A vintage photo of Aikido Association of America founder Fumio Toyoda Shihan executing a tenchinage throw at Kenshinkan Dojo (Aikido of North County) in Vista, California.
Fumio Toyoda Shihan (Aikido Association of America / Aikido Association International) and Yasuo Kobayashi Soshihan (Aikido Kobayashi Dojo) in Japan.
From left to right: Fumio Toyoda Shihan (Aikido Association of America / Aikido Association International), Kengo Hatayama Shihan (Aikido Kenshinkai), and Yasuo Kobayashi Soshihan (Aikido Kobayashi Dojo) at the Grand Opening of Ryoshinkan Dojo in Palatine, IL 2001.
Fumio Toyoda Shihan, Hiroshi Tajiri Sensei (uke), and Glen Matsuda Sensei at Chicago Ki Aikido Society Dojo in 1974.
Aikido Association of America founder Fumio Toyoda Shihan (picture donated by John Dore Sensei, Methuen Aikido).
Fumio Toyoda Shihan at Chozen-ji Monastery in Hawaii.
11/8 is the day that Fumio Toyoda Shihan was born. We celebrate to today to remember the great legacy he established!
Fumio Toyoda Sensei’s last Aikido seminar in Puerto Rico in January 2001. Part 5 of 5.