Über die Jahrzente hinweg änderte O Sensei seinen Stil und passte den Namen entsprechend an.Zu Anfang 1921 von Aiki-Bujutsu zu Aiki-Budo bis zu Aikido. Seine Schüler legten unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte und verstanden Aikido auf ihre eigene Weise. So entstanden viele Stilrichtungen, eine davon ist das Takemusu Aikido.
NOTESThis chart presents the major disciples of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba during his teaching career which spanned the period of 1920 to 1969.The visualization is a graphical representa-tion of the number of disciples referenced in this chart, but is not a statistical analysis of the complete roster of the direct disciples of the Founder.Ueshiba first began teaching Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu in Ayabe in 1920, and then relocated to Tokyo in 1927. His art was known as “Aiki Budo” during the 1930s before the creation of modern aikido in postwar Iwama.The Founder made regular trips to the Kansai area including Osaka, his native Tanabe and Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture.Individuals are listed approximately in chronological order according to the decade of their first instruction from the Founder.Those names denoted with an asterisk(*) first started training at an earlier date before their main study under the Founder.Some of the persons listed were included primarily due to their prominent roles in the dissemination of aikido rather than duration of training under the Founder. Note that this chart is not a complete and definitive listing. Responsibility for this selection rests with Stanley Pranin, founder and former editor of Aiki News / Aikido Journal. This chart is designed to be a faithful reproduction of data as last updated by Stanley Pranin.The chart should be construed as an ongoing project. Through collaborating with experts in the aikido community, we hope to publish an expanded and updated overview of the principal disciples of the Founder in the future.