Yoseikan

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Major styles of Aikido
Aikikai
Yoshinkan
Yoseikan
Shodokan Aikido
Ki Society
Iwama

Yoseikan originated as the style created by master Minoru Mochizuki (1907-2003), a student and assistant to Masters Jigoro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba before WW2, that later evolved into Yoseikan Budo. The old Yoseikan style included mainly jiujitsu, aiki-jujitsu and kobudo techniques - foot throws (ashi waza), standing throws (nage waza) and groundwork (ne waza); punches, kicking and blocking techniques (kihon te waza, kihon uke waza, kihon geri waza); escapes (te hodoki), joints locks, bending or twisting (kansetsu waza), variation techniques (henka waza); sword, sticks and knife techniques; counter techniques (ura waza), chokes (shime waza) and exclusive sacrifice techniques (sutemi waza) as well as katas with and without weapons.

A curious characteristic of the old style is that it didn't support much of the esoteric ways that evolved with post-WWII traditional Aikido.

Minoru Mochizuki died in France in 2003, and before that, handed down the "soke" title to his eldest son Hiroo. Nowadays, few practitioners of the old style are found, as most went into the style of Yoseikan Budo created by Hiroo Mochizuki in the 70's. The new style incorporates both traditional budo and modern budo, emphasizing kick-boxing, sports and competition.