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ISOYAMA HIROSHI Shihan (Master), 8th Dan, currently serves as Technical Councilor for the International Aikikai Foundation, Aikido World Headquarters and is the acting head of the Ibaraki Shibu Dojo in Iwama. He was formerly Chief of Defensive Tactics for the Japan Self Defense Force Academy, and also instructed the U.S. Army in self defense tactics. From the age of twelve, Isoyama Shihan lived next to, and was trained by the founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei O-sensei. Some of the students who trained alongside him were Saito Morihiro Shihan, Takeo Murata, Sakae Shimada (present Ibaraki Prefectural Federation chairman), and Sachio Yamane. He joined the Air Self-Defense Forces and was sent to Chitose in 1958. His first students were members of the American military police and eventually included members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force. He is one of the few people who closely followed O-Sensei during the development of modern Aikido.