{"id":8597,"date":"2020-11-17T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=8597"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:38:44","slug":"rodney-grantham-and-aikido-in-americas-southwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/rodney-grantham-and-aikido-in-americas-southwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Grantham and Aikido in America&#8217;s Southwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6px||1px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By Antonio Aloia<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rodney Grantham (~1928-2008) played a pivotal role in the push of aikido in the American Southeast. Grantham began judo in 1950 while stationed in Yokosuka, Japan as a surgical scrub nurse during the Korean War. There, he would train judo on his off-duty hours, mostly at police stations. George Kennedy points out that during the US Occupation of Japan, Americans were unpopular with the Japanese people and Grantham wanted to train \u201cwhere he knew the training would be toughest!\u201d Grantham returned to America and acquired a job as a hydrologist for the United States Department of Interior, which had him relocating every few years. But the constant relocating did not stop him from establishing small judo clubs at universities and recreational centers. In the 1960s, Grantham opened his Black Belt School of Judo in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1967, after opening his judo dojo, Tohei made his first visit to the East Coast, by invite of Yamada. Because aikido was not well known to the public, Tohei had to use local judoka to take ukemi for the demonstrations and Grantham was one of them. By the end of the demonstration, Grantham saw that \u201cdecades of judo training meant nothing\u201d to the likes of Tohei. Still amazed by the power of Tohei and his aikido, Grantham became \u201cdoubly convinced of the art\u2019s effectiveness\u201d and over the course of the year, he began to travel to New York City to train with Yamada on the weekends. Soon, Grantham added two aikido training sessions a week at his Black Belt School of Judo, with the other three judo training sessions a week. As time passed, judo fell out of favor with Grantham, and he and his dojo transitioned fully to aikido, renaming his Black Belt School of Judo to Aikido Center of Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Picture1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Rodney Grantham aikido&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/japanese-okinawan-martial-arts-welcome\/aikido-comes-to-america\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|15px||||&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Picture2.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Koichi Tohei aikido&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/japanese-okinawan-martial-arts-welcome\/aikido-comes-to-america\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|||-41px||&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now a full-fledged aikido school, Grantham took the growth of his respective art with zeal and, as Kennedy remembers, held \u201cdemonstrations at fairs, festivals, universities, other martial arts schools\u201d through the 1970s and 80s. Grantham would travel to other aikido schools in the South \u2013 places like Birmingham, Alabama and Charleston, South Carolina \u2013 and support the fledgling schools in their foundation. He also invited many of the northern Japanese aikido instructors \u2013 Yamada, Kanai, and Seiichi Sugano \u2013 to conduct regional seminars. In 1989, Grantham retired from both his hydrologist job and his aikido school and moved to the mountainous region of North Carolina. He passed on his mantle of dojo-cho to current dojo-cho George Kennedy. Kennedy recalls a \u201csense of uncertainty and unease in the dojo\u201d during the transition. He explains that \u201cnot everyone was prepared to accept me as the dojo-cho. I had established myself as an educator [at the Art Institute of Atlanta] and wanted to apply those skills to the daily operation of the dojo. This led to some friction which resulted in some people leaving and starting their own dojo.\u201d Nevertheless, Kennedy pressed on, maintaining a close relationship with Grantham, even visiting each other \u201con many occasions\u201d until the passing of Grantham in 2008. The Southeast still feels the influence of Rodney Grantham and his aikido as Kennedy continues his instructor\u2019s legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span>**Excerpted from Antonio Aloia&#8217;s ground-breaking book, <a href=\"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/japanese-okinawan-martial-arts-welcome\/aikido-comes-to-america\/\"><em>Aikido Comes to America<\/em><\/a>.**<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_cta title=&#8221;Learn More About %22Aikido Comes to America%22&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Click Here&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/japanese-okinawan-martial-arts-welcome\/aikido-comes-to-america\/&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cA very well-documented biography of Aikido and its founder\/nurturers in the United States. No one has done this before in this manner and it\u2019s a worthwhile read. The book also brought back a lot of good memories and I learned things about some of my \u2018cohorts\u2019 I had never known before.\u201d<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><em>\u2013 George Kirby, Founder of Budoshin Jujitsu<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Grantham (~1928-2008) played a pivotal role in the push of aikido in the American Southeast. Grantham began judo in 1950 while stationed in Yokosuka, Japan as a surgical scrub nurse during the Korean War. 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