Don Angier
Encyclopedia
Don Angier is a well-known American
martial artist who is head of the Yanagi Ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu system. He is the only American known to have inherited the title of Sōke
(as opposed to assuming it). He was granted the title by Kenji Yoshida, son of Kōtarō Yoshida
, a local handyman under whom Angier studied as a teenager. http://www.bugei.com/angier.html
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War
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United States
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martial artist who is head of the Yanagi Ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu system. He is the only American known to have inherited the title of Sōke
Soke
The word soke has several meanings:* Soke , an early Western jurisdictional concept.* Soke or eke is a Tongan stick dance, originating from Wallis and Futuna., a Japanese title meaning "head of the family," and is usually used to denote the headmaster of a school of Japanese martial arts.* Soke of...
(as opposed to assuming it). He was granted the title by Kenji Yoshida, son of Kōtarō Yoshida
Kotaro Yoshida
was an 19th to 20th Century Japanese martial artist and member of the Amur River Society , an ultra-nationalist organization of disenfranchised ex-samurai who promulgated "pan-Asiatic ascendancy" in line with the rise of Japanese imperialism...
, a local handyman under whom Angier studied as a teenager. http://www.bugei.com/angier.html
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
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External links
- Biography from Journal of Combative Sport 2001; first published in Aikido Journal 119, 27:1 (2000), 16-23