Yoshihiko Hirata

Japan

Description

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.

Teachers (1)

  • Koichi Tohei
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    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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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 history info

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Sources

“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 history info

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