# Sources This site uses only publicly available sources. Web pages were consulted in October 2026. Where sources disagree, we show each version and mark the date as uncertain. Quotations are short and attributed. 1. Wikipédia (FR), “Nobuyoshi Tamura”. [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Tamura](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Tamura) 2. Wikipedia (EN), “Nobuyoshi Tamura”. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Tamura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Tamura) 3. WEB Hiden (BAB Japan), profile of Tamura Nobuyoshi. [https://webhiden.jp/master/tamura_nobuyoshi/](https://webhiden.jp/master/tamura_nobuyoshi/) 4. Programme of the Aikido demonstration, McKinley High School, Honolulu, 11 Mar 1961, p. 4 (Aikido Hawaii archive). [https://www.aikidohawaii.org/mckinley_p4.html](https://www.aikidohawaii.org/mckinley_p4.html) 5. “Taking Ukemi for Morihei Ueshiba: Interview with Nobuyoshi Tamura” (1983/1984), Aikido Journal. [https://aikidojournal.com/2015/05/02/interview-with-nobuyoshi-tamura-1/](https://aikidojournal.com/2015/05/02/interview-with-nobuyoshi-tamura-1/) 6. Aikido Journal, encyclopedia entry “Nobuyoshi Tamura” (2011). [https://aikidojournal.com/2011/08/27/nobuyoshi-tamura/](https://aikidojournal.com/2011/08/27/nobuyoshi-tamura/) 7. “Profiles of the Founder of Aikido: Nobuyoshi Tamura”, Part 1, tr. C. Li, Aikido Sangenkai. [https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/profiles-founder-of-aikido-nobuyoshi-tamura-part-1/](https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/profiles-founder-of-aikido-nobuyoshi-tamura-part-1/) 8. “Profiles of the Founder of Aikido: Nobuyoshi Tamura”, Part 2, tr. C. Li, Aikido Sangenkai. [https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/profiles-founder-nobuyoshi-tamura-part-2/](https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/profiles-founder-nobuyoshi-tamura-part-2/) 9. L. Tamaki, “Interview Tamura Nobuyoshi, l’aigle de l’Aïkido”, Tsubaki Journal, 27 Sept 2007 (interview conducted in Japanese, published in French); republished on Budo no Nayami, leotamaki.com (2011). [https://www.leotamaki.com/article-interview-tamura-nobuyoshi-l-aigle-de-l-aikido-77477356.html](https://www.leotamaki.com/article-interview-tamura-nobuyoshi-l-aigle-de-l-aikido-77477356.html) 10. “Avant tout c’est mon ami”, interview by Bob Aubrey, Bushido magazine (1983), reproduced by Aikido Takemusu. [https://www.aikidotakemusu.org/avant-tout-cest-mon-ami/](https://www.aikidotakemusu.org/avant-tout-cest-mon-ami/) 11. “Interview with Tamura Sensei”, Budo International, reprinted by Aikidosphere. [https://aikidosphere.com/nt-e-interview](https://aikidosphere.com/nt-e-interview) 12. N. Tamura, Aïkido – Étiquette et transmission (1991), English translation, Aikidosphere. [https://aikidosphere.com/nt-e-etiq-pt-1](https://aikidosphere.com/nt-e-etiq-pt-1) 13. N. Tamura, “The Instructor – the Educator – the Guide”, Aikido Europe (1979). [http://aikido-db.com/Aikidosphere/nt-e-educator.pdf](http://aikido-db.com/Aikidosphere/nt-e-educator.pdf) 14. Seseragi, special issue “Hommage à Tamura Senseï”, FFAB (Sept 2010). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%20HOMMAGE%20SENSEI.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%20HOMMAGE%20SENSEI.pdf) 15. Seseragi no. 48, FFAB (May 2011). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%2048.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%2048.pdf) 16. Seseragi no. 52, biography by J.-P. Avy, FFAB (Mar 2013). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%20n52%20web.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%20n52%20web.pdf) 17. FFAB, “L’Aïkido et la FFAB”. [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/aikido%20et%20la%20ffab.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/aikido%20et%20la%20ffab.pdf) 18. FFAB, École Nationale d’Aïkido – Shumeïkan (brochure). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/ENA.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/ENA.pdf) 19. FFAB, “L’École Dojo Shumeïkan de la FFAB”. [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/l-ecole-dojo-shumeikan-de-la-ffab-110.html](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/l-ecole-dojo-shumeikan-de-la-ffab-110.html) 20. Aïkido Club des Allées, “Le Club” (history of the Shumeikan). [http://aikido-club-des-allees.chez-alice.fr/Club.htm](http://aikido-club-des-allees.chez-alice.fr/Club.htm) 21. Aïkido Montarnaud, “Nobuyoshi Tamura” (club page). [http://www.aikido-montarnaud.fr/index.php/les-maitres-de-l-aikido/15-les-maitres/148-nobuyoshi-tamura](http://www.aikido-montarnaud.fr/index.php/les-maitres-de-l-aikido/15-les-maitres/148-nobuyoshi-tamura) 22. J. M. Martínez Zufía, “30 Aniversario AETAIKI – Aikikai España” (2012). [http://www.aikidotsanchez.com/docs/30anijmmz.pdf](http://www.aikidotsanchez.com/docs/30anijmmz.pdf) 23. Aïkikaï de Thônes, “Tamura Shihan” (AETAIKI text). [http://www.aikikaidethones.fr/tamura/tamuraSpa.html](http://www.aikikaidethones.fr/tamura/tamuraSpa.html) 24. Aikikai de Portugal, history of the AKP. [https://www.aikikaideportugal.pt/index.php/en/aikikai-portugal](https://www.aikikaideportugal.pt/index.php/en/aikikai-portugal) 25. Aiki-wiki, “Entretien – Luis Antunes” (interview of Aug 2014). [https://aiki-wiki.eu/entretien-luis-antunes-directeur-technique-de-laikikai-du-portugal/](https://aiki-wiki.eu/entretien-luis-antunes-directeur-technique-de-laikikai-du-portugal/) 26. Surya / Crono Budo, interview with Luis Antunes (2000). [http://cronobudo.free.nf/surya/pe_11_3.htm](http://cronobudo.free.nf/surya/pe_11_3.htm) 27. Clube Atlético de Alvalade, “Aikido”. [https://clubeatleticodealvalade.pt/aikido/](https://clubeatleticodealvalade.pt/aikido/) 28. Shumeikai Italia, “Insegnanti di riferimento”. [https://www.shumeikai.it/insegnanti-di-riferimento/](https://www.shumeikai.it/insegnanti-di-riferimento/) 29. Aikikai Foundation, Overseas Organization list. [https://aikikai.or.jp/eng/about/overseasorganization/](https://aikikai.or.jp/eng/about/overseasorganization/) 30. AETAIKI – Aikikai España. [https://aikikai.org.es/aikikai-espana/](https://aikikai.org.es/aikikai-espana/) 31. Meïwakan, “About us” (Mickaël Martin). [https://www.meiwakan.fr/About_us.Z.htm](https://www.meiwakan.fr/About_us.Z.htm) 32. Antwerpen Aikikai, “Nobuyoshi Tamura”. [https://antwerpenaikikai.be/nobuyoshi-tamura/](https://antwerpenaikikai.be/nobuyoshi-tamura/) 33. Edinburgh Aikido Club, “Tamura Sensei”. [https://www.edinburghaikido.co.uk/about/tamura-sensei/](https://www.edinburghaikido.co.uk/about/tamura-sensei/) 34. Dojo Tomás Sánchez Shihan, Madrid. [https://www.aikidotsanchez.com/](https://www.aikidotsanchez.com/) 35. Aikido Budo Madrid, “Noticias”. [https://www.aikidobudo.com/noticias.html](https://www.aikidobudo.com/noticias.html) 36. Aikikai Foundation (Aikikai Hombu Dojo, Tokyo), official site. [https://www.aikikai.or.jp/eng/](https://www.aikikai.or.jp/eng/) 37. Aikikai de Saint-Étienne, “Tamura Shihan” (lists his three books). [https://aikidojo.stetienne.org/laikido/tamura-shihan/](https://aikidojo.stetienne.org/laikido/tamura-shihan/) 38. N. Tamura, Introduction to the book “Aïkido” (scan), Aikikai de Saint-Étienne. [https://aikidojo.stetienne.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tamura_IntroductionLivreAIKIDO.pdf](https://aikidojo.stetienne.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tamura_IntroductionLivreAIKIDO.pdf) 39. Budo Éditions, “Aïkido – Étiquette et transmission” (publisher page). [https://www.budo.fr/livres/189-aikido-etiquette-et-transmission.html](https://www.budo.fr/livres/189-aikido-etiquette-et-transmission.html) 40. Librairie Mollat, catalogue record “Aïkido : étiquette et transmission” (Budo, 2002). [https://www.mollat.com/livres/1209388/nobuyoshi-tamura-aikido-etiquette-et-transmission-manuel-a-l-usage-des-professeurs](https://www.mollat.com/livres/1209388/nobuyoshi-tamura-aikido-etiquette-et-transmission-manuel-a-l-usage-des-professeurs) 41. Musubi.it, “Tamura Nobuyoshi: Aikido – Méthode nationale” (review with cover). [https://www.musubi.it/it/koryu/maestri/134-tempu?limitstart=&showall=1](https://www.musubi.it/it/koryu/maestri/134-tempu?limitstart=&showall=1) 42. books-by-isbn.com, “Books by Nobuyoshi Tamura”. [https://www.books-by-isbn.com/authors/nobuyoshi/tamura/](https://www.books-by-isbn.com/authors/nobuyoshi/tamura/) 43. diebuchsuche.ch, “Aikido. Etichetta e disciplina” (Edizioni Mediterranee, 1994). [https://diebuchsuche.ch/buch-isbn-9788827209936.html](https://diebuchsuche.ch/buch-isbn-9788827209936.html) 44. Imagin Arts, J.-M. Chamot × L. Tamaki, “Souvenirs de Tamura Sensei” (video). [https://www.imaginarts.tv/chamot-souvenirs-tamura-sensei-conseils-aikido/](https://www.imaginarts.tv/chamot-souvenirs-tamura-sensei-conseils-aikido/) 45. Lionel Froidure, “Aïkido : interview de Léo Tamaki” (video). [https://www.lionelfroidure.com/aikido-interview-de-leo-tamaki/](https://www.lionelfroidure.com/aikido-interview-de-leo-tamaki/) 46. WEB Hiden, DVD of Tamura’s seminar at the 10th International Aikido Congress. [https://webhiden.jp/dvd/dvd186/](https://webhiden.jp/dvd/dvd186/) 47. 『秘伝』 (Hiden) Dec 2010, memorial feature on Tamura Shihan (issue page). [https://webhiden.jp/magazine/201012/](https://webhiden.jp/magazine/201012/) 48. Aiki-wiki, “Entretien Nobuyoshi Tamura de St-Maximin-la-S.-Baume” (1999), part 1. [https://aiki-wiki.eu/entrtien-nobuyoshi-tamura-de-st-maximin-la-s-baume-partie-1/](https://aiki-wiki.eu/entrtien-nobuyoshi-tamura-de-st-maximin-la-s-baume-partie-1/) 49. Meïwakan, interview with Mickaël Martin. [https://www.meiwakan.fr/interview-aikido.FB.htm](https://www.meiwakan.fr/interview-aikido.FB.htm) 50. Aikido Noyelles-lès-Seclin, posts tagged “maître Tamura”. [http://www.aikido-noyelles.fr/tag/maitre-tamura/](http://www.aikido-noyelles.fr/tag/maitre-tamura/) 51. PUC Paris, “Rencontre Aïkido, en hommage à Tamura” (5 Mar 2025). [https://puc.paris/rencontre-aikido-en-hommage-a-tamura.html](https://puc.paris/rencontre-aikido-en-hommage-a-tamura.html) 52. hapsy, “Aikido seminar in the memory of Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan and Mrs. Rumiko Tamura” (Brno 2025). [https://hapsy.co/e/aikido-seminar-in](https://hapsy.co/e/aikido-seminar-in) 53. Club d’Aikido Buisson Rond Chambéry, “Stage en hommage à Me Tamura” (2026). [https://www.aikido-chambery.fr/articles/actualites/stage-en-hommage-a-me-tamura-2110941](https://www.aikido-chambery.fr/articles/actualites/stage-en-hommage-a-me-tamura-2110941) 54. A. Peyrache, interview by Horst Schwickerath, Aikidojournal 4/2008, pp. 35–37. [https://www.aikidojournal.eu/](https://www.aikidojournal.eu/) 55. Seseragi no. 47, FFAB (Dec 2010). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%2047.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/SESERAGI%2047.pdf) 56. FFAB, book of condolences 2010 (scan; only official-body messages quoted). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/292642188SCAN0412_000.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/292642188SCAN0412_000.pdf) 57. FFAB, Seseragi archive (incl. nos. 50 and 52). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/seseragi-le-journal-de-la-ffab-124.html](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/seseragi-le-journal-de-la-ffab-124.html) 58. L. Tamaki, “Cérémonie à Bras en l’honneur de Tamura senseï” (2010). [https://www.leotamaki.com/article-ceremonie-a-bras-en-l-honneur-de-tamura-sensei-56584018.html](https://www.leotamaki.com/article-ceremonie-a-bras-en-l-honneur-de-tamura-sensei-56584018.html) 59. Aikikan España, “Memorial Tamura Sensei”, Castellón. [https://www.aikikan.es/event/memorial-tamura-sensei-castellon-29/register](https://www.aikikan.es/event/memorial-tamura-sensei-castellon-29/register) 60. Eurasia Aikido, “Reflections after the Brno seminar” (2025). [https://www.eurasiaaikido.org/2025/03/07/reflections-after-the-brno-seminar/](https://www.eurasiaaikido.org/2025/03/07/reflections-after-the-brno-seminar/) 61. Sho Shin Aikido, “Nobuyoshi Tamura Aikido memorial” (2015). [http://shoshinaikido.blogspot.com/2015/02/nobuyoshi-tamura-aikido-memorial-67-en.html](http://shoshinaikido.blogspot.com/2015/02/nobuyoshi-tamura-aikido-memorial-67-en.html) 62. Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan – son Message, son Héritage, vol. 1: L’esprit Shumeïkan, École Nationale d’Aïkido with the FFAB, Bras (2015); about 150 pages of Tamura’s texts, no ISBN (link: ENA leaflet announcing the book). [https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/ENA.pdf](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/pdf/ENA.pdf) 63. Colophon of the deluxe edition of Méthode nationale (AGEP, 1975); copy in Ricardo Diz’s collection. 64. S. Pranin, Aikido Pioneers – Postwar Era, Aikido Journal (2023), ISBN 978-1-7370256-3-4, pp. 153–170: interview with Nobuyoshi Tamura (Part I: Marseille, 2 Aug 1983, questions by Didier Boyet; Part II: Aiki News office, Tokyo, 29 Aug 1984). Part I is online at Aikido Journal. [https://aikidojournal.com/2015/05/02/interview-with-nobuyoshi-tamura-1/](https://aikidojournal.com/2015/05/02/interview-with-nobuyoshi-tamura-1/) 65. N. Tamura, preface (p. 7) to Christophe Page, Jumbi Dosa – La préparation en Aïkido, self-published (2007), ISBN 978-2-9520012-4-3. 66. S. Pranin, “Dan inflation in the early years of aikido”, Aikido Journal. [https://aikidojournal.com/2012/10/12/dan-inflation-in-the-early-years-of-aikido-by-stanley-pranin-2/](https://aikidojournal.com/2012/10/12/dan-inflation-in-the-early-years-of-aikido-by-stanley-pranin-2/) ## Photo credits - Home page: Tamura Shihan teaching at the Lesneven summer course, 2006. Photo: Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamura_nobuyoshi_lesneven_2006.jpeg), licensed [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Converted to black and white for this site. - Biography page: the Shumeikan, the dojo at Bras (Var). Photo: [FFAB](https://www.ffabaikido.com/fr/l-ecole-dojo-shumeikan-de-la-ffab-110.html). Converted to black and white for this site. - Book covers on The Book page are credited beside each cover. Other images will be added only once rights holders have given permission.