(currently Sugawara Martial Arts Institute, Inc.) In 1975, he entered the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu receiving the 'kyoshi' instructor's license in 1986. April 1992, introduced Aikido to Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, ... In 2003, Sugawara Sensei introduced the Taichi style Aikido 42 Forms that he had recently created. Sensei began by telling us that he had the idea to create a Tai-chi style kata using Aikido techniques over 10 years ago. ...

Headed By Frank Ani Jr. This is a “hard” style Aikido, combining the basics of Tenshin and general Aikikai styles together. It also includes techniques from Aikijujutsu making it a very practical and street effective version of Aikido. ...

The pivot step is referred to as tenkai in aikido terminology. An avoidance step is called tenkan. The J step is tenshin-ashi, and shuffle stepping (tsugi-ashi) can be done several ways: lunging, shuffling, slide up, or skipping. ...

Frank Jr. Ani Led This is a “hard” style of Aikido, combines the basics of education and Tenshin Aikikai styles together. It also contains technical Aikijujutsu to make a street version highly practical and effective Aikido. ...