AikiWeb Aikido Forums - View Single Post

chris wright · 03-12-2010, 05:02 AM

[quote=Peter A Goldsbury;167741]Hello Ellis,

Everything went well, but Arikawa Sensei, like Yamaguchi Sensei before him, never used students as ukes. On his first visit he brought his own uke, a man named Niall. (I think this is the person you mean, Charles.)

Hi Sensei Goldsbury, Niall would have been - Niall Matthes, he trained for many years in Japan, and was a close friend of my Sensei Billy McAuley (Aikikai 3rd Dan).
Niall took shodan to Yondan under Aso Sensei and his 5th Dan under Arikawa Sensei.
I beleive Niall is back in Europe, unfortunately he no longer teaches traditional Aikido.

03-12-2010, 05:02 AM	#105
chris wright Dojo: White Rose Aikikai Location: South Yorkshire Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 30 Offline	Re: Dobson and Arikawa Sensei [quote=Peter A Goldsbury;167741]Hello Ellis, Everything went well, but Arikawa Sensei, like Yamaguchi Sensei before him, never used students as ukes. On his first visit he brought his own uke, a man named Niall. (I think this is the person you mean, Charles.) Hi Sensei Goldsbury, Niall would have been - Niall Matthes, he trained for many years in Japan, and was a close friend of my Sensei Billy McAuley (Aikikai 3rd Dan). Niall took shodan to Yondan under Aso Sensei and his 5th Dan under Arikawa Sensei. I beleive Niall is back in Europe, unfortunately he no longer teaches traditional Aikido.