▁refer ▁to : ▁▁ ▁Roy ▁P . ▁Wil co x ▁( 1 8 7 3 – 1 9 4 6 ), ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Wisconsin ▁State ▁Senate ▁ ▁Roy ▁C . ▁Wil co x ▁( 1 8 9 1 – 1 9 7 5 ), ▁Lieutenant ▁Governor ▁of ▁Connecticut <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁G le ason ▁( born ▁ 4 ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 3 ) ▁is ▁the ▁American ▁author ▁of ▁two ▁books ▁about ▁a ik ido , ▁spiritual ity ▁and ▁kot ot ama . ▁ ▁He ▁holds ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁ 7 th ▁dan ▁in ▁a ik ido ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁and ▁head ▁instruct or ▁of ▁Sh ob u ▁A ik ido ▁in ▁Som er ville , ▁MA , ▁USA . ▁G le ason ▁teach es ▁sem in ars ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Biography ▁G le ason ▁lived ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁Japan ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 9 – 8 0 , ▁where ▁he ▁trained ▁in ▁traditional ▁a ik ido ▁and ▁Japanese ▁sword ▁at ▁the ▁world ▁headquarters ▁of ▁a ik ido , ▁the ▁A ik ikai ▁Hom bu ▁Do jo . ▁G le ason ▁wrote ▁a ▁brief ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁training ▁at ▁the ▁do jo , ▁describing ▁the ▁training ▁environment ▁and ▁people ▁involved . ▁ ▁Mor ihe i ▁U es hib a ▁(" O - s ense i "), ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁a ik ido , ▁had ▁died ▁the ▁year ▁before ▁G le ason ▁arrived ▁in ▁Japan . ▁G le ason ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁account ▁about ▁his ▁int ensive ▁training ▁with