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conducted over 200 in-
terviews. The Aikido
Journal audio archives
house over 700 hours
of audio recordings,
much of which have
been edited and publi-
shed in Aiki News and
Aikido Journal. Pranin
has collected hundreds
of hours of film and vi-
deo recordings, a por-
tion of which have been
edited and published.
Aikido Journal’s photo
collection includes over Stanley Pranin and Gozo Shioda
the founder of Yoshinkan Aikido
100,000 images, inclu-
ding several thousand
of Morihei Ueshiba.

Pranin was promoted to
5th Dan by Morihiro Sai-
to in 1983.

The Martial Arts com-
munity has lost a great
teacher. With his death
the world of Aikido has
been shaken. Now we
can only thank Pranin
Sensei for helping us
to better understand
the history, techniques Stanley Pranin and Tokimune Takeda
and teachings of Aikido at the gravesite of Sokaku Takeda
for many years. Mar- in Abashiri, Hokkaido
tial Science Magazine
sends the most sincere
condolences and pra-
yers for your family and
students.

Stanley Pranin and
Inoue Noriaki Sensei - Shin’ei Taido

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