- Yoseikan
is the name given to a
dojo built in November 1931 in Shizuoka,Japan .The Dojo
The brother and friends of
Minoru Mochizuki built this dojo for him while he was recovering frompleurisy andpulmonary tuberculosis . When the dojo was built, a friend of the Mochizuki family (aphilosophy 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, includingMorihei Ueshiba , AdmiralIsamu Takeshita , and General Makoto Miura attended. [ [http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=505 Minoru Mochizuki (1907-2003) by Stanley Pranin] ] It had to be rebuilt afterWorld War II as it was burnt during that war.The Yōseikan served as the centre for many martial arts in Shizuoka until the 1970s. The martial arts taught at the dojo included
Aikido ,Judo ,Karate , andTenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu . In the 1970s it became the home to Mochizuki's composite martial arts,Yoseikan Budo . The Yōseikan building is currently home to theInternational Budo Seifukai Federation .The Yōseikan dojo is located at Mukoshikiji 846, Shizuoka-shi, Japan.
References
ee also
*
Yoseikan Budo
*Yoseikan Aikido
*Yoseikan Karate External links
* [http://www.yoseikan-aix.fr/ Yoseikan Hombu Dojo]
* [http://www.yoseikan-budo.org/ Yoseikan World Federation]
* [http://www.yoseikanbudo.com/ International Yoseikan Budo Federation (Yoseikan Aikido)]
* [http://www.seifukai.net/ Seifukai, formerly Yoseikan Dojo in Shizuoka, Japan]
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