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| Also known as | Aikido Yoshinkai Foundation (AYF), Yoshinkai, International Yoshinkan Aikido Federation (IYAF) |
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| Date founded | 1955 |
| Country of origin |  Japan |
| Founder | Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō, 9 September 1915–17 July 1994) |
| Arts taught | Aikido |
| Ancestor arts | Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Aiki Budō |
| Descendant schools | Yoshokai, Renshinkai, Shudokan, Shinwakan, Shoot Aikido |
| Practitioners | Kiyoyuki Terada, Kyoichi Inoue, Tsutomu Chida, Tsuneo Ando, Amos Lee Parker, Jacques Payet, Joe Thambu, Robert Mustard, Keith Taylor |
| Official website | www.Yoshinkan.net |
Yoshinkan (養神館 Yōshinkan lit. "Hall of Spirit Cultivation") Aikido is a style of aikido that developed after World War II in the Yoshinkan Dojo of Gozo Shioda (1915–1994). Yoshinkan Aikido is often called the "hard" style of aikido because the training methods are a product of Shioda's grueling life before the war. Shioda named his dojo "Yoshinkan" after a dojo of the same name that was built by his father, a physician, who wanted to improve both physical and spiritual health.[1] The Yoshinkan style is currently the second largest aikido organization worldwide.[2]
- ^ Shioda, G. Aikido Jinsei: My Life in Aikido. Trans. Payet & Johnston.
- ^ Pranin, S. "Morihei Ueshiba and Gozo Shioda Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine." Aikido Journal, December 2011.