Description

Hawaiian aikido teacher in Hilo. He began aikido under Koichi Tohei in 1955, served as Tohei's uke and as Morihei Ueshiba's translator during the 1961 Hawaii visit, and stayed with Tohei's Ki Society after 1974.

Teachers (1)

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  Koichi Tohei

  swordsAikidō Probable

  Probable

  Single source; his own account.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1955)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source; his own account.

  “Then one day in 1955 he attended a lecture given by the Japanese aikidoka Koichi Tohei. "I was impressed with what he had to say, and I signed up that same night," says Mr. Nonaka.”

  — Narimatsu, Curtis; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2001-01). Aikido: Hawaii Aikido Pioneer Takashi Nonaka. Journal of Combative Sport link history info

  “This caused much consternation in the international aikido community, but since Mr. Nonaka was a direct student of Tohei, it was not a problem for him: he stayed with Tohei Sensei.”

  — Narimatsu, Curtis; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2001-01). Aikido: Hawaii Aikido Pioneer Takashi Nonaka. Journal of Combative Sport link history info

Lineage

• Aikidō Koichi Tohei ← Ueshiba Morihei · 2 generations

Students (1)

• person
  Eric Nonaka

  swordsAikidō Probable

  Probable

  Single source; a family account.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1971)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source; a family account.

  “Until Eric earned his shodan, Mr. Nonaka left his training to other instructors, as parents are often too hard on their children. However, once Eric was graded, then Mr. Nonaka took charge of his training.”

  — Narimatsu, Curtis; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2001-01). Aikido: Hawaii Aikido Pioneer Takashi Nonaka. Journal of Combative Sport link history info

Sources