(IMAF Japan). In 1970, Tomiki retired from Waseda University and, in the same year, presided over the first All-Japan Student Aikido Tournament. The basic rules for the holding of aikido tournaments had been worked out by this time in what would become an ongoing experiment to develop a viable form of competitive aikido. In 1971, Kodokan awarded Tomiki with the 8th Dan blackbelt. Then, in 1974, he founded the Japan Aikido Association (JAA) from an earlier organization of the same name to promote his theories. In 1975, he became Vice Chairman of the Japanese Academy of Budo. Tomiki set up a new dojo for the Shodokan in Osaka on March 28, 1976 with the support of Masaharu Uchiyama, Vice-Chairman of the J.A.A. This dojo was intended to function as the headquarters of the Japan Aikido Association and Tomiki served as its first director. The current head of the dojo and chief instructor of the Shodokan Aikido Federation is Tetsuro Nariyama. Professor Tomiki died from complications of colorectal cancer on December 24, 1979. Known martial arts disciples Ōba Hideo Teramoto Shōichi Uchiyama (Miyake) Junkichi Nariyama Tetsurō Morikawa Sumiharu Shishida Fumiaki Miyake Tsunako Inoue Takeshi Kogure Hiroaki Takemoto Yoshio Satō Tadayuki Obuchi Keizo Suzuki Kunio Robert Dziubla Writing Chosaku jūdō taisō (1954 - 柔道体操 - Judo gymnastics) Aikidō nyūmon (1958 - 合気道入門 - Introduction to Aikido ) Shin aikidō tekisuto (1964 - 新合気道テキスト - New Aikido Textbook) See also Kodokan Goshin Jutsu Jieitaikakutojutsu References Further reading Aikido Journal Encyclopedia Interview with Kenji Tomiki (Part 2) External links Early Movie on Kenji Tomiki's method Kenji Tomiki's method Part 1 Kenji Tomiki's method Part 2 Kenji Tomiki: Judo Taiso – a method of training Aiki no Jutsu through Judo principles Kenji Tomiki – Introduction to Goshinjutsu A Letter from Kenji Tomiki to Isamu Takeshita Tomiki Kenji Japanese male judoka 1900 births 1979 deaths Martial arts school founders Waseda University alumni 20th-century philanthropists 20th-century Japanese people fr:Kenji Tomiki