Nobuyuki Watanabe

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Nobuyuki Watanabe ( Japanese 渡邊 信 之 , Watanabe Nobuyuki ; born July 25, 1930 in Miyazaki Prefecture ; † August 20, 2019 ) was an Aikidōka who had been practicing since 1958 .

Life

In 1960 he became Uchi-Deshi in the Aikikai Honbu Dōjō under the founder of Aikidō , Ō-Sensei Ueshiba Morihei .

Nobuyuki Watanabe Sensei held the 8th Dan and taught until he was 80 as Shihan in the Aikikai Honbu Dōjō in Tokyo . His demonstrations of the Kokyū , with the help of which he threw opponents without contact, repeatedly aroused doubts and astonishment in his viewers both in Japan and in Germany. It is believed that these techniques were used to demonstrate the principle of aiki (harmonic power) rather than self-defense.

Professionally he worked as a chiropractor . He made the Isogai Dynamic Therapy® popular in Germany , a chiropractic method to compensate for functional leg length differences.

Since 1986 he came to Germany regularly and gave courses, including a. in Munich, Berlin and Birach. Occasionally he taught Iaidō to a closer group of students , preferring Omori Ryū (= the school of Omori). As a Shihan of the Aikikai Foundation (Zaidan hōjin aikikai) Nobuyuki Watanabe Sensei was authorized to take Kyū and Dan exams. These tests were carried out in Germany on his behalf by KenBuKai e. V. carried out.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KenBuKai e. V. Accessed on September 6, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ Throwing without touching the opponent, see Aikido Journal: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aikidojournal.com
  3. ↑ A short video clip of such an Aikido demonstration can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHuQiugSks
  4. ↑ Finally, here is an interesting (English) discussion between different Aikidoka on the subject of "contactless throwing" at: http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-10898.html
  5. ↑ A brief introduction to the method of the Japanese doctor Dr. Kimiyoshi Isogai can be found at: http://www.bodyways.de/isogai.html
  6. ↑ An article from 2010 about Watanabe Sensei from the Mühldorfer Anzeiger can be found here: http://www.innsalzach24.de/neumarkt-stveit/ball-luft-aus geht-innsalzach24-912935.html
  7. ↑ The official website of KenBuKai eV: http://www.kenbukai.de/welcome
personal data
SURNAME Watanabe, Nobuyuki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese aikido master
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Miyazaki Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH 20th August 2019