Special thank-you to the Takemusu Aikido Association, Bill Witt, and Aviv Goldsmith for supporting the original idea of this website, securing the domain name and for initial funding.
A sincere arigato to everyone who has contributed to this website.
Original website author: Patricia Yarrow. Her other websites include Patricia Yarrow’s Japan Monogatari. She lives in Tokyo.
Aviv Goldsmith and Aikido in Fredericksburg (http://www.aikidoinn.com/) in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Bill Witt and Takemusu Aikido Association (http://www.takemusu.org/) in Northern California
David Alexander, formerly of Westlake Village Aikido (http://www.iwama-aikido.com/) in Westlake, California
Stan Pranin, editor, Aikido Journal (http://blog.aikidojournal.com/)
Gaku Homma, Nippon Kan (http://www.nippon-kan.org/) in Denver, Colorado
Hoa Newens, Aikido Institute of Davis in Davis, California
Paul Henderson in Golden, Colorado
Yvonne Thelwell, Aikido of Arlington, Virginia (http://aikidoofarlington.com/) in Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Bruce Choy, Takemusu Aiki Association Australia (http://www.aikidoaus.com.au/) Australia, for two photos on the 2001 page
Ulf Evanås, Iwama Ryu Aikido Scandanavia (http://www.aikido-copenhagen.dk/), for the tengui photos
Roland Spitzbarth, Aiki Dojo.Ch in Zürich, Switzerland
Volker Hochwald and Jorgen Fagerlund, Aikido Stuttgart (http://www.aikido-stuttgart.de/) in Stuttgart, Germany
Mic Marelli, Aiki Kunren Dojo (http://www.aiki.com.au/) in Sydney, Australia
Mehmet Dogu, Aiki Shuren Dojo Istanbul (http://www.iwama-ryu-tr.org/) in Istanbul, Turkey
Robert Molerio (rjm@panix.com) in Pennsylvania, USA, for the quote about “breaking dojos”
Seah Ah Hee (rjm@panix.com) in Singapore
Andreas Wiemann, Takemusu Aikido Groups in Berlin and Bad Nauheim (http://takemusuaikido.de/en) in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Alessandro Tittarelli, Aikido Dento Iwama Ryu Italia (http://www.aikidodentoiwamaryu.com/)
Ethan Weisgard, Aiki Shuren Dojo (http://www.aiki-shuren-dojo.com/) in Copenhagen, Denmark
Derek Minus, Sheldon Forest Dojo (http://aikido.com.au/) in Turramurra (near Sydney), Australia
Jean Marc Serio, Takemusu Aikido Renmei Franc (http://itaaf.free.fr/) in Renmei, France
Roy Vrijs in HollandJoerg Beile, Iwama Aikido Zuerich, (http://www.iwamaaikido.ch/) in Zürich, Switzerland
Brian Lemko, Aikido Institute (http://www.aikidoinstitute.org/) in Oakland, California
Michael Hacker in Arizona
Richard Hutchison in Georgia, USA
John Longford, Cambridge Aikido (http://www.cambridge-aikido.com/) in Cambridge, England
Paul Durand, JinAikido (http://www.jinaikido.se) in Sweden
Carlos Nogueira, Aikido-Iwama-Brasil (http://www.aikidoiwamabrasil.com.br/) in Brazil
Three anonymous contributors