- Koichi Tohei Sensei (sensei means teacher) is the Founder of the Ki Society.
- Koichi Tohei (藤平光一, Tōhei Kōichi) (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido...
- Tohei did not wish to lose what he obtained with the Judo but was forced to replace his training with the Zen meditation and Misogi exercises.
- With the death of Morihei Ueshiba in 1969 a split began between the main aikido organization, the Aikikai, and Koichi Tohei.
- On 1 May 1974, Koichi Tohei officially left the Aikikai organization to concentrate on his newly created Ki-aikido and Ki-society.
- Koichi Tohei began practicing AIKI BUDO at the KOBUKAN DOJO in 1940 while still a university student.
- "An Overview of Koichi Tohei's Early Aikido Career".
- Koichi Tohei was born in Tokyo in 1920. ... In 1939, at the age of 19, Tohei met Morihei Ueshiba and became his student.
- Koichi Tohei was a Japanese Aikidoka, who was the founder of the style of aikido known as Ki-Aikido.
