{"id":168,"date":"2019-11-01T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:28:44","slug":"cath-davies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/cath-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cath Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"168\" class=\"elementor elementor-168\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2da38f69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2da38f69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42e72a3\" data-id=\"42e72a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a03163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a03163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cjd-feb-11-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-171\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cjd-feb-11-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cjd-feb-11.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-626cf20f\" data-id=\"626cf20f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6c9d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d6c9d34\" 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<h4><strong>INSTRUCTOR PROFILE<\/strong><\/h4><p><strong>Date commenced aikido: 1981<br \/>Current rank: Shichidan so Hombu<br \/><\/strong><\/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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64464d69 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64464d69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a07284\" data-id=\"1a07284\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38985a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38985a42\" 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>Cath Davies began aikido in 1981 at the age of 13 under the instruction of David Bushell Sensei. &nbsp;When Bushell Sensei retired in 1987, she continued to study under Peter Brady Shihan who has been her main technical influence since this time.<\/p>\n<p>As well as training in the UK, she has travelled to Japan, America and Finland and has trained with the Third Doshu and many Shihan of note, including Morihiro Saito Shihan, Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan, Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan, Kazuo Chiba Shihan, Seiichi Sugano Shihan, Seishiro Endo Shihan, Yukimitsu Kobayashi Shihan and Shigeru Sugawara Shihan.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1999, Cath\u2019s aikido practice and development has been strongly influenced by Endo Sensei.<\/p>\n<p>Cath was awarded 7th dan so Hombu in 2026. She is a Shidoin of the United Kingdom Aikikai and a Senior Coach of the Joint Aikikai Council.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Date commenced aikido: 1981Current rank: Shichidan so Hombu Cath Davies began aikido in 1981 at the age of 13 under the instruction of David Bushell Sensei. &nbsp;When Bushell Sensei retired in 1987, she continued to study under Peter Brady Shihan who has been her main technical influence since this time. As well as training in the UK, she has travelled to Japan, America and Finland and has trained with the Third Doshu and many Shihan of note, including Morihiro Saito Shihan, Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan, Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan, Kazuo Chiba Shihan, Seiichi Sugano Shihan, Seishiro Endo Shihan, Yukimitsu Kobayashi Shihan and Shigeru Sugawara Shihan. Since 1999, Cath\u2019s aikido practice and development has been strongly influenced by Endo Sensei. Cath was awarded 7th dan so Hombu in 2026. She is a Shidoin of the United Kingdom Aikikai and a Senior Coach of the Joint Aikikai Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myoshinjuku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}