Tsuneo Ando is an 8th dan
Yoshinkan Aikido
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 ...
teacher. He spent 13 years as
uchi deshi
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to
Gozo Shioda
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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 ...](_blank)
Aikido. He is said to closely resemble Shioda in terms of size; speed and style. Tsuneo Ando was born in 1956 in Nihama City,
Ehime Prefecture
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on the island of
Shikoku
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. He attended
Tokushima University where he studied engineering. Ando joined the Tokushima University Aikido Club where he reached the rank of 2nd
dan
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in
aikikai
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. After graduating from university Ando was briefly employed by a chemical company. In 1981, he joined the Yoshinkai as uchi deshi. He was awarded the title of
shihan
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(Master) in 1993 and he currently holds the rank of 8th dan in Yoshinkan Aikido. He also holds the title of ''shuseki shihan'' (主席師範, chairman shihan) at the Yoshinkan Aikido Headquarters in Tokyo.
Publications
Ando has produced several DVDs for aikido training.
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*''Aikido for Beginners'' DVD
*合気道達人列伝 安藤毎夫 DVD 2000.
*''Aikido no Akashi'' DVD
*''Aikido Tatsujin Retsuden'' DVD
*''Dekiru Aikido'' DVD
*''Ukemi'' DVD
BAB Japan
and in German (published b
Bill Verlag
. Aikido no Kai is currently only available in Japanese.
Personal life
Ando lives in Chiba Prefecture
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with his wife, South Africa
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n Stephanie Ando
/ref> and their two sons. He has two children from his first marriage to Naomi Ando, also a student of Gozo Shioda, who died in 1997.
References
External links
Yoshinkan Aikido Ryudaiwagou
(Tsuneo Ando on Twitter
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)
Yoshinkan Aikido Ryu
YouTube
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channel
Talking to Tsuneo Ando Part 1 – the Gozo Shioda that Nobody KnewTalking to Tsuneo Ando Part 2 – Aikido and World Peace
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1956 births
Living people
Japanese aikidoka
Sportspeople from Ehime Prefecture
Tokushima University alumni
Shihan