Kenji Tomiki

Kenji Tomiki
Born(1900-03-15)March 15, 1900
DiedDecember 25, 1979(1979-12-25) (aged 79)
Native name富木 謙治 Tomiki Kenji
NationalityJapan Japanese
StyleShodokan Aikido (founder)
Aikido, Judo
Teacher(s)Jigoro Kano, Morihei Ueshiba
Rank8th dan Judo
8th dan Aikido

Kenji Tomiki (富木 謙治, Tomiki Kenji, March 15, 1900 – December 25, 1979) was a Japanese martial artist who specialized in aikido and judo family of martial arts.[1][2][3] He was a pedagogue of martial arts theory (武道論, Budo-ron).[4] He is the founder of Japan Aikido Association and the competitive aikido (aikido kyogi) style.[5]

Tomiki was a professor at Kenkoku University in Manchuria and later at the Faculty of Education at Waseda University. Tomiki is credited in devising and introducing new forms of Randori practice in Aikido. He founded his own Aikido system, which has many differences from other Aikido styles, mainly in randori training, and is referred by several names including Tomiki Aikido, Shodokan Aikido and Sport Aikido.[2][6][7]

  1. ^ Stevens, John (2013)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Jones2015_67_68 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Habersetzer, Gabrielle; Habersetzer, Roland (2004) [2000];
    (In French) Tomiki Kenji: (Jap.) 1900-1979. Expert de Judo* et d'Aikido* qui fut élève des deux fondateurs Kano Jigoro* et Ueshiba Morihei*. Il débuta en Judo dès 1910 puis, étudiant, poursuivit à l'Université de Waseda tout en entrant au Kodokan*, au début des années 1920. Il débuta en Aikido en 1926, incité par Kano lui-même à aller découvrir la méthode de Ueshiba. Il fut professeur à l'univer- sité japonaise du Mandchoukouo, dans le nord de la Chine occupée par le Japon après 1933. Dès 1940, il fit sa propre synthèse entre Judo et Aikido. Il appela le produit de sa recherche Tomiki-ryu Aikido* et l'enseigna à partir de 1960. Entré en 1949 au Comité Directeur du Kodokan, il finit par être récusé par Ueshiba, ce qui orienta défi- nitivement la recherche de Tomiki.
    (In English) Tomiki Kenji: (Jap.) 1900-1979. Judo* and Aikido* expert who was a student of the two founders Kano Jigoro* and Ueshiba Morihei*. He began Judo in 1910 and then, as a student, continued at Waseda University while entering the Kodokan*, at the beginning of the 1920s. He began Aikido in 1926, encouraged by Kano himself to go and discover Ueshiba's method. He was a professor at the Japanese University of Manchukuo, in northern China occupied by Japan after 1933. From 1940, he made his own synthesis between Judo and Aikido. He called the product of his research Tomiki-ryu Aikido* and taught it from 1960. He joined the Kodokan Steering Committee in 1949, but was eventually rejected by Ueshiba, which definitively shaped Tomiki's research.
  4. ^ "About Me - ししだふみあき研究室 Shishida Lab".
  5. ^ "On Modern Jujutsu".
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuttmanThompson2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).