Kenji Shimizu
Kenji Shimizu(Thanh thủy kiện nhị,Shimizu Kenji),b. 1940, is anaikidoteacher and founder of the aikido styleTendo-ryu Aikido( thiên đạo lưu ).[1]
Shimizu was born in 1940 inFukuoka,Japan.He had been trainingjudosince childhood and held a 4thdanin this art when he changed to aikido in 1963. He then became one of the last personal students of the aikido founderMorihei Ueshiba.After Ueshiba died in 1969, Shimizu, then with a 7th dan in aikido, founded his own school inTōkyōnamed Tendoryu (School of the Way of Heaven).
Tendoryu Aikido is characterized by its large and clear movements, emphasizing naturalness and harmonic flow of motion.
Since 1978, Shimizu has regularly held seminars inGermanyand otherEuropeancountries. A German Tendoryu Society was founded in 1993.
He received the 8th dan aikido from the Japanese Budo Federation in 1998 and has co-authored a book titledZen and Aikido(ISBN4-900586-13-7) with Shigeo Kamata.
Shimizu received the 'Foreign Minister Award', an award from the Foreign Minister of Japan, on July 16, 2002 for his work spreading aikido abroad. Shimizu-sensei was the first Aikido and Budo artist to receive this award.[2]In the same year he was invited to the autumn garden party at the imperial palace inAkasaka,Tōkyō.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Suenaka, Roy; Watson, Christopher (1997-11-15).Complete aikido: aikido kyohan: the definitive guide to the way of harmony.Tuttle Publishing. pp. 37–.ISBN978-0-8048-3140-6.Retrieved21 June2011.
- ^Moriyama, Y."Shimizu Sensei".About Tendo-ryu.Tendo-kan.Retrieved18 March2013.
- ^Shimizu, Kenji - translated by Birgit Lauenstein and Peter Nawrot."The Garden Party".Kawaraban No. 53.Tendoryu Aikido Berlin (TAB) e.V. Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2012.Retrieved18 March2013.
External links[edit]
- Tendokan Tokyo / JapanTendokan Tokyo / Japan
- Tendoryu Aikido Federation GermanyTendoryu Aikido Federation Germany
- Tendoryu Aikido Berlin e.V.Tendoryu Aikido Berlin e.V. - translation from the articles written by Kenji Shimizu sensei.
- Aikido Berlin-Süd e.V.Tendoryu Aikido in Berlin Steglitz
- Tendoryu Aikido - DenmarkTendoryu Aikido - Denmark
- Tendoryu Aikido - NederlandTendoryu Aikido - The Netherlands
- Tendoryu Aikido - BelgiëTendoryu Aikido - Belgium
- Tendoryu Aikido / SloveniaTendoryu Aikido / Slovenia
- Tendoryu Aikido / SerbiaTendoryu Aikido / Serbia
- TendoRyu Italy / Italy[permanent dead link]Tendoryu Aikido Italy
- Tendoryu Aikido / MexicoTendoryu Aikido / Mexico
- Tendoryu Aikido RussiaTendoryu Aikido / Russia
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