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. He then became a member of the

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club before starting training in aikido at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo under aikido founder

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in March 1950. He was dispatched to Rome, Italy, in 1964 where he established the Italian ''Dojo Centrale'' in 1967, and the national association ''Aikikai d'Italia'' in 1970. He returned to Japan in 1971 to resume teaching at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo.Tada Hiroshi, 9° dan, Direttore dell'Aikikai d'Italia
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References

External links

Aikido Tada Juku web site

Aikikai D'Italia web site

"The day I entered Ueshiba Dojo", by Hiroshi Tada

Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – Speaking of The Founder

Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 1

Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – the Yachimata Lecture, Part 1
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