Kisshomaru Uyeshiba
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Kisshomaru Uyeshiba born on June 1921 as the forth child of Morihei Uyeshiba. He was born in Ayabe in Kyoto prefecture. Uyeshiba trained students in his own home, a small dojo known as the Uyeshiba Juku. (From a small child he started learning from O' Sensei by just being around him.) Here in this dojo Uyeshiba met the famous Daito - Ryu teacher Sokaku Takeda who came and spent some month in his house (1922). Kisshomaru completed most of his education in Tokyo where he moved with his family in 1927. He was learning from his father and by 1936 he became Uyeshibas' ukemi when he went in different places giving demonstrations. In 1938 Morihei published an article in Training Manual Budo with pictures where Kisshomaru was the uke. After finishing high school, Kisshomaru enrolled in Waseda University and graduated with a degree in economics in 1946 - four years after Aikido becomes an official martial art and is registered with Ministery of Education. |
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 In the days of WWII Morihei Uyeshiba returned to the Ibaraki Prefecture leaving his son, Kisshomaru, in charge of the Kobukan Dojo. After the end pf the war martial - arts were prohibited so Kisshomaru opened the dores to the dojo to homeless people. Till 1948 when the dojo was starting to revived Kisshomaru spend his time between Tokyo and Iwama. His fathere remained in Iwama trainig a few close students, among them Morihiro Saito. When seeng that Aikido is starting to gain strangh he started putting his efforts in spreading Aikido. Amajor turning point was in 1956 when Hombu dojo moves to Tokyo and a very large demonstration is beeing held in Takashimaya, many foreigh ambassadors where invited. In 1957 he authored his first book titled "Aikido." Kisshpmaru wanted the Aikido to grow even much more so he decided to start sending young, talented teachers abroad to set up Dojos. One of those was Koichi Tohei. Doshu traveled for the first time to the U.S. in 1963. In 1967 he is named chairman of the Aikikay Foundation. |
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Even today Kisshomaru remains extremely active. Being at the age of 77, he still gives frequent demonstrations and lectures both in Japan and abroad. |
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"My wish is that this small work may be of benefit especially to students of Aikido, but if the general reader can also gain some understanding of Aikido as a sophisticated art form, contributing not to violence but to harmony in the world, I shall be most gratefull." ("The Spirit of Aikido" / Kisshomaru Uyeshiba) |
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