Kenji Tomiki was a Japanese martial artist who specialized in aikido and judo family of martial arts.
19 Facts About Kenji Tomiki
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Kenji Tomiki was a pedagogue of martial arts theory.
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Kenji Tomiki is the founder of Japan Aikido Association and the competitive aikido style.
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Kenji Tomiki is credited in devising and introducing new forms of Randori practice in Aikido.
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Kenji Tomiki 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.
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Kenji Tomiki was born on March 15,1900 in Kakunodate, Akita.
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Kenji Tomiki was the as the eldest son of the Shosuke Tomiki - a landholder.
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Circa 1910, Kenji Tomiki began practising at the Kodokan, under Judo founder Jigoro Kano.
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Kenji Tomiki was active in the judo club while he was in school.
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Kenji Tomiki actively practised Judo, despite Jigoro Kano's advanced age and declining health.
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From 1936 or 1937 till the end of the Second World War, under orders of General Hideki Tojo, Kenji Tomiki lived in Manchukuo where he taught aikibudo to the Kempeitai of the Kwantung Army.
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Kenji Tomiki was released from internment in 1948 and subsequently returned to Japan.
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Kenji Tomiki would teach Judo and Aikido for many years at Waseda University.
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Kenji Tomiki is perhaps best known in the judo world for his influence in the developing of Kodokan Goshin Jutsu kata.
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Kenji Tomiki was urged by the Aikikai to adopt a different name for his art other than "aikido" if he intended to introduce such a system of competition.
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In 1967, Kenji Tomiki opened his Shodokan honbu Dojo which he used as a testing ground for his theories on aikido and competition.
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Kenji Tomiki followed Ueshiba as the Aikido division head of the Kokusai Budoin-International Martial Arts Federation.
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In 1970, Kenji Tomiki retired from Waseda University and, in the same year, presided over the first All-Japan Student Aikido Tournament.
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Professor Kenji Tomiki died from complications of colorectal cancer on December 25,1979.