- Itsuo Tsuda
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name=Itsuo Tsuda
imagesize=113x160
birth_date=birth date|1914|05|03
birth_place=Korea
death_date=death date|1984|03|10
death_place=Paris , flagicon|FRAFrance
nationality=flagicon|JPNJapan ese
occupation=Aikido teacher and philosopher
spouse=
religion=
|nihongo|Itsuo Tsuda|津田 逸夫|Tsuda Itsuo|
3 May 1914 –10 March 1984 S. Pranin, [http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=713 The Encyclopedia of Aikido] ] was aJapan ese philosopher.Tsuda was born in Japanese-ruled Korea. When he was 16 years old, he defied his father, who wished for his eldest son to remain home and manage his family's estate. He left his family home and begin wandering, searching for new philosophies that would free his mind. [ [http://pagespro-orange.fr/tansen/bioethics//seitai/tsuda.htm Biography] ]
Having reconciled with his father, in 1934 he went to France, where he studied with
Marcel Granet andMarcel Mauss until 1940, when he went back Japan: he studiedNoh with MasterHosada ,Seitai with MasterHaruchika Noguchi andAikido with MasterMorihei Ueshiba .In 1970 Itsuo Tsuda came back to Europe to disseminate regenerative movement and his ideas on Ki. In 1973 he published his first book, "Le Non-Faire" [Paris: Courrier du Livre; Translation: "Not Doing". Sum. ISBN 2-88063-007-X. Out of print; Italian Translation: "Il Non-Fare. Scuola della Respirazione". Milano, Luni Editrice, 2003; ISBN 88-7435-023-6] ).
He died in Paris in 1984, but his practical philosophy is left in his work and his books and taught in several European "School of Breathing"
dojo s.References
External links
* [http://www.ecole-itsuo-tsuda.org/ École Itsuo Tsuda] , dojo in France : Paris, Toulouse, Le Mas d'Azil ; in Italy : Milano and Ancona ; in Holland : Amsterdam.
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