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aikido

Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba
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Summary

aikido is a sports discipline[1]. aikido ranks in the top 2% of sports discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,890 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Morihei Ueshiba[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Founder: Morihei Ueshiba[5]
  • Named after: aiki[6]
  • Subclass of: budō[7], martial arts[8]
  • Commons category: Aikido[9]
  • Country of origin: Japan[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aikido[11]
  • Commons gallery: Aikido[12]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: sport=aikido[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Aikido[14]
  • Native label: 合気道[15], 合氣道[16]
  • History of topic: history of aikido[17]
  • Has list: Aikido concepts[18]
  • Practiced by: aikidoka[19]

Why It Matters

aikido has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] aikido is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

aikido has been cited as an influence by Contact Improvisation[22], a type of dance[23], founded in 1972[24].

FAQs

Who did aikido influence?

aikido has been cited as an influence by Contact Improvisation[22].

Related Entities

Edvin Kanka Ćudić Japan Keizō Obuchi Morihei Ueshiba Steven Seagal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q5264
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4PB2Ao
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → aikido
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: aikido, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912060|aikido (#289912060)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002928-aikido
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002928-aikido, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Japan
    Country → —
    Topic has template → Template:Aikido
    Aliases → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 10404, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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