is the name given to a
dojo built in November 1931 in
Shizuoka
Shizuoka can refer to:
* Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture
* Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture
* Shizuoka Airport
* Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture
...
,
Japan.
The Dojo
The brother and friends of Master
Minoru Mochizuki built this dojo for him while he was recovering from
pleurisy
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and
pulmonary tuberculosis
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. When the dojo was built, a friend of the Mochizuki family (a
philosophy 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
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 ...
, Admiral
Isamu Takeshita
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was also a diplomat whose accomplishments included helping end the Russo-Japanese War favorably for Japan and obtaining former German possessions in the Pacific for Japan following World War I. In ...
, and General Makoto Miura attended.
Minoru Mochizuki (1907-2003) by Stanley Pranin
It had to be rebuilt after World War II
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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 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 aroun ...
, Judo
is an unarmed 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 Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
, Karate, and Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu. In the 1970s it became the home to Mochizuki's composite martial art, Yoseikan Budo. The Yōseikan building is currently home to the International Budo Seifukai Federation.
The Yōseikan dojo is located at Mukoshikiji 846, Shizuoka-shi, Japan.
See also
* Yoseikan Budo
* Yoseikan Aikido
* Yoseikan Karate
References
External links
Yoseikan Hombu DojoYoseikan World FederationYoseikan Budo IranInternational Yoseikan Budo Federation (Yoseikan Aikido)Seifukai, formerly Yoseikan Dojo in Shizuoka, Japan
Dōjō
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