Minoru Kanetsuka (December 8, 1939 – March 8, 2019) was the official representative of the Aikikai in the United Kingdom since 1978. He had a big influence on Aikido in the West Europe as a Japanese master teaching the art abroad.
Sodateru Arikawa (January 20, 1930 - October 11, 2003) was a 9 Dan Aikido Hombu Shihan. Showing off a rare Jo control on a video. during a seminar.
"Sensei would tell us that by working with yoyu, you don't need to know a lot of techniques. And, it is the role of the more skillful partner to actually make the form work. Not by verbally explaining but by physically illustrating. The role of the more skillful partner, Sensei would say, is to be unnoticeably just a little bit better." by Maurice Gauthier, Trout Lake Aikido Dojo Newsletter (2001)
Yoji Fujimoto (March 26, 1948 – February 20, 2012) was an 8 Dan Aikikai Shihan. At the age of 23, he moved to Italy and became a big part of the Aikido history in the country.
