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built in November 1931 in

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The brother and friends of Master

Minoru Mochizuki was a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan. He was a 10th dan in Aikido, 9th dan in Jujutsu, 8th dan in Iaido, 8th dan in Judo, 8th dan in Kobudo, 5th dan in Kendo, 5th dan in Karate, and a 5th dan in Jojutsu. Mochizuki was ...

built this dojo for him while he was recovering from

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and

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. When the dojo was built, a friend of the Mochizuki family (a

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teacher) called it Yōseikan. Mochizuki immediately adopted the name since it means "the place to cultivate truth/righteousness". It reflected his teacher's ideals and it reinforced the positive attitude of "Mutual welfare and prosperity" he had always promoted. The official opening of the dojo was held in November 1931 and many dignitaries from Tokyo, including

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, Admiral

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, and General Makoto Miura attended.Minoru Mochizuki (1907-2003) by Stanley Pranin
It had to be rebuilt after

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during which it was burnt down. The Yōseikan served as the centre for many martial arts in Shizuoka until the 1970s. The martial arts taught at the dojo included

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, and Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu. In the 1970s it became the home to Mochizuki's composite martial art,

Yoseikan Budo is the name given to a dojo built in November 1931 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan. The Dojo The brother and friends of Master Minoru Mochizuki built this dojo for him while he was recovering from pleurisy and pulmonary tuberculosis. Whe ...

. The Yōseikan building is currently home to the

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. The Yōseikan dojo is located at Mukoshikiji 846, Shizuoka-shi, Japan.

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