Pierre Chassang
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Pierre Chassang, born in 1918, is an aikidoka
holding
8th dan Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental and 6th dan Aikikai
.
First taught aikido by Tadashi Abe
in 1952.
On return to Japan
of Abe in 1960, he was instrumental in the creation of the Association Culturelle Européenne d'Aikido. Studies with Mutsuro Nakazono
.
Founding member of the International Aikido Federation, of which he served as General Treasurer
for several years. President of European Aikido Federation. Closely allied for many years with Nobuyoshi Tamura
. Founding member of Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental with Philippe Voarino.
Aikidoka
Aikidoka is a Japanese term for a practitioner of the martial art Aikido. The term is rarely heard among native speakers of Japanese, in spite of its common use as a loanword in other countries.-Etymology:...
holding
8th dan Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental and 6th dan Aikikai
Aikikai
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu . It is represented globally through the International Aikido Federation....
.
First taught aikido by Tadashi Abe
Tadashi Abe
was the first aikido master to live and teach in the west. He is considered by O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba and his students as the "Happy Aikidoka" because he was always smiling when he trained. He began training in Aikido in Osaka in 1942 and went on to train directly under the founder of the art...
in 1952.
On return to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
of Abe in 1960, he was instrumental in the creation of the Association Culturelle Européenne d'Aikido. Studies with Mutsuro Nakazono
Mutsuro Nakazono
Mutsuro Nakazono was a Japanese acupuncturist, an Oriental medicine practitioner and a 7th dan Aikikai aikido master with a strong judo background....
.
Founding member of the International Aikido Federation, of which he served as General Treasurer
for several years. President of European Aikido Federation. Closely allied for many years with Nobuyoshi Tamura
Nobuyoshi Tamura
was a prominent aikidoka and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. Son of a kendo teacher, Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. He was one of Ueshiba's favorite pupils and since 1964 has greatly contributed to the development of aikido in...
. Founding member of Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental with Philippe Voarino.