- Kenji Shimizu
, b.
1940 , is anaikido teacher and founder of the aikido style Tendoryu.Shimizu was born in 1940 in Fukuoka,
Japan . He had been trainingjudo since childhood and held a 4th dan in 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 inTōkyō named 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 in
Germany and other European countries. 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 titled "Zen and Aikido" (ISBN 4-900586-13-7) with Shigeo Kamata.
Shimizu received an award from the Foreign Minister of Japan on July 16th, 2002 for his work spreading aikido abroad. In the same year he was invited to the autumn garden party at the imperial palace in
Akasaka , Tōkyō.External links
* [http://www.aiki-tendo.jp Tendokan Tokyo / Japan] Tendokan Tokyo / Japan
* [http://www.tendoryu-aikido.de Tendoryu Aikido Federation Germany] Tendoryu Aikido Federation Germany
* [http://www.tendoryu-aikido.org Tendoryu Aikido Berlin e.V.] Tendoryu Aikido Berlin e.V. - translation from the articles written by Kenji Shimizu sensei.
* [http://www.tendoryu.nl Tendoryu Aikido - Nederland ] Tendoryu Aikido - The Netherlands
* [http://www.aikido-tendoryu.be Tendoryu Aikido - België] Tendoryu Aikido - Belgium
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