Gérard Blaize

Gérard Blaize during training with Dirk Becker

Gérard Blaize (born August 17, 1946 in Toulouse ) is a French teacher of Aikidō , Masakatsu Bōjutsu and Jōdō . He has the 7th Dan Aikikai ( Tokyo ), 5th Dan Masakatsu Bōjutsu (conferred by Hikitsuchi Michio) and the 7th Dan Jōdō (Shinto Muso Ryu).

Gérard Blaize in chamblay

biography

Blaize began to train judo and aikido under the guidance of Pierre Brousse. He later lived in Japan for five and a half years , where he deepened his knowledge of Aikidō at the Aikikai Honbu Dōjō in Tokyo, among others with Kisshōmaru Ueshiba and Seigo Yamaguchi .

In 1975 he met his future teacher Hikitsuchi Michio . At the request of Hikitsuchi Michio, Gérard Blaize was awarded the 7th Dan in Aikikai Tokyo on April 26, 1995 as the first non-Japanese ever by Kisshomaru Ueshiba .

Trivia

Gérard Blaize has been featured with Hikitsuchi Michio in Bernard Martino's book Les Chants de l'invisible .

Web links

Commons : Gérard Blaize - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

AIATJ (Association Internationale d'aikido traditionnel du Japon) - French association of traditional Japanese Aikido, founded by Gérard Blaize

Individual evidence

^ Bernard Martino: Les chants de l'invisible . Balland, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-7158-0826-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Blaize, Gérard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French teacher of Aikido, Bojutsu and Jodo
DATE OF BIRTH	August 17, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toulouse

[1] Bernard Martino: Les chants de l'invisible . Balland, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-7158-0826-7 .