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[edit] International Yoshinkai Aikido Federation (IYAF)

Main Website: http://www.yoshinkan-aikido.org

Established in 1990 by Gozo Shioda sensei.

Currently headed by Kyouichi Inoue kancho, 9th dan.

The Yoshinkan was founded in 1955 by first Kancho Gozo Shioda.

The Yoshinkan 'House for Cultivating the Spirit' was founded after World War Two. This style of aikido is occasionally called the hard style because the training methods are a product of the gruelling period Soke Gozo Shioda spent as a student of O'Sensei. Yoshinkan Aikido has some 150 basic techniques which are practiced repeatedly, these enable the student to master the remaining ones, which total some 3000 overall.

Yoshinkan Aikido is not a sport. Aikido is the development and strengthening of the body and mind, and the practical side of Aikido must never be forgotten. However, Aikido is for all, irrespective of age, sex, race or culture.

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