About

Aikido Yoshinkan Yoseikai

About

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Amos Lee Parker was born December 12, 1936 in Houston, Texas. He is the 7^th of 16 children.

At age 18, Amos joined the United States Navy and it is here where his life in Aikido begins. Amos spent 35 years training in Japan with Kiyoyuki Terada Hanshi, 9th dan (Pictured to right).

Amos began his full-time study of Yoshinkan in 1962 while a member of the United States Navy in Yokosuka-cho, Japan. Upon his retirement after 20 years of service to his country, he remained in Japan for another 20 years to further his own development and understanding of Yoshinkan Aikido.

Interview with Amos Parker Sensei

Highest ranked non-Japanese instructor in Yoshihan Aikido
Highest ranked member of Terada Honbu Seiseikai

Highest ranked Yoshinkan Aikido instructor in the United States

Received the title of Shihan in 1986
Received the rank of hachidan (8^th dan) in 1995
Is senior to many Japanese instructors
Served as a presiding judge at several Enbutaikai

The Aikido Yoshinkan Yoseikai (AYY) was founded by Parker Shihan to promote Yoshinkan Aikido throughout North America. The name YOSEIKAI (養精会) was given to Parker Shihan by his instructor Kiyoyuki Terada Hanshi.

The character YO (養)is the same as the YO found in YOSHINKAN. SEI (精)is taken from Terada Hanshi's first name and is the same character that is used in his organization SEISEIKAI. The combination of the two characters coming together are reflective of Parker Shihan's Aikido and signify the relationship of the two major schools of thought found in Yoshinkan Aikido.

The AYY is comprised of affiliated schools in the US and Canada. These affiliates host yearly clinics with Parker Shihan and have been accepted as his students. All instructors within the AYY are IYAF registered instructors.

Kiyoyuki Terada Hanshi, 10th dan

Saikoo Komon of Yoshinkan Aikido

Terada Hanshi is the most senior of all Yoshinkan Aikido instructors. He began his Aikido studies under the second Doshu, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and with the exception of Gozo Shioda Kancho, is the only other Yoshinkan Aikido instructor to have taken lesson's from O'Sensei, Morihei Ueshiba.

He was one of the top instructors who was with Gozo Shioda Kancho when the Yoshinkan Aikido honbu dojo was founded in 1955. He served as Yoshinkan Aikido honbu dojo chief instructor and is featured in many of the original videos and books, including Dynamic Aikido.

Terada Hanshi is President (Kaicho) of the Aikido Yoshinkan Seiseikai organization which is made of some 25 dojo's throughout Japan.

The title of Saikoo Komon means "Chief Technical Advisor".