- Kiyoshi Yoshimoti
nihongo|Kiyoshi Yoshimoti|吉用 清|Yoshimoti Kiyoshi was born in 1948 in the city of Usa, in the
Ōita Prefecture , inKyūshū ,Japan .His father,
Gosho Motoharu , is one of the more important master ofkoryū budō of the region, beingMenkyo kaiden and Shihan (master) of two important schools, theHyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū and theSekiguchi Ryū Citation
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title = 武の道 - 歩む歓び (The way of the Warrior - The satisfaction to undergo *Free translation)
newspaper = Kendo Nippon September 2007
pages = 62,65
year = 2007
date = set/2007
url =http://www.nitenichiryu.jp/kendo-nippon.html] .Since his youth, Yoshimoti Kiyoshi practiced
budō under his father's care, reaching Menkyo Kaiden in both Hyōhō Niten Ichi ryū and Sekiguchi Ryū.In 2007, attending to a request of the Ōita Kendo Association, the Kiyonaga family, the family of the late 9th soke of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi ryū (Kiyonaga Tadanao) and of the 11th successor (Kiyonaga Fumiya), chose Kiyoshi Yoshimoti to reestablish the Seito (main line) of this school in Ōita. He became the 12th successor of
Miyamoto Musashi , reintegrating his family line, theGosho-ha Hyoho Niten Ichi ryu and the Seito line.References
External links
* [http://www.nitenichiryu.jp/ Official site of Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu Seito (Oita)]
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