{"id":577,"date":"2024-10-08T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aikido-ando.nl\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:45:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T12:45:36","slug":"donovan-waite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aikido-ando.nl\/en\/donovan-waite\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Waite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"577\" class=\"elementor elementor-577\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f71e5ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f71e5ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b4326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72b4326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shihan Donovan Waite was a teacher in New York Aikikai and Philadelphia. He taught all over the world, so he also came to the Netherlands to give a seminar. Where Edo and Anne came into contact with a particularly charismatic Aikidoka, who opened up a whole new Aikido world.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d06b93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d06b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Donovan Waite started Judo in Birmingham, England, when he was 7 years old. A year later, he took his first Aikido class at Ralph Reynolds' dojo. However, he continued taking Judo twice a week until he was 15. Just before his 14th birthday, he received his <strong>Shodan Aikikai by Chiba Sensei<\/strong>. In England, he also met Tamura Sensei and started taking regular classes with him in France. He also took classes with Saito Sensei.<\/p><p>Saito Sensei opened his eyes with weapon training and the way it affects body movement. He also received much of his weapons training from Chiba Sensei. When he wanted to practise aikido in a more professional, full-time manner, he decided to contact Yamada Sensei in New York on Tamura Sensei's recommendation.<\/p><p>In 1984, aged 24, he moved to New York and was <strong>more than 10 years of Uchi Deshi<\/strong> (resident student) at the New York Aikikai, where he took intensive classes with Yamada Sensei and later Sugano Sensei throughout this period.<\/p><p>Shihan Donovan Waite was a teacher at the New York Aikikai, head teacher of Aikido of Center City in Philadelphia. In 2009, sensei Donovan Waite came to the Netherlands and visited our Ando dojo in Boxtel, watch the interview below. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2021 from cardiac arrest and his Aikido will be spread by students who trained with him such as Edo and Anne sensei.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c38f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8c38f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b85753 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b85753\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2941b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c2941b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=kcfeO-csAnM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7ab59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f7ab59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ca2fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"16ca2fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/rbabW9YyVyo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495c7fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"495c7fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad4861 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dad4861\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa6c1cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa6c1cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shihan Donovan Waite internship in the Netherlands at Ando.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2f4b5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2f4b5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29901c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29901c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo with sensei Donovan Waite after training<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29845b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29845b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d4b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32d4b2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sadly, sensei Donovan passed away in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shihan Donovan Waite was leraar in New York Aikikai en Philadelphia. Hij gaf les over de hele wereld, zo kwam hij ook naar Nederland om een seminar te geven. Waar Edo en Anne in aanraking kwamen met een bijzonder charismatische Aikidoka, die een hele nieuwe Aikido wereld opende. Donovan Waite begon met Judo in Birmingham, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1670,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-577","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donovan Waite - Aikido ANDO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Verdiep je Aikido-vaardigheden met lessen ge\u00efnspireerd door Donovan Waite. 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