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Japanese aikido teacher (4-dan) and violin teacher in Seattle, trained by
Koichi Tohei. He started a club in 1969 and reorganised it as the Seattle Ki
Society in 1974.
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Koichi Tohei
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“Hirata was from Japan, and although he was ranked 4-dan in aikido, he made his
living as a violin teacher. He had trained directly under Tohei, and so when
Tohei visited the US in 1973, he made a trip to Seattle to see Hirata.”
— Svinth, Joseph R.. (2001-11). Aikido: Seattle
Aikijujutsu Pioneer Bernie Lau. Journal of Combative Sportlink
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“The next yudansha to teach aikido in Seattle was Yoshihiko Hirata, a
Tohei-trained 4-dan who started a club in late 1969.”
— Svinth, Joseph R.. (2001-11). Aikido: Seattle
Aikijujutsu Pioneer Bernie Lau. Journal of Combative Sportlink
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Yoshihiko Hirata. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C5JZZGBR274Z5DR8GBKBXR - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6C5JZZGBR274Z5DR8GBKBXR, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Yoshihiko Hirata}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6C5JZZGBR274Z5DR8GBKBXR}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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