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Orange County Aikikai

categoryDojo
calendar_month1964
location_onGarden Grove United States

Description

Aikido dojo in Garden Grove, California, founded by Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka in 1964 (first as the Westminster Aikido School, then moved to Garden Grove as the Orange County Aiki Kai). Ishisaka was its chief instructor until his death in 1978, and it was the first aikido school of Steven Seagal. The dojo was affiliated with the Ki Society International for a period before becoming independent. It hosts an annual Harry Ishisaka memorial seminar.

Also known as

Orange County Aiki Kai · OC Aikikai

Affiliations

  • corporate_fareKi Society
    1971 – 1977
    fact_check1 source expand_more
    “For a period the school was affiliated with the Ki Society International, and Ishisaka was an associate lecturer with this organization. Later Ishisaka became independent of the Ki Society.”
    — Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Locations (1)

  • location_onGarden Grove United States
    warning No sources cited

Founder

Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka

Instructors (2)

  • Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka
    Head instructor
    1964 – 1978
    Probable
    Probable
    One secondary source (Wikipedia) states he was chief instructor.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One secondary source (Wikipedia) states he was chief instructor.
    “Ishisaka was the chief instructor of Orange County Aikikai for the remainder of his life”
    — Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Koichi Tohei
    1964 – 1977

Trained here (2)

  • Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka
    sports_martial_artsAikidō Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia states Ishisaka trained in California under Koichi Tohei, was one of Tohei's students, and that Tohei supported him in founding the Orange County Aiki Kai
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under Koichi Tohei (1964 – 1977)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia states Ishisaka trained in California under Koichi Tohei, was one of Tohei's students, and that Tohei supported him in founding the Orange County Aiki Kai
    “trained in California under Koichi Tohei”
    — Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “Koichi Tohei supported Ishisaka in founding the Orange County Aiki Kai dojo”
    — Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Steven Seagal
    sports_martial_artsAikidō Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Aikido Journal and Wikipedia both identify Ishisaka as Seagal's first aikido teacher at the Orange County Aikikai
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    under Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka (1970 – 1974)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    3 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Aikido Journal and Wikipedia both identify Ishisaka as Seagal's first aikido teacher at the Orange County Aikikai
    “began practice of aikido in the late 1960s or early 1970's at the Orange County Aikikai in California under Harry ISHISAKA”
    — Josh Gold. (2011). Steven Seagal - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journallink history info
    “First aikido teacher of Steven SEAGAL”
    — Josh Gold. (2011). Harry Ishisaka 石坂ハリー - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journallink history info
    “Perhaps his best known pupil was Steven Seagal, who began studying under Ishisaka as a teenager in the mid-1960s”
    — Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    sports_martial_artsAikidō Probable
    Probable
    Aikido Journal records that Seagal received his 1st dan from Koichi Tohei in Orange County in the summer of 1974
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under Koichi Tohei (1974)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Aikido Journal records that Seagal received his 1st dan from Koichi Tohei in Orange County in the summer of 1974
    “Received 1st dan from Koichi TOHEI in Orange County in the summer of 1974”
    — Josh Gold. (2011). Steven Seagal - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journallink history info

Tags

aikido · dojo · usa · california

Sources

Wikipedia contributors. Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
Josh Gold. (2011). Harry Ishisaka 石坂ハリー - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journallink history info

Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Orange County Aikikai. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZVDNBGAWJC6PX08E16CV303 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01KZVDNBGAWJC6PX08E16CV303, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Orange County Aikikai}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KZVDNBGAWJC6PX08E16CV303}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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