Yoshinkan
Yoshinkan (養神館 ''Yōshinkan'' lit. "Hall of Spirit Cultivation") Aikido is a style of aikido that developed after World War II in the Yoshinkan Dojo of Gozo Shioda (1915–1994). Yoshinkan Aikido is often called the "hard" style of aikido b ...
aikido
Aikido ( , , , ) is a modern Japanese martial art that is split into many different styles, including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practiced in around 1 ...
master. He was an
uchideshi
is a Japanese term for a live-in student/apprentice who trains under and assists a sensei on a full-time basis. The system exists in
''kabuki'', ''rakugo'', ''shogi'', '' igo'', ''aikido'', ''sumo'', ''karate'' and other modern Japanese martial ...
under Yoshinkan founder
Gozo Shioda
was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. in what became the Yoshinkan
senshusei course Retrieved on August 27, 2010. is an intensive, 11-month
. During his early years as an
uchi-deshi
is a Japanese term for a live-in student/apprentice who trains under and assists a sensei on a full-time basis. The system exists in
''kabuki'', ''rakugo'', ''shogi'', '' igo'', ''aikido'', ''sumo'', ''karate'' and other modern Japanese martial ...
, he was instrumental in developing the
Yoshinkan
Yoshinkan (養神館 ''Yōshinkan'' lit. "Hall of Spirit Cultivation") Aikido is a style of aikido that developed after World War II in the Yoshinkan Dojo of Gozo Shioda (1915–1994). Yoshinkan Aikido is often called the "hard" style of aikido b ...
's current pedagogical system along with
Takashi Kushida
was a Japanese aikido master and the chief instructor of Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America (also called AYANA). He began his study of Aikido under Gozo Shioda in 1953 and lived at the Yoshinkan Dojo as a professional student (uchidesh ...
in consultation with
Gozo Shioda
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after a decade of teaching the riot police. He received his 9th dan from Shioda Gozo in 1992. Shioda died in 1994 and Inoue was named the new director (''kanchō'' 館長) of the Yoshinkan in 2002. His 10th dan certificate was issued by the International Budo Federation in April 2009, as he had resigned from the Yoshinkan effective 30 March 2006 following an internal dispute. He was ''kanchō'' of Aikido Shinwakan (合氣道親和館), which he established in 2010. Aikido Shinwakan disbanded on 2014-04-30.