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was previously one of the highest ranking '' shihan'' of
was previously one of the highest ranking '' shihan'' of 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, at 8th dan
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, and dojocho of its hombu
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally through the International Aikido Federation. ...
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from 2002. He first became a part of Yoshinkan in 1969 but split from the organization in January 2008 following the resignation of ''kanchou'' Kyoichi Inoue
was a 10th dan Yoshinkan aikido master. He was an uchideshi under Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda, in what became the Yoshinkan senshusei course. During his early years as an uchi-deshi, he was instrumental in developing the Yoshinkan's current pe ...
. Chida was an uchideshi of Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda
was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. and directed the
senshusei course
Retrieved on August 27, 2010. is an intensive, 11-month . He is "a living legend of Yoshinkan aikido" and current "highest shihan" (最高師範) of his Yoshinkan offshoot school, Aikido Renshinkai (合気道錬身会).
Retrieved on August 27, 2010. is an intensive, 11-month . He is "a living legend of Yoshinkan aikido" and current "highest shihan" (最高師範) of his Yoshinkan offshoot school, Aikido Renshinkai (合気道錬身会).
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