Was Tomiki Sensei the other master?
No. Tomiki Sensei came later. He combined Aikido and Judo: he would use Aikido for open distance in combat and judo for a closer Ma-ai (critical distance). I don’t altogether agree with this idea, but Tomiki Sensei was a very good Martial Artist… and a real gentleman. I read somewhere that there is a cousin of O Sensei, a Martial Artist himself, still alive in Japan! Yes, that is Master Hogen Inoue. His resemblance to O Sensei is amazing. He is of course very old now, but his Aikido was second only to O Sensei’s at one time. He calls his Budo form, ‘Taiwa Shindo’ now. The Shotokai Karate Master, Harada Sensei’s teacher, Master Shigeru Egami was a student under Inoue Sensei . . . I have heard that there was an interesting encounter between these two great masters when they first met! You must ask Harada Sensei about this incident. Harada Sensei and I are good friends: he is an intellectual and a great Karate Master.
