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    Morihei Ueshiba (O'Sensei) - The Founder of Aikido
 
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  Aritomo Murashige (7 January 1895-24 March 1964) was a first generation student of Morihei Ueshiba - O'Sensei - the Founder of Aikido as we know it today. Murashige practised with the founder from 1931 to 1953, and moved to Belgium and taught there until his death in an accident at the age of 69.

The major influences in Tony Thielemans’ Aikido style have been the notable names of Aritomo Murashige, Nobuyoshi Tamura and Andre Nocquet. The style practiced within Yama Arashi UK is based in traditional Aikido from the teachings of Thielemans sensei, but progressively seeks to refine techniques in line with the wishes of O'Sensei that Aikido must still evolve.
 
     
     
 
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