyo Taikai, with participants from Japan, USA and around the world
Aikido, by Toyoda SenseiBushin, "Martial Gods", by Hosokawa Dogen Roshi. This scroll is displayed at the shomen of Shinjinkan Dojo.Ikkyoku shuchu,Takyoku bunsan: "Concentrate on a single point, spread out to many points. [To] Moore Sama, [signed] Toyoda Fumio". This was Toyoda Sensei's personal motto.Muichi-motsu chu mujin-zo: "Within the nothingness there are inexhaustible things. [signed] Tenzan Gensei [Fumio Toyoda]". One of only two pieces in existence signed by the late Toyoda Sensei using his Buddhist name.Enso (Zen circle) hanging on Shinjinkan's shomen. Calligraphy by the late Omori Sogen Roshi, famous Zen master, Jikishinkage Ryu swordsman, and calligrapher in the school of Yamaoka Tesshu.Shinjinkai, written by Hosokawa RoshiShinjinkan Dojo, written by Toyoda SenseiPainting of Daruma (Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen in China) by Yamaoka Tesshu, the famous Meiji-era swordsman, calligrapher and Zen master.Yu-u: "Brave, daring, courage". Calligraphy by Hosokawa Roshi
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