Toshirō Suga (born August 22, 1950) is a Japanese
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 ...
instructor. He holds the rank of 7th
dan
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**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
Aikikai
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai#Aikikai Foundation, Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Aikikai#Doshu, Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally thr ...
.
Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers include
Morihei Ueshiba
was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" or , "Great Teacher/Old Teacher (old as opposed to ''waka (young) sensei'')".
The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba st ...
and
Morihiro Saito
Morihiro Saito (斉藤 守弘 ''Saitō Morihiro'', March 31, 1928–May 13, 2002) was a teacher of the Japanese martial art of aikido, with many students around the world. Saito's practice of aikido spanned 56 years, from the age of 18, when h ...
. For many years, he taught military forces in Canada. He takes part in international seminars.
He had a brief career in cinema, thanks in part to his student
Michael G. Wilson
Michael Gregg Wilson, (born January 21, 1942) is an American-British screenwriter and film producer, best known for his association with the ''James Bond'' film series.
Background
Wilson was born in New York City, the son of Dana (née Na ...
, where his best known part was as Chang in the 1979
James Bond
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film ''
Moonraker''.
He currently lives in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
.
Martial arts training
Toshirô Suga started
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
at age 15 in the Tokyo police force
dojo
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. At the age of 17 (1968), guided by his father's advice, he began Aikido in the Aikikai
Hombu Dojo
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in
Tokyo
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. For the following year and a half, he had the daily teaching of Morihei Ueshiba during the 15h00 class of
Sadateru Arikawa
was a Japanese aikido teacher and Aikikai Hombu Dojo shihan, and "one of the few remaining giants of the postwar generation of instructors that played a predominant role in the dissemination of the art worldwide."
He began training in aikido a ...
sensei.
He also attended the daily classes of
Mitsugi Saotome
(born March 7, 1937) is a Japanese people, Japanese aikido teacher currently living in the United States. He was a direct disciple of the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba.
Biography
At the age of 16, Mitsugi Saotome began his martial arts tr ...
,
Akira Tohei
Akira Tohei (August 20, 1929 – July 2, 1999) was a Japanese aikido teacher. He held the rank of 8th dan in the Aikikai.
He began his aikido practice in 1946 under Koichi Tohei, then the chief instructor at Aikikai Honbu Dojo. From 1956 he prac ...
,
Yasuo Kobayashi
is a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai.
Kobayashi was born in Kudan, Chiyoda-ku, in Tokyo. Though he started practicing judo as a child at the Kodokan, he eventually switched to aikido soon after starting university and ...
,
Tohei Koichi,
Kisshōmaru Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito.
Toshirô Suga arrived in France during the summer 1971 and met
Nobuyoshi Tamura
was a prominent aikidoka and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. The son of a kendo teacher, Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi (live-in student) of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. He was one of Ueshiba's favorite ...
sensei.
He is now in working (Chargé d'Enseignement National) with the
FFAB, and is 7th dan (7. Dan Aikikai Tokyo). He gives his teaching all year long in his dojo and during seminar around the world.
Teaching aikido in France
*From 1980 to 1985 his first class as a teacher was in
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
History
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...
Club de Saint Brieuc*From 1985 to 1989 he went to Canada where he taught aïkido to the army.
*From 1989 to 2002 He taught in
Brest
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*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
*Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
*Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
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**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Brest, ...
Dojo Shobukan de Brest*Since 2002
ASH Aïkido à Herblay
Movies
; Acting :
* ''
Moonraker'',
Lewis Gilbert
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,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
: Chang
* ''
Tout dépend des filles...'',
Pierre Fabre,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
: Takashi
* ''
Le Bouffon'' (TV),
Guy Jorré,
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
: the Japanese
* ''
Charlots connection'',
Jean Couturier
Jean Robert Couturier (17 July 1911 – 2 February 1994) was a French basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary obj ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
:
Aikido DVDs
''Ken, les racines de l'aïkido'' 2006
''Jo, le pilier de l'aïkido''''Les Fondements de l'aïkido''
External links
Site perso
(French)
(French)
(French)
*
(French)
bio on the FFAB site
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Japanese aikidoka
Japanese expatriates in France
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Living people
1950 births
20th-century Japanese male actors