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Oct 1 2012 - 4:05pm
On Thursday September 27th, Redbird's president Carol Vincent gave a marketing workshop to community rec centre managers on Vancouver Island, at the 2012 Recreation Facility Forum in Duncan BC.
Her presentation covered ways to raise awareness -- e.g., promoting events or programs with print, broadcast, or outdoor media; and ways to change behavior -- e.g., using pledges, prompts, norms, competition, incentives, feedback, and fun to get couch potatoes off the sofa and into the gym.
Jul 23 2012 - 10:49am
This article offers a high-level overview of using SEO for B2B medical device marketing as a way to increase brand recognition and generate leads.
It is written for marketing managers and lead generation directors tasked with marketing health products such as medical devices, health care diagnostic software, electronic medical record software, and medical management software.
May 7 2012 - 1:59pm
This is a sample of Redbird's new free report 10 Powerful Strategies to Help Non-Profits Demonstrate the ROI of Their Programs. You can download the free report here.
May 1 2012 - 12:47pm
Account Manager -- We're currently looking for a strategic thinker who can give sound direction to clients and get multiple stakeholders engaged in a common cause; an entrepreneurial mover and shaker with excellent project management skills; a focused user of social media. This person has credentials or experience with sustainability, energy conservation, and communications, and a demonstrated interest in healthy people, healthy places. Full time or half time, occasional travel required.
Apr 30 2012 - 10:50am
Redbird Communications has released a new report filled with practical strategies to help non-profits demonstrate the ROI of their program to corporate donors. You can download the free report here. Or read about the contents below.
Mar 7 2012 - 12:33pm
Redbird has had a blog for four years now. But last year, we decided to try to post at least a few articles per month on health promotion. Our goal was to write detailed posts that would offer strategic advice, new tools, research, and best practices for health promotion campaigns.
Client work and deadlines, of course, sometimes prevent us from getting posts out. But here are the four most popular posts (according to our analytics) we have published over the last year.
Feb 29 2012 - 10:25am
By James Mulvey
Last month, we wrote about a very compelling fundraising tactic. The letter asks for a donation to help children with cleft lips and palates.
Feb 20 2012 - 2:34pm
As you may know, February is Heart Month. ?Heart disease and stroke take one in three Canadians before their time. They are the #1 killers of Canadian women – more than all kinds of cancer combined.
Here at Redbird Communications we work with the Heart and Stroke Foundation to raise awareness and change behaviours, and we know what it takes to improve these statistics. We're asking our clients, suppliers, friends and families to consider donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Think your company or organization might be a good fit with Redbird? If so, let's set up a time to connect.
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Our 2015-2016 clients are composting! Thanks to a generous grant from StopWaste.org, each homeowner received a new, lightweight compost container suitable for using on their countertops, along with individualized instructions on what can be composted.
These lightweight containers make it easier for our seniors to carry their compost to the greenwaste bins.

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I've been meaning to share this article about how moderate use of a neti pot can have positive affects on health while overuse appears to have negative results: Neti Pot Once a Day Can Cause Infections
"I don't have anything against short-term nasal saline irrigation — even aggressive nasal saline irrigation for three, four days or one week is totally fine," Nsouli said. "But when we are doing it on a daily basis, we are modifying the immunological biochemistry of the nose."
Interesting, right? I think it makes sense.
On a fun note, I love this video of the first time Regis Philbin tried using a neti pot:
I really only use a neti pot when I have a cold/nasal issues. What about you?
**Never use tap water in a neti pot – there is a risk for amoebas (deadly ones) to be present in tap water!


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|Chapters 136 and 343 of the 2019 Acts of Assembly require the Board of Health to promulgate regulations that "establish an exemption from the requirement for a certificate [of public need], for a period of no more than 30 days, for projects involving a temporary increase in the total number of beds in an existing hospital or nursing home when the Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds." Currently, increases in hospital or nursing home bed capacity require review as a project for a certificate of public need. Chapter 839 (2019 Acts of Assembly) requires the Board to promulgate regulations that require every medical care facility subject to the requirements of Certificate of Public Need law whose certificate does not include conditions for charity care but opt to provide charity care to annually report the amount of charity care provided.
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|Amend COPN regulations to require additional charity care reporting
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|Erik Bodin / Division Director-COPN, MCHIP and Coop. Agreement
Virginia Department of Health
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Brilliant map of British Columbia, Canada includes inset of the northern extension, 1916. Shows towns, settlements, rivers, mountains and railroads.
Original antique map on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of Authenticity included. Map, 19″L x 14″H; mat, 24″L x 18″H.


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Tongue Tie and What it Does to Children?
Do you know that there is a condition where children aren't able to move their tongue freely, chew or speak as they grow. Also that this is nothing to do with developmental or growth changes and is restricted to a an oral problem? Teeth and their well-being is what many of strive to give our


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6. User Account Controls
With Windows Vista, a number of users reported growing frustrated with the operating system's constant prompts (which Microsoft attempted to alleviate at one point with a patch in SP1). With Windows 7, the User Account Control Settings can be adjusted, with users able to choose "Never Notify," "Always Notify" and two options in between whenever a program attempts to make a change to their computer.
7. Start Menu
The Start Menu is now more customizable, with users able to adjust how links, icons and menus are displayed and behave.
Further reading
8. AppLocker
Certain editions of Windows 7 (the Enterprise and Ultimate) include AppLocker, which can be used to lock down certain applications on an administrator level. This granular access control to applications can potentially make lives easier for IT administrators.
9. Chance to Get Rid of Vista and XP
Vista never made much of a positive impression on users, and XP, while a sturdy warhorse, is nearly 8 years old. It will be a welcome chance for many PC users to finally upgrade their desktop or laptop to a more efficient, 21st century operating system.
10. The Trippy Backgrounds
The new wallpapers being offered with Windows 7 are colorful, to say the least. In addition to a number of standard-issue nature and geometric-architecture shots, there are also a few trippy images that look as if they were produced by Japanese anime artists after a week in a shed with a bottle of absinthe.


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The best way to determine whether a career in mortgage brokering is for you, is to delve into exactly what a mortgage broker does for their customers and see if this appears to be a role you want to take on. So that's just what we will do, here is what a mortgage broker does for their customers.
There is a broad assortment of loan products and features in the market that might appear overwhelming to the client. A mortgage broker will be able to:
- Evaluate your financial situation
- Locate the right loan for your situation
- Deal with the application procedure
- Provide advice at every step
The sector of mortgage broking is shifting. In early 2010, the National Consumer Credit Protection Act, was created to protect creditors and ensure professional and ethical standards in the brokering industry.
An integral protection for consumers under the NCCP, are the responsible lending obligations on mortgage brokers. The aim of these duties is to make sure that the credit contract or lease is 'not unsuitable' for the customer.
The responsible lending obligations call for a mortgage broker to:
- Make reasonable inquiries of the customer about their financial situation, their needs and goals in regard to the credit contract;
- Depending upon these queries, evaluate whether the credit product is unsuitable for the customer and only proceed if the credit product isn't unsuitable; and
- Provide the customer a copy of the evaluation if asked.
Evaluate your fiscal circumstances
The mortgage broker will take some opportunity to go over the client's requirements and situation. This gives them the chance to ascertain which type of loan is the most suitable for the client to buy or sell commercial real estate.
To make it easier on the client, they will also have to supply documents to support their identity and fiscal circumstance. These records will include an identification check that requires 100 points of primary and secondary identification documents, personal bank statements to demonstrate savings (if applicable), tax returns, payslips, outstanding loans, statements, etc. and the mortgage broker will advise the client of everything required for their individual situation.
When the mortgage broker has an understanding of the client's objectives and financial position, they will talk about the many loan products available on their mortgage broker website. A mortgage agent should also supply the client with product comparisons and notify them of proposed mortgage payments and any upfront and ongoing fees.
Locate the right loan for your situation
After assessing the client's goals and financial needs, the mortgage broker will search their broker websites containing hundreds of loan products from a number of different lenders, including major banks, smaller banks, credit unions and other lenders.
This database is continually updated and contains details of the latest deals from the creditors. From time to time, the mortgage broker can gain access to some exclusive loan products that aren't available elsewhere.
Complex software can help with this otherwise labour intensive job and usually a comparison table or graph is presented the client for their consideration.
The mortgage broker will then suggest a product or products that will best fit the client's requirements.
The broker might also supply the client with a copy of the creditor's comparison rates. Comparison rates include both the rate of interest and fees and charges relating to a loan. It's a tool that will assist the client in identifying the real cost of financing. This is basically like comparing "apples with apples" but that will assist the client to compare loan packages easier.
Manage the procedure
If the client wishes to move on and accept the broker's suggestion, then the mortgage broker can enable the client to complete the required paperwork and liaise with the creditor on their behalf. This includes the completion and submission of the loan forms and the continuing communication between all parties before the private or commercial real estate for sale is sold and approved.
The mortgage agent is also required to notify the client of their complaints procedure. This is known as an Internal Dispute Resolution procedure.
Supply information at every step
There are many measures in the loan process and a professional mortgage broker can help the client from the client's very first steps, like getting pre-approval (in which their loan is "approved" based on certain conditions like loan value) right through to settlement. An Excellent mortgage agent can also provide a Mortgage Health Check further down the trail. Following the 'health check' a mortgage agent might have the ability to help their client lower repayments, unlock the equity in their commercial property or house, or consolidate debt. They can also help with clients with refinancing needs should their goals or financial circumstances change.


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Traitor's Bane is a potent master-crafted two-handed Force Sword wielded by the Dark Angels Chapter's Grand Master of Librarians, Ezekiel, in battle. Radiating fell power, this sword was made to slay those who dared turn their back on the Emperor. Phased crystalline patterns along the force sword's blade coil iridescent psychic energy around it like a snake.
This fell blade is rumoured to possess the trapped spirits of those Fallen Angels it has slain in battle. The rage of those betrayed is bound within this blade and, from the shrieks emitted by the traitors slain by it, their end is painful indeed. It is said that the blade grows darker in aspect, the shadows drawing in around it, whenever one of the Fallen are near.
- Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition), pp. 54, 92
- Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pg. 40
- Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)
- Warlords of the Dark Millennium - Ezekiel (Digital Edition)
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This is the first part of a two-part article. Read the second part here.
In April of 1931, Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, opened a private dojo in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo called the "Kobukan." This dojo served as the center of the founder's activities for more than a decade and is intimately related to the subsequent birth of aikido, Japan's spiritual martial art.
During the Kobukan period, Morihei Ueshiba rubbed shoulders with the elite of Japanese society associating with luminaries from military, political, business and religious circles. Though not politically motivated himself, Morihei taught and interacted with many of the leading figures of the times, men who had deep respect for his incredible martial skills and who would shape Japan's destiny as it hurtled toward war on the continent and in the Pacific.
In this short span of time, Morihei juggled a seemingly impossible teaching schedule that had him on the move all throughout the Tokyo and Kansai areas each month. His activities and achievements during this time span are so numerous and so fundamental to the emergence of modern aikido that that this topic deserves special scrutiny. To that end, we propose to divide our study into two parts.
The first section appearing in this issue of Aiki News will cover Morihei's activities in Tokyo leading up to the opening of the Kobukan Dojo, the actual launch of the dojo, its most significant figures, the search for Morihei's successor, the Budo Senyokai, expansion to the Kansai area, and finally the Second Omoto Incident and its aftermath.
Part two to be published in Aiki News 132 will discuss Morihei's military and political associations, aiki budo in Manchuria, the establishment of the Zaidan Hojin Kobukai, the Dai Nippon Butokukai and the "naming" of aikido, the wartime uchideshi, and Morihei's technical and grading systems.
Morihei's activities from 1925-1931
The Kobukan Dojo was established after Ueshiba had spent about six years instructing in various temporary locations in the Tokyo area. His ties to Tokyo came about in large part due to the efforts of Admiral Isamu Takeshita, a long-time martial arts enthusiast. The relationship between Takeshita and Ueshiba began as a result of the introduction of another naval officer, Rear Admiral Seikyo Asano. Asano was a believer in the Omoto religion and began to practice Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu with Morihei in Ayabe in 1922. Thoroughly engrossed in the study of Morihei's Daito-ryu, Asano recommended him to Takeshita, his classmate at the Naval Academy in Tokyo.
Takeshita journeyed to Ayabe in 1925 to view Ueshiba's budo and left totally convinced that Ueshiba was an exceptional martial artist. Upon Takeshita's return to Tokyo he presented a glowing recommendation of Ueshiba to retired Admiral Gombei Yamamoto—also a two-time former prime minister—and this led to a demonstration before a select audience at Takeshita's residence. Henceforth, Admiral Takeshita played an active role in promoting Ueshiba's activities among the elite of Tokyo society. Morihei made a number of trips to Tokyo from Ayabe to give seminars. This resulted in many military officers, government officials and wealthy persons becoming devotees of Ueshiba-style Jujutsu.
After Morihei's move to Tokyo in 1927, he taught assisted by his nephew Yoichiro Inoue in a succession of temporary locations. Training took place first at Shiba in Shirogane, then Mita Tsuna-cho, followed by Shiba Kuruma-cho, and finally, in 1930, Mejiro. Morihei's reputation had spread by word of mouth to the point that no more students could be accommodated in these small training facilities. Under these circumstances, a permanent solution was called for.
Soon donations were collected from Ueshiba's circle of patrons to build a full-time dojo. Among the wealthy contributors to the dojo fund was a certain Koshiro Inoue who was related to Morihei by marriage. Koshiro's brother Zenzo had married Morihei's eldest sister Tame in the late 1800s in their native town of Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture. The couple had eight children the fourth of whom was a boy named Yoichiro. Yoichiro's uncle Koshiro built his fortune in Tokyo's Asakusa district in the 1890s around the time of the Sino-Japanese War. Yoichiro—about whom we shall hear more later—was of course also Morihei's nephew and his closest student at this time. Yoichiro would frequently tap Koshiro for funding for Morihei's budo activities and Koshiro is said by surviving relatives to have made a large donation toward the building of the Kobukan Dojo.
After collecting sufficient donations and with the assistance of the wealthy Ogasawara family, Morihei succeeded in purchasing a plot of land in the Ushigome district of Shinjuku. The move to Mejiro was a temporary measure while construction of the new dojo was being completed. It was during the Mejiro period that judo founder Jigoro Kano made a special visit to observe a demonstration by Morihei. Highly impressed, Kano sent two of his top judo students—one of whom was Minoru Mochizuki—to engage in intensive training under Ueshiba. Another memorable event from the Mejiro period was the visit of General Makoto Miura who came to the Mejiro dojo to challenge Morihei. Miura had been a student of Sokaku Takeda some 20 years earlier and considered Morihei an upstart who had strayed from the Daito-ryu path. However, the General was powerless against Morihei's technique and ended up becoming a long-time student and supporter.
Kobukan Dojo opening
Before describing the grand opening of Morihei's Tokyo dojo, mention must be made of a rather unusual event that took place just prior to the inaugural ceremony. Morihei's Daito-ryu jujutsu instructor, the famous Sokaku Takeda, taught a seminar at the new dojo from March 20 to April 7, 1931. This is known because an entry bearing Morihei's name and seal appears for these dates in Sokaku's enrollment book (eimeiroku). Certainly, Sokaku had prior knowledge of the opening of Morihei's private dojo because the two maintained a correspondence over the years. However, none of the circumstances of his visit to the Kobukan Dojo on this occasion are known. Sokaku visited Morihei periodically from the 1920s until the mid-1930s, sometimes without prior warning. The relationship between the two had become strained in recent years as Morihei had struck out on his own as a budo instructor. Morihei had been certified as a Daito-ryu aikijujutsu instructor in 1922, but the financial arrangement between the two remained somewhat vague and this proved to be a bone of contention. At this period of his career Morihei was well into the process of modifying the techniques of Daito-ryu into the more flowing, less jujutsu-like movements that would characterize his later aikido.
After Morihei's move to Tokyo in 1927, he taught assisted by his nephew Yoichiro Inoue in a succession of temporary locations. Training took place first at Shiba in Shirogane, then Mita Tsuna-cho, followed by Shiba Kuruma-cho, and finally, in 1930, Mejiro. Morihei's reputation had spread by word of mouth to the point that no more students could be accommodated in these small training facilities. Under these circumstances, a permanent solution was called for.
The official opening ceremony took place later in April 1931 after Sokaku had left Tokyo and was attended by many dignitaries including several high-ranking army and navy officers. There is a rare group photo that preserves a record of those present on that occasion. Among the VIPs in attendance were Admiral Isamu Takeshita, General Makoto Miura, Rear Admiral Seikyo Asano, Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, Dr. Kenzo Futaki, Harunosuke Enomoto, and retired Commander Kosaburo Gejo. Some of Morihei's uchideshi and students who were present were Yoichiro Inoue, Hisao Kamada, Minoru Mochizuki, and Hajime Iwata. Morihei's wife Hatsu and son Kisshomaru were also on hand. Fittingly, a horizontal calligraphy brushed by Onisaburo Deguchi—Morihei's spiritual mentor— that reads "Ueshiba Juku" is on display in the dojo tokonoma. This same calligraphy was displayed on the wall of Morihei's first school, the "Ueshiba Juku," located in the Ueshiba home in Ayabe in the early 1920s.
The training area of the Kobukan Dojo consisted of 80 tatami and the structure also housed the Ueshiba family and uchideshi living quarters. Kisshomaru indicates that as many as 20 uchideshi could be accomondated in the dojo at a single time. The structure served for many years and survived the wartime fire bombing of Tokyo when most of the surrounding buildings were burned to the ground thanks to the timely efforts of Kisshomaru. It was used as the Aikikai Headquarters dojo until 1968 when the building was torn down to make way for the construction of the present Aikikai Hombu Dojo. The present Ueshiba family residence rests on the site formerly occupied by the Kobukan Dojo.
After his dojo was opened, Morihei received visits from leaders of the Omoto religion. Hidemaro Deguchi and his wife Naohi—Onisaburo's son-in-law and daughter—paid several visits to the Kobukan around this time. A commemorative photo of one of these visits has survived and it is interesting to note that the calligraphy displayed in the tokonoma has changed since the opening ceremony. Several pieces of Hidemaro, a skilled calligrapher, were put up, no doubt in honor of the prominent Omoto visitors.
Training at the new dojo
The new dojo was used extensively and normally two morning and three evening classes were held at the dojo with uchideshi having an opportunity to practice at other times during the day. Trainees were relatively few in number and consisted usually of persons who had obtained introductions from at least two prominent people. Another source of students, especially among the uchideshi, were those with some connection with the Omoto religion.
Morihei's teaching style was long on action and short on words. He would execute techniques in rapid succession with almost no explanation. His teaching method was not at all systematic. Yoshio Sugino, the famous Katori Shinto-ryu master, who studied at the Kobukan Dojo for about two years starting in 1931, describes what it was like when the founder was teaching class:
"Ueshiba Sensei, unlike present instructors at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, taught techniques by quickly showing the movement just one time. He didn't provide detailed explanations. Even when we asked him to show us the technique again he would say, 'No. Next technique!' Although he showed us three or four different techniques, we wanted to see the same technique many times. We ended up trying to 'steal' his techniques." [From an interview conducted by Aiki News in 1984]
Here is a recollection of one of Morihei's first uchideshi, Hisao Kamada:
"Sensei would often use the term 'irimi.' This is a technique they did not have in judo. I guess it comes from Daito-ryu aikjujutsu, but I don't know much about Daito-ryu. Ueshiba Sensei always said, "You have to enter to the inside of your training partner. Get to his inside and then take him into your inside!" He would start with ikkajo, nikajo, and suwariwaza. I don't think he used the term "kukinage" (kukinage: lit., "air throw"; a popular judo technique of the period). There were techniques like yonkajo, but these were ways of training the body, while I believe that using them as applied techniques (oyowaza) is a matter of the spirit. The basics went about as far as gokajo, and after that it was applied techniques." [from an interview conducted by Aiki News in 1981]
The youthful uchideshi set the tone in training and practice was intense. There were very few females training at this time. One standout, however, was Takako Kunigoshi who was at that time a young art student. She is remembered most for her important work in sketching the hundreds of line drawings used in the Budo Renshu training manual published in 1933.
This stereotypically "old-fashioned" teaching approach is further described by Ms. Kunigoshi:
"No matter what we asked him I think we always got the same answer. Anyway, there wasn't a soul there who could understand any of the things he said. I guess he was talking about spiritual subjects, but the meaning of his words was just beyond us. Later we would stand around and ask each other, 'Just what was it Sensei was talking about anyway?'"
Ueshiba's ubiquitous nephew Yoichiro Inoue
No discussion of this period of the Morihei's activities would be complete without frequent mention of the role of his nephew Yoichiro Inoue. Inoue, who was Ueshiba's junior by 19 years, spent part of his childhood in Tanabe and Hokkaido growing up in the Ueshiba household. He trained under Sokaku Takeda as well as his uncle and actually settled in Tokyo about 1925 prior to Ueshiba's move from Ayabe. From a very young age, Yoichiro assisted his uncle as his partner in training and demonstrations. In the early days in Tokyo, especially, Yoichiro would teach as Ueshiba's representative and substitute for the founder who was frequently ill.
Inoue appears often in the surviving group photos from the Kobukan Era and his importance to the development of aikido cannot be understated. Fate would have it that he had a falling out with his uncle shortly after the Second Omoto Incident that took place in December 1935. Although they sometimes would perform together in demonstrations thereafter, the two drifted apart and met only occasionally after World War II. Despite their one close relationship and blood ties, the rift between Morihei and Yoichiro never healed and they were not able to work together again. Books published on the history of aikido overlook Inoue's contributions almost entirely and omit mention of the blood relationship that exists between the Ueshiba and Inoue families.
Search for a successor
From before the Kobukan period, one of Morihei's preoccupations was the search for a suitable successor whom he hoped to marry to his only daughter Matsuko. Various anecdotes survive from several martial artist candidates with whom Morihei discussed the idea. These include Kenji Tomiki, Minoru Mochizuki, and Yoshio Sugino. It appears that at an earlier date the Ueshibas and Inoues had also entertained the idea that Yoichiro would marry Matsuko even though the two were first cousins. This actually was quite a common practice in the prewar era and it seems that even Morihei and his wife Hatsu, both of Tanabe, were distant cousins.
Finally in 1932, Kiyoshi Nakakura, one of Japan's top kendoka and a student of Hakudo Nakayama, agreed to marry Morihei's daughter. The arrangement was made with Morihei and Nakayama acting as go-betweens. The ceremony was held that year and Nakakura was adopted into the Ueshiba family and took the name of "Morihiro Ueshiba." The founder not only had a successor, but a top swordsman who would stimulate his growing interest in the study of the sword.
Nakakura would remain at the Kobukan Dojo for approximately five years. Due to his presence, a kendo group was formed within the Kobukan and even entered competitions. As it turned out, Nakakura, first and foremost a kendoka, found it difficult to master the subtleties of Morihei's jujutsu and gradually came to feel he would not make an appropriate successor. His marriage ended in 1937 at which time Nakakura returned to the kendo world.
After that, the issue of who would succeed Morihei again became an open matter. Many assumed that his nephew Yoichiro would become the successor given his long period of collaboration in spreading aiki budo and his kinship to Morihei. But as it turned out, Morihei's son Kisshomaru started training in the mid-1930s and gradually began serving as his father's partner especially for sword demonstrations. When Morihei retired to Iwama in 1942, Kisshomaru, by then a student at Waseda University, took over as the head (dojo-cho) of the Kobukan Dojo. When the founder passed away in 1969, Kisshomaru formally succeeded his father as the Second Doshu.
Outside teaching activities
The Kobukan provided a fixed base for Morihei's prewar activities, but he was constantly on the move. Anyone studying the founder's life during these years—and even in his final decade—is struck by the frequency of his travels around the Tokyo, Kansai, and Wakayama areas.
Inoue appears often in the surviving group photos from the Kobukan Era and his importance to the development of aikido cannot be understated. Fate would have it that he had a falling out with his uncle shortly after the Second Omoto Incident that took place in December 1935. Although they sometimes would perform together in demonstrations thereafter, the two drifted apart and met only occasionally after World War II. Despite their one close relationship and blood ties, the rift between Morihei and Yoichiro never healed and they were not able to work together again. Books published on the history of aikido overlook Inoue's contributions almost entirely and omit mention of the blood relationship that exists between the Ueshiba and Inoue families.
Morihei's duties in Tokyo alone kept him extremely busy. Besides the Kobukan Dojo, he taught classes and demonstrated at various businesses, clubs, and, on occasion, at private residences. However, his main outside activities involved teaching posts at several military institutions. These prestigious assignments came about through his broad network of contacts among high-ranking army and navy officers.
Although it is difficult to pin down the specific dates and circumstances of his military teaching career, we offer below a tentative listing of his assignments:
- Naval Staff College (Kaigun Daigakko), c. 1927-1937 through his contacts with Admirals Isamu Takeshita and Sankichi Takahashi.
- Army University (Rikugun Shikan Gakko)
- Military Police School (Kempei Gakko), dates unknown, through an introduction from General Makoto Miura.
- Toyama School (Rikugun Toyama Gakko), c. 1930-?, possibly through a connection with General Miura.
- Nakano Spy School (Rikugun Nakano Gakko), c. 1941-1942, through a connection with General Miura.
- In addition, brief teaching stints at the Naval Engineering School (Kaigun Kikan Gakko), the Yokosuka Naval Communications School (Kaigun Tsushin Gakko), and the Torpedo Technical School (Kaigun Suirai Gakko) of unknown dates are recorded.
The teaching assignments at military schools covered here span the period from about 1927 to 1942 when Morihei retired to Iwama. A glance at the above list offers rather convincing evidence of Morihei's extensive links to right-wing military figures and their activities. We will delve into this subject further in part two.
It should be noted that with this heavy load of teaching responsibilities, the founder was forced to rely on a cadre of assistants to cover his commitments. Yoichiro Inoue was the senior of this group and shared instruction duties during the first years in Tokyo, but with the establishment of the Budo Senyokai the locus of Yoichiro's activities shifted to the Kansai area. Morihei thus had to rely on his leading uchideshi—people such as Hisao Kamada, Kaoru Funahashi, Shigemi Yonekawa, Tsutomu Yukawa, and Rinjiro Shirata—for assistance.
Establishment of the Budo Senyokai
Although Morihei had physically distanced himself from the Omoto religion with his move to Tokyo in 1927, he still maintained close ties with members and leaders of the sect. In August of 1932, at the behest of Onisaburo Deguchi, an association for the promotion of martial arts called the Dai Nippon Budo Senyokai was created. Onisaburo had earlier set up numerous auxiliary organizations under the umbrella of the Omoto religion in an effort to accomplish specific tasks in the propagation of the sect. This association was tailor-made to support the efforts of Morihei in developing his budo and also served the purpose of demonstrating the patriotic role of the Omoto religion.
Morihei was appointed the first chairman of the Budo Senyokai. Branches were established all over Japan and training sessions were held at Omoto facilities even in far-flung places like the village of Iwama in Ibaragi Prefecture. Parenthetically, the existence of the Iwama chapter of the Budo Senyokai led to the enrollment in the Kobukan Dojo of Yonekawa and Akazawa, two of Morihei's most valued uchideshi.
The official headquarters of the association were established in Kameoka, the administrative headquarters of the Omoto religion, but the large dojo opened in the town of Takeda in Hyogo Prefecture soon became the de facto training center. Several of the uchideshi of Morihei's Kobukan Dojo in Tokyo were sent to Takeda at various times for intensive training and to assist in instructing. Yoichiro Inoue also played a significant role instructing at Budo Senyokai branches in the Kanto and Kansai areas.
Kisshomaru recalls that friction developed between Morihei's students from Tokyo and certain hot-blooded Omoto believers—particularly members of the Showa Seinenkai (Showa Youth Association)—who practiced at the Takeda dojo. This amounted to something of a rivalry between the Kobukan Dojo and the Takeda school. [From Aikido Kaiso Ueshiba Morihei, pp. 223-223]
Yoichiro alluded to the type of young Omoto men who trained at the Takeda dojo of the Budo Senyokai by adding this perspective:
"We initially taught in Ten'onkyo in Kameoka. I was teaching then but as you know those practicing the martial arts are all the mischievous type! I couldn't put them in place every time I went there. So I talked to Reverend Deguchi about the problem. He said: 'Inoue, why don't you get rid of them by sending them to Takeda?' To tell the truth they were all kicked out of Kameoka! They say the reason was because a dojo was built in Takeda but that's not true. They were sent to Takeda because they were so selfish." [from Aikido Masters, edited by Stanley Pranin]
A total of 75 affiliated dojo were eventually set up giving a large boost to Morihei's efforts to spread his aiki budo throughout Japan. It appears that there were even branches established on the continent and that Yoichiro and Aritoshi Murashige taught seminars in Japanese-occupied Manchuria and Korea in 1933 in connection with the Budo Senyokai. To a certain extent, other martial arts were practiced within the framework of the organization, in particular, kendo. In fact, Hakudo Nakayama was the kendo advisor to the Budo Senyokai and this undoubtedly was related to his friendship with Morihei. Nonetheless, the practice of Morihei's aiki budo was the centerpiece of the activities of this organization.
Expanding to Osaka
One of the effects of the launching of the Budo Senyokai was the strengthening of Morihei's network of dojo in the Kansai region. Coincidentally, at the urging of Mitsujiro Ishi in the spring of 1933, the Osaka office of the Asahi News contracted with Morihei to have him teach regularly at the newspaper dojo. Ishii had trained for a time under Morihei in Tokyo in the late 1920s during the Mita Tsuna-cho period and was a higher up at the Tokyo Asahi News office.
The timing of the commencement of training at the Osaka Asahi News office had to do with the occurrence of several violent attacks by political factions on the newspaper company because of its political stands. Ishii arranged for Morihei to give instruction at the newspaper in order to have the employees acquire self-defense skills to be used in an emergency.
The key figure at the Asahi News dojo was Takuma Hisa who had earlier worked in the Tokyo office performing well as a security director. In 1933, Hisa was promoted and transferred to Osaka and was thus a logical choice to oversee the Asahi News dojo given his work background and love of the martial arts.
Morihei began spending a week—some accounts say two weeks—out of each month in Osaka teaching at the Asahi dojo and other locations that had sprung up about this time. Several uchideshi from the Kobukan Dojo were soon assigned to Osaka. These included Tsutomu Yukawa who married and settled down in Osaka about 1934, Kaoru Funahashi, Shigemi Yonekawa, and Rinjiro Shirata. Since he was then based nearby in Kameoka, Yoichiro Inoue was probably the first of Morihei's assistants to teach in Osaka.
Thus by the mid-1930s, Morihei was busy going back and forth between Tokyo and Osaka and, as we have seen, he had a large number of affiliated dojo throughout Japan due to the operation of the Budo Senyokai.
In June of 1936, a rather mystifying string of events led to Sokaku Takeda relieving Morihei of his teaching duties at the Asahi News dojo. Those interested in reading the details of this puzzling episode may refer to my article titled Remembering Takuma Hisa which appeared in Aiki News 129. Despite the fact he no longer taught at the Asahi News, Morihei continued his regular visits to Osaka and instructed at the other locations overseen by his uchideshi. For a time, Morihei even maintained a home in Osaka and he and his wife spent considerable time there.
Kisshomaru recalls that friction developed between Morihei's students from Tokyo and certain hot-blooded Omoto believers—particularly members of the Showa Seinenkai (Showa Youth Association)—who practiced at the Takeda dojo. This amounted to something of a rivalry between the Kobukan Dojo and the Takeda school.
Second Omoto Incident
By 1935, Japanese government authorities had become increasingly irritated with the widespread activities of the Omoto religion that had arisen like a phoenix from the ashes of the brutal suppression of 1921 known as the First Omoto Incident. The sect now had something approaching two million adherents and was rapidly gaining in influence. In addition to the sect's many domestic activities that irked the government, Onisaburo was heavily involved in the affairs of Manchuria and was advocating an independent nation under Pu'yi, the "Last Emperor" of movie fame. Furthermore, Onisaburo was suspected of funneling large amounts of money to various right-wing causes including the activities of Mitsuru Toyama and Ryohei Uchida. We will have more to say about these topics in part two.
The aggressive actions of the Showa Shinseikai, a new organization established by Onisaburo in July 1934, may have been the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back as far as the Japanese government was concerned. Luminaries such as Toyama, Uchida, leading politicians, army and navy officers, and many leaders from the business world and other fields attended the high-profile inaugural ceremony of the Shinseikai held in Tokyo. The organization espoused the broad goal of "universal love and brotherhood" (jinrui aizen) and promoted the "Sacred Imperial Way."
Describing the purpose of the Shinseikai one year after its founding, Onisaburo wrote:
"The Showa Shinseikai means the changing of the order from 'the spirit subordinated to the flesh' to 'the flesh subordinated to the spirit,' thereby starting everything afresh putting it on a glorious path that accords with the principles of Heaven… The family spirit of true love will expand to the level of the state so that a brilliant Japan based on the spirit of one large family will be born, and this will further spread to cover the whole of humanity and the whole of earthly creation." [From Deguchi Onisaburo Kyojin, by Kyotaro Deguchi]
By late 1935, the authorities hatched a secret plan to destroy the religion once and for all. A large-scale raid was launched on the Omoto centers in Ayabe and Kameoka before dawn on December 8, 1935. Onisaburo, his wife, Hidemaro Deguchi, Uchimaru Deguchi and scores of other Omoto leaders were arrested and imprisoned.
Morihei, too, was among those Omoto leaders whom the authorities had planned to arrest. At that time he happened to be in Osaka. He was forewarned of the crackdown on the sect by his student, Osaka Police Chief Kenji Tomita and was kept safely in hiding. Rinjiro Shirata, the former Kobukan uchideshi who was instructing in Osaka at that time describes this episode in a 1984 interview:
"The Kyoto Police Headquarters issued an order to the Osaka Police Headquarters for [Morihei's] arrest because he was a leading member of the Omoto religion. It was sudden, but there was some advance warning. There was a man named Kenji Tomita who was Chief of the Osaka Police Department and an ardent admirer of O-Sensei. He believed that it was impossible for O-Sensei to be accused of lese majesty, and that although he was a member of the Omoto religion, he was devoting his life to budo. However, the Kyoto police said that if the Osaka police were not going to arrest Ueshiba Sensei they would send their own officers to Osaka to arrest him."
Ueshiba Sensei was told about this immediately. There was a man named [Giichi] Morita who was head of the Sonezaki Police Station who was also a strong admirer of O-Sensei. He sheltered Ueshiba Sensei in his own house until the storm blew over. The police came from Kyoto to look for him, but since he was in the police chief's house they couldn't find him anywhere, not in Tokyo, Osaka, or Wakayama!
Back in Tokyo, the authorities also raided Morihei's Kobukan Dojo in connection with the Omoto suppression. Kiyoshi Nakakura recounts what happened:
"[Ueshiba Sensei's] wife, Hatsu, was also there [in Osaka]. I was in Tokyo. Kisshomaru was here also. In the Ueshiba Dojo there were shrines dedicated to Omoto deities and many framed calligraphic works by Reverend Onisaburo Deguchi hung on the wall. Mr. Ueshiba valued them highly. However, I tore all of them down and burned them. The uchideshi were surprised and asked me if it was all right for me to do so. However, it had nothing to do with being right or wrong. To hang up or display such things was an act of lese majesty. If Mr. Ueshiba's wife had been present then, I don't think I could have done such a thing. I could only do it because nobody was there."
Aftermath of the Second Incident
The second attack on the church was designed to "leave no trace of Omoto" and had far-reaching consequences for Morihei both professionally and personally. The Budo Senyokai network of affiliated dojo was immediately disbanded, although apparently some groups continued training while maintaining a low profile. Morihei could no longer openly associate with Omoto believers or display images or symbols connected with the religion. The incident and its aftermath caused Morihei great stress as his life had been centered on the Omoto for some 15 years and he still held Onisaburo in the highest esteem.
Morihei was hurt deeply on a personal level as well. Many of the sect leaders thought it highly suspicious that Morihei escaped arrest given his prominent status within the religion and leadership of the Budo Senyokai. They regarded him as a "Judas," a traitor to the Omoto cause. This reaction on the part of Omoto leaders was perhaps also related to the rivalry that existed within the Takeda dojo of the Budo Senyokai among the Kobukan Dojo uchideshi and the Omoto practitioners.
Even his own nephew Yoichiro seriously faulted Morihei for not sharing the fate of the brave Omoto leaders who were imprisoned and some of whom tortured. There arose a distance in their relationship, and even though they continued to associate on an occasional basis through 1942, this proved to be the wedge that eventually drove them apart.
To be continued… To read the second part of the article, click here.
Principal students of the Kobukan era
Noriaki Inoue, Wakayama Prefecture, 1902-1994
Noriaki Inoue is a nephew of Morihei Ueshiba and was raised for several years within the Ueshiba household, first in Tanabe and later in Shirataki, Hokkaido. Most of Inoue's martial arts training experience was gained under the tutelage of Morihei Ueshiba while in Hokkaido, Ayabe, and Tokyo. Inoue was active in Tokyo as an assistant instructor under Ueshiba beginning in the mid-1920s, continuing through the establishment of the Kobukan Dojo. Later, from 1932 to 1935, he was a senior instructor for the Budo Senyokai, which was based in Kameoka. Inoue also taught aiki budo at various locations in Osaka.
Inoue distanced himself from Ueshiba Sensei following the events of the Second Omoto Incident and they met infrequently thereafter. He taught independently after the war in Tokyo, at first calling his art aiki budo. He later changed the name to Shinwa Taido, and then, finally, to Shinei Taido. He remained active teaching a small group of students until shortly before his passing in 1994.
Kenji Tomiki, Aikita Prefecture, 1900-1979
Hisao KamadaTomiki began training under Morihei in 1926 in Ayabe and continued in the late 1920s and early 1930s in Tokyo. After becoming a junior high school teacher, Tomiki would spend his summer and winter vacations in Tokyo to train with the founder. Since he was well-educated and a good calligrapher, Tomiki also helped with the various administrative chores at the Kobukan. For example, he edited the 1933 technical manual Budo Renshu.
Tomiki relocated to Shinkyo, Manchuria where he taught at the Daido Gakuin and Military Police Training Hall, and later Kenkoku University. He was awarded the first 8th dan by Morihei in 1940. Trapped in Manchuria at the end of World War II, Tomiki was imprisoned in the Soviet Union for three years before being repatriated in 1948.
In 1949, Tomiki joined the faculty of Waseda University where he taught judo and later aikido. He also taught at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in the early to mid-1950s. Tomiki later devised a system of competitive aikido known variously as "Aikido Kyogi" and "Tomiki aikido." He continued to refine his system from his base at Waseda University until his death in 1979.
Hisao Kamada, Wakayama Prefecture, 1911-1986
Hisao Kamada was from a family of Omoto believers. He entered Morihei Ueshiba's private dojo in Sengakuji, Takanawa in 1929. He was one of the senior uchideshi at the Kobukan Dojo where he also performed various clerical functions. In 1932, Kamada was dispatched as an instructor to the Budo Senyokai in Kameoka and Takeda.
Kamada entered the Imperial Japanese Army in 1933. After his discharge from the army in 1936, he relocated to Shanghai where he worked as an ice dealer and assisted Hajime Iwata who operated a dojo there. No longer active in aikido after the war, Kamada lived in Osaka where he worked as a leather goods dealer. In 1977 he retired to Ueda City in Nagano Prefecture where he passed away in 1986.
Hajime Iwata, b. Aichi Prefecture in 1909 [also Kazuya and Ikkusai]
Hajime Iwata entered Morihei Ueshiba's private dojo in Mejiro in 1930 through an introduction from Dr. Kenzo Futaki. He was an uchideshi at the Kobukan Dojo while pursuing his studies in law at Waseda University. After graduation, Iwata was employed by the Tokyo Gas company until 1939 when he departed for Shanghai where he edited a publication entitled All Shanghai. In 1940 he opened a branch dojo of the Kobukai, where he was assisted by Hisao Kamada.
After the war, Iwata returned to Japan and later began teaching aikido in Aichi Prefecture. He is a ninth dan and was one of the few active instructors from the prewar era to teach after the war. Iwata is also a recipient of a medal from the Nihon Budo Kyogikai for his contribution to martial arts.
Minoru Mochizuki, b. Shizuoka Prefecture in 1907
Minoru Mochizuki began his martial arts training as a boy, practicing both judo and kendo. He progressed rapidly and in 1925 entered the Kodokan where he became a top-level judoka. Under the tutelage of Jigoro Kano, Mochizuki became a member of the Kobudo Kenkyukai, an organization established within the Kodokan for the study of classical martial arts where he practiced Katori Shinto-ryu. Later, in 1930, he was sent by Kano to study aikijujutsu under Morihei Ueshiba. Mochizuki became an uchideshi at the Kobukan Dojo for a short time and then opened his own dojo in Shizuoka City in November 1931.
Later, Mochizuki spent eight years in Mongolia where he received training in karate. In 1951, he traveled to France to teach judo and also aikido, and was the first to spread the latter art in Europe. Mochizuki is the originator of a composite martial system called Yoseikan Budo which includes elements of judo, aikido, karate, and kobudo. He authored a book entitled Nihonden Jujutsu in 1978. Mochizuki was awarded a tenth dan by the International Martial Arts Federation and until recently remained active at his private dojo in Shizuoka. He now resides in France with his son Hiroo.
Kaoru Funahashi, Tottori Prefecture (c. 1913-c. 1940)
Also from a family of Omoto believers, Kaoru Funahashi enrolled at the Kobukan Dojo in 1931. He was a relative of Morihei Ueshiba. Of short stature, he was one of the senior uchideshi at the dojo and was known for his skilled ukemi. He was one of the models who posed for the line drawings that appear in the 1933 Budo Renshu manual.
Funahashi was active as an assistant instructor at Budo Senyokai branches, including the large dojo in Takeda. He also taught in Osaka in the mid-1930s after which he ceases to be mentioned. Funahashi died from a lung illness around 1940.
Shigemi Yonekawa, b. Ibaragi Prefecture, 1910
Yonekawa entered the Kobukan as an uchideshi in 1932. He taught at various locations as an assistant to Morihei Ueshiba both in the Tokyo and Osaka area. In 1936, Yonekawa was Morihei Ueshiba's partner for the series of technical photographs taken at Noma Dojo. This collection constitutes the most complete record of Morihei Ueshiba's prewar techniques.
Yonekawa moved to Manchuria in 1936 where he assisted Kenji Tomiki in the instruction of aiki budo. He was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army in 1944 and saw action in Okinawa before being repatriated in 1946. No longer active in aikido after the war, he settled in Tsuchiura, Ibaragi Prefecture where he is engaged in agriculture.
Tsutomu Yukawa, Wakayama Prefecture, 1911-1942
Tsutomu Yukawa entered the Kobukan Dojo in 1931 after graduating from middle school in Wakayama Prefecture. He had a background in judo and was known for his great physical strength. About 1934, Yukawa married a niece of Morihei and relocated to Osaka. There he taught aiki budo at the Sonezaki police department and later operated a private dojo in Osaka.
He appeared with the founder and Gozo Shioda in a demonstration before the Imperial family in 1941. Yukawa accompanied Morihei to Manchuria in 1942. Shortly after his return to Japan, he died tragically in Osaka as a result of an altercation with an army soldier.
Gozo Shioda, Tokyo, 1915-1994
The son of a noted pediatrician, Gozo Shioda enrolled in the Kobukan Dojo in May 1932, prior to entering Takushoku University. He became an uchideshi while still a university student and served as a teaching assistant to Morihei Ueshiba in the Tokyo and Osaka areas. Shioda trained under the founder until he left Japan in 1941. During the war, he worked in a civilian capacity in China, Taiwan, Borneo, and the Celebes.
After the war, Shioda spent a brief period training under Ueshiba in Iwama. Later, in 1952, he began teaching aikido to employees of the Nihon Kokan Steel Company and various police departments. In 1955, with the support of prominent businessmen, he established the Yoshinkan Aikido Dojo in Tsukudo Hachiman. Shioda launched the International Yoshinkai Aikido Federation to further the worldwide spread of the Yoshinkan style of aikido in 1990. He is the author of numerous technical books on aikido and an autobiography entitled Aikido Jinsei [An Aikido Life], published in 1985. Shioda held the rank of ninth dan and is the founder of Yoshinkan aikido.
Kiyoshi Nakakura, Kagoshima Prefecture, 1910-2000
Kiyoshi Nakakura started kendo as a boy and entered the Daidokan Dojo at the age of seventeen with the goal of becoming a kendo professional. Later, in January 1930, he moved to Tokyo to enroll in the Yushinkan Kendo Dojo of Hakudo Nakayama. Through his marriage to Morihei Ueshiba's daughter Matsuko, he became the adopted son of the aikido founder and designated successor and was known as Morihiro Ueshiba during his five years at the Kobukan Dojo. He later abandoned his position and marriage, and left the Ueshiba Dojo to pursue his kendo career.
Nakakura had a long and highly successful career in competitive kendo and iaido which lasted into his seventies. Nakakura was a ninth dan hanshi in both kendo and iaido and one of Japan's leading swordsmen. He was active as the head kendo instructor at Hitotsubashi University until his death.
Aritoshi Murashige, 1895-1964
Aritoshi Murashige was originally a judoka and practitioner of Katori Shinto-ryu at the Kodokan together with Minoru Mochizuki. He entered the Kobukan Dojo about 1932 having been sent from the Kodokan. Murashige's main emphasis was on weapon training rather than jujutsu techniques.
Murashige later became an Omoto believer due to his association with Morihei Ueshiba and participated in Budo Senyokai activities. He engaged in intensive training at the Takeda dojo in Hyogo Prefecture and later served as an instructor for the Omoto organization. Later, Murashige taught Manchuria in this connection in 1933. After the war, Murashige taught in Burma in the 1950s and then in Belgium where he died in a car accident in 1964.
Rinjiro Shirata, Yamagata Prefecture, 1912-1993
Rinjiro Shirata entered the Kobukan Dojo in 1933 through a family connection to the Omoto religion. He became one of the leading uchideshi of Morihei Ueshiba, serving as a teaching assistant to the founder and instructing at outside dojo in the Tokyo and Osaka areas until conscripted into Japanese Imperial Army in 1937. Shirata was stationed in Manchuria and Burma during the Pacific War and, upon being repatriated, settled in his native Yamagata Prefecture.
After a training hiatus of more than 20 years, Shirata resumed teaching around 1960. He held several technical and administrative posts within the International Aikido Federation and traveled abroad to teach and attend organizational meetings on several occasions. In 1984, a training manual based on technique of Shirata was authored by John Stevens. Shirata was awarded a 9th dan and was active teaching in Yamagata until shortly before his death.
Takako Kunigoshi, b. Shikoku Prefecture, 1911
Takako Kunigoshi entered the Kobukan Dojo in 1933 just prior to her graduation from Japan Women's Fine Arts University. One of the few female students at the Kobukan Dojo, she trained seriously and gained the full respect of both Morihei Ueshiba and his uchideshi. A skilled artist, Kunigoshi did the technical illustrations for the 1934 book Budo Renshu, which was given to students in lieu of a teaching license. She later trained at the private dojo of Admiral Isamu Takeshita for several years and taught self-defense courses to various women's groups.
After the war, Kunigoshi was no longer active in aikido. She is now retired and resides in Ikebukuro where she gives instruction in the Japanese tea ceremony.
Zenzaburo Akazawa, b. 1919, Ibaragi Prefecture.
Zenzaburo Akazawa is from a family of Omoto believers and first came into contact with aiki budo because of the existence of a Budo Senyokai group in Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture. Also a relative of Kobukan Dojo uchideshi Shigemi Yonekawa, Akazawa entered the Tokyo dojo in April 1933 after graduating from middle school. After a short period of training at the Kobukan, he spent two-and-a-half years of intensive training in Takeda, Hyogo Prefecture at the large Budo Senyokai dojo. Following this, he returned to Tokyo where he continued as an uchideshi until leaving for Manchuria at the age of 18. Morihei Ueshiba and Akazawa formally enrolled in the Kashima Shinto-ryu school in 1937 as the aikido founder became absorbed in the study of weapons, especially the ken and jo. Akazawa practiced Kashima Shinto-ryu for about a year at the Kobukan Dojo when instructors from the ryuha visited each week.
Later, Akazawa entered the Imperial Navy and was at sea for three years. During the latter part of his naval service he was assigned until the end of World War II to teach aikido at the Naval Academy in Etajima in Hiroshima Prefecture. Akazawa's father assisted Morihei Ueshiba in purchasing land in Iwama and then was instrumental in the construction of the Iwama Dojo and the Aiki Shrine. No longer active in aikido, he resides in Iwama.
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What is the reason that the audio cuts out momentarily ? This is very annoying and does it on most of the channels. It is random but consistant, usually cuts out one or two words ,enough to miss what is being said.
This is same issue I had 5 years ago when first using Comcast, Went over to Fios for a few years and never had the problem. Recently got back with Comcast and problem still exists. I know it is not my cables in my house since it was perfect sound always with Verizon Fios. If Comcast has no fix for this, then back to Fios I will be going.......does anyone else have this same problem and IS there a fix?
Solved! Go to Solution.
I hope to see an answer. I have been struggling with this for a year. Comcast says they will monitor and fix. I Finally convinced them it was outside of my house. My comcast repair person will not return phone calls to the number he gave me to call. This is a real mess.
Ok thanks, I am going to contact Comcast today to get an answer,sounds like they are not very interested in fixing the problem...........I will go back to Verizon if this continues much longer
I'm having this same issue but mine only started Saturday when I purchased a new TV. On my old RCA tube tv it never did this but on the new HDTV it is doing it. It drives me crazy. I'm not sure its the cable or the new TV. How can I tell for sure before my return 30 days are up?
One thing to try to see if it is your television would be to play a DVD and see what the sound does during that.
Also run the cable from the wall, not the cable box, and see how the sound reacts.
Either way you can check out the tv and then decide for yourself on the service.
update on this sound issue: comcast is going to send tech out to check for possible problems from where the cable enters my residence to the "nodes" or individual splices near the street..Hopefully they will find a solution.
Please report if it gets resolved. They did all that at my house, said the issue was further up the network and they would report to "network". Nothing happened.
Ok tech came over two days ago ,checked the cable from house to street and into junction box two house away where it ends. Said that someone installed wrong type of cable 6 years ago when housing tract was built, and that it was " indoor cable', not meant to be in the wet /damp underground location that it is in.
So tech thought this was cause of problem and replaced entire cable from house to junction box ( about 100 feet worth) and said to try it and see if it cures problem. It did NOT cure problem, but at least I now have the right cable! Tech told me to call him if problem persists, so I called today and told him and he is going to contact the " maintenance " department on Monday to have them check the cable beyond the point that he hooked the new cable to. So we will see what happens next.....my opinion is that it is an euipment problem at the source(wherever that is?) and they need to fix thier faulty equipment.
The fact that the video never misses a beat and is crystal-clear, tells me that the cable is doing its job all the way from my location to the source. There must be a faulty audio amplifier or wharever they use to send audio signal is acting up.
more to follow next week in this quest for perfection!
mine has been doing it but only on shows that we watch on the DVR, not ones we watch "live"-I figured it was something w/ the signal to the box or defective hard drive on the DVR??
Has anyone posting audio issues here tried the following if your using HDMI?
With your Comcast remote
Turn off the DVR
press "menu"
Arrow down to "Additional HDMI settings" press select
Try changing the audio output selection from "auto" to "L-PCM" or "passthrough"
and see if either of those selections helps. Press the power on the remote twice to exit the menu.
I have 3 dvr's 2 hdmi and one not. Happens on all of them.
I have not tried this but will try it today,thank you.
Ok ,I set both of my HD boxes to " L-PCM" . They were both on "auto"
While I was in the menu screen, I noticed that one of my boxes was only set at 480 output, so I put it on 1080 I . Maybe I will get HD now.......it is only a 40 inch LCD but going from 480 to 1080 output from cable box should be better picture I would think.......It looked like hi def but how could it be if the box was set at only 480 output via HDMI?
Anyway now that I have changed the HDMI audio settings, I will wait and see if my sound cut-out problem is still there.
Ok Comcast told me they sent the maintenance crew today to work on the problem. They adjusted the
amplifiers in the nodes , according to Comcast . There apparently 3-4 amplifiers in each node. I will
give it 48 hours and see if problem is resolved. They said they are 99% sure this adjustment/alignment of
the equipment will solve the missing audio problem.
More to come................
That worked!! Thank you, thank you. I changed the audio to L-pcm and the annoying auto cut out went away.
Well it has been a day since I adjusted the DVR HDMI setting from " auto" to " L-PCM
and also the adjustment to the nodes done by Comcast crew. So far problem has gone away but I will give it
two more days to make sure.
Then I will put dvr back to " auto" and see if sound cuts out again. This way I can tell what actually fixed the
problem.......was it the setting change on DVR.....or did Comcast crew fix it by adjusting the nodes?
more to follow.........
mhani3, cool am glad your issue got fixed!
Mine is still acting up.
You might try and contact Comcast to have the maintenance crew come out and adjust the nodes and see if that helps.......
I have asked for them to do that multiple time without action. Problem is still here and the techs focus on an inside problem which in the end after testing they all say does not exist.
Well I would keep calling them until they resolve it.......they get enough money for the cable service so in my
mind it should pretty much work perfectly. I had to call about 7 times before they finally looked into the
problem. I asked to speak with a supervisor and told them to get the sound fixed or they can
come back and take all the equipment back and I will get the dish network or some other cable.....that
seemed to get them motivated.
It has been 48 hours since Comcast crew adjusted nodes, amplifiers etc. in the street.
So far my sound has been flawless, no drop- outs or missed words. I will wait another week and watch more
channels just to be sure the problem has really disappeared for good.
So my advice to anyone experiencing the symtom of the sound cutting out for 1-3 seconds, call Comcast
have them come out and check/adjust the nodes and amplifiers in the cable boxes OUTSIDE your home
and even farther down to the next junction or two
this is where the issue is apparently. Unless my problem comes back, this will be my last posting on this
issue. good luck to you all.......
my Comcast guy was out today and I showed him the post and he had no clue what it meant! SO mine will still be doing it! He said he will escalate to support and that he was not aware of the problem previously.
I don't get it? If I turn off the DVR I get no picture of anything if I press menu
If you have a Motorola or Pace box, you should get the user menu once the box is off when you press the menu button.
It says Cisco on the front
I have a Motorola box and the same thing happens to me when I hit the menu button once the DVR is turned off. I just get a blank screen and nothing happens.
My sound was cutting out only on HD channels. Tech visit changed wiring from street to house, checked signals, etc. Left without solving the problem, and promised to check with "someone".
While waiting, I changed from optical to coax digital output to my receiver. No change. Still dropping out. I installed RCA analog audio lines from the cable box to my receiver. Didn't hear any dropouts, but sound was worthless. Ugh! Went back to optical cable, but left the RCAs connected. No Dropouts!!
So either, swapping back and forth, optical to coax, somehow cleared up the problem...OR the problem was maybe a ground fault cured by the addition of the RCA cables.
Your guess is as good as mine. Been watching over an hour now and still no dropout on any channel.
I'm also having this issue. The techs tried just about everything in the house, including a new box, and still the audio continues to cut out, just as described above; one or two words randomly and consistently.
The box is a DCX3200M, hooked up via HDMI to a projector, and I've tried both coax and optical outs to a Yamaha receiver. It works with RCA inputs to the receiver (obviously not acceptable audio), but no digital audio seems to be getting transmitted correctly. Which is also consistent with the channels that seem to be affected; all HD channels, and some SD channels... The AV setup has worked just fine with DirecTV for the last 2 years, and I've double triple checked all the connections with a Bluray player, which works perfect.
I'm a new customer and have had to take time for techs (who have all been very professional, no problems with them) yesterday for the install, today, and once more on Friday!!! This is getting frustrating...
I have this issue too. I have since I replaced my older box for one of the newer Cisco RNG200. Since the issue only came when I got the new box this must be an issue with the box. Saying this issue is closed with the answer of "Call Comcast and have someone come to your house" is both lazy and stupid since apparently many of the Comcast guys that are going out to houses have no idea what to do.
Try again Comcast. This time give it some effort.
I don't it is the box according to some posts. Seems like a network issue
Same going on here in Chicago area...been tolerarting it for a year now. The wife is getting irritated.
what do you think cured it in the end? do you think it was really adjusting the nodes, or because you changed the audio setting to PCM? is it still working ok?
did you try changing audio back to Auto to see what happens?
It was yhe nodes that were adjusted that finally fixed the problem. When it was happening it would affect all 3 tv s in different rooms with three different cable boxes, and the HD DVR box was the one that i set from pcm to auto and made no difference......i dont even know what it is set to now because the problem was fixed an I get good sound, not once since last March did the audio cut out.
I will tell you if you are having the same issues will will have to be very firm with Comcast, as they will always tell you it is an equipment problem in your house(which may be true in some instances).
But it took three different crews to solve my issue, which was finally resolved after 10 days when the line crews (2 trucks with 4 workers) checked the line from the overhead wires down the street, followedthem into the underground section beneath my street, and finally inspected one of the nodes(which I think is one of those green boxes they have betwwen peoples yards evey 3-5 houses). They made an adjustment in there which most likely was some sort of ampifier to boost the signal and everything is good now.
I dont know why my neighbors did not have the same problem but maybe they did and they ignored it or could live with it.......
Anyway you will need to be determined and keep calling Comcast until they fix it if that is the cause of the problem.
The way i look at it ,we pay them alot of money every month so we should have a clear picture and clear audio.
Good luck,
sounds like yours was a different issue. Mine seems to be fixed just with switching the audio to PCM. at least I hope it stays that way!
did you have the video cut out as well as the audio? strange that the video would not also cut out if it was a line/node issue.
thats what was strange about it.....the video was perfect and very clear, only the audio was giving me trouble......sounds like your problem is fixed thats great!
yes my wife was same way until we got it resolved!:
I had a long talk with them re this. And yes they go straight for the equiptment. I live at the end of the line so it may be the case. Anyways, I am calling them later today to voice my concern and raise my voice a little. The guy looked at the forum and said little. I do have a motorola box -fyi. Anyhow, we'll see how it goes, hopefully for their sake they fix it as I just lost my job and not in the mood for dilly dallying around. I feel sorry for them now - if they don't fix it they owe me a credit for not providing a service I am paying for(and yes my wife is irritated about it now).
sorry about your job....we are facing layoffs here too they just have not announced it yet........good luck and remember you will find a better job you will see.
let us know what happens. does it get fixed when they adjust things on the pole or do they have to change your box settings?
also, from other posts, it appears that switching to a higher end DVR box may take care of the problem too (although then you must pay for monthly DVR service too).
If still having trouble getting to settings/menu press "Guide" instead of "Menu"
I am also having a similar audio problem. My problem seems to be limited to CBS and USA. Local CBS news programs are imposible to listen to. The verbal and any background music are both affected The ads and remote reporting are less affected then the studio reporting. I purchased a new TV about 6 weeks ago and that is when the problem surfaced. My old monster TV did not exhibit the problem as far as I could tell. I had Comcast out for the problem and they put in a new Motorola box. The USA channel shows that are most affected are NCIS reruns.
comcast was out today...said the box in the yard was wide open with moiture and spider webs. service was called to fix it. if it doesnt then the nodes will be next. ill let you know what happens next.
Well, supposedly an attempt has been made to correct my audio problem. However, there has not been an improvement. There supposedly was an open box somewhere. Comcast service techs visited in March and did check the connection at the street. How did this box open up? In conclusion: No Improvement.
On to the third service call tomorrow. I keep telling them about the nodes but they said they have a process to follow. A waste of time in my view when it appears clear what may be the issue. Anyways, we'll see how this one goes. If they can't fix it then I'll be asking for more credit for poor service.
On or about April 18 the audio problem has apparently been repaired. I don't know if Comcast made repairs or if the change over to HD by WHP, Channel 5 resulted in the correction.
The problem comtinues....I have had I think 6 or 7 techs out so far. They check everything and all comes out ok....I have had 3 new lines put in...very irritating to say the least. I tell them all that they need to review the nodes....thye can't as I have a good signal. The last guy said he ...have to go for now
tried switching to pcm or the other one and it did nothing. i have the new, little black box.
you could try going to comcast and ask them to switch you to a different box
mine still works fine on PCM. but every so often the box changes itself back - so i have to change the settings again to PCM.


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During the World Championships of '13 Jeanine also set new Dutch records in two other depth disciplines: No Fins (-60 m) and Constant Weight (-80 m). After the WC she went home to get her Bachelor degree in medicine studies, which she had started one year prior. Over '14 Jeanine continued to do small pool competitions, earning several medals and improving (some of her own) national records.
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Official records
Free Immersion 92 m (Video) – World record
Constant Weight 80 m
Constant Weight No Fins 60 m ‐ Dutch national record
Dynamic 178 m ‐ Dutch national record
Dynamic No Fins 130 m (Video)
Static 6 minutes 31 seconds ‐ Dutch national record
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