There is the list of Uchi-deshi of O'Sensei (boarding students living with the master) from 1921 to 1969

Photocopy shown in the Iwama dojo             by Saito Sensei (1998)          Click on picture to enlarge

This list regroups all the masters having a motivation, but it is not exhaustive, so do not hesitate in sending me an E Mail if I have missed out any and I will do the necessary changes.

We globally consider that there have been four generations of Deshi : Two before WWII and two after WWII, the dates given below in the chart are the dates indicating the origine of the practice of Aïkido ,or of the Aïkibudo of Deshi with O'Sensei.

Reference to l'encyclopédie of l'Aïkido by Stanley PRANIN