Our Mus\u014d Shinden Ry\u016b teacher is Takada Gakud\u014d (Shigeru) Sensei, who lives in Yokohama, Japan. He started kendo in 1951 (Showa 27) and iaido two years later when he was 15 years old.<\/p>\n
Takada Sensei\u2019s iaido teacher was the late Matsuo Kenpu Sensei (iaido 10th dan), whose d\u014dj\u014d “Dai Nippon Teigoku Shinkenkan Matsuo Dojo” Takada Sensei joined on 10 December 1953. After Takada Sensei had received menkyo kaiden in Mus\u014d Shinden Ry\u016b Matsuo Sensei urged him to study other budo and bujutsu arts and iaido schools.<\/p>\n
Takada Sensei was one of the youngest persons to be awarded 8th dan by Zen Nippon Iaid\u014d Renmei. Eventually he joined Dai Nippon Iaid\u014d Renmei for several reasons. He is also one of the founding members of Nippon Iaid\u014d Ky\u014dkai, a new iaido federation estabilished in September 2001. Takada Sensei currently holds the rank of hanshi 10th dan. He celebrated his kanreki or 60th birthday in the summer of 1999. He practices iaido every morning at home and teaches two or three times a week in the Yokohama area.<\/p>\n
Takada Sensei visited Scandinavia for the first time in 1986 and taught his first seminar in Uppsala, Sweden. Two years later he taught iaido in Helsinki for the first time. After this seminar Takada Sensei has visited us at least once a year and taught in Helsinki or Uppsala and during the last few years also in Estonia. So his Scandinavian Mus\u014d Shinden ry\u016b students have had the opportunity to benefit from his guidance in one, two or sometimes even three week seminars.<\/p>\n
Takada Sensei\u2019s budo career is formidable. Below are some of the arts and schools he has practiced and in parentheses his rank in the particular school or art.<\/p>\n
Mus\u014d Shinden ry\u016b iaid\u014d (menkyo kaiden)
\n\u014cno-ha H\u014dki ry\u016b iaijutsu (menkyo kaiden)
\nMugai ry\u016b iaid\u014d (menkyo kaiden)
\nH\u014dz\u014din ry\u016b s\u014djutsu (8th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nAraki ry\u016b nagamakijutsu (7th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nKend\u014d (7th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nShind\u014d Mus\u014d ry\u016b j\u014djutsu (7th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nJ\u016bkend\u014d (6th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nYagy\u016b ry\u016b kusarigamajutsu (6th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nYagy\u016b ry\u016b tessenjutsu (6th dan, ky\u014dshi)
\nTankend\u014d (5th dan)
\nAraki ry\u016b chikirikijutsu
\nJ\u016bjutsu of Kito and Y\u014dshin ry\u016b
\nIaid\u014d of Araki, Eishin and Keishi ry\u016b
\nKuroda ry\u016b Shurikenjutsu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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