Introduction of Mitsuru Sobue Shihan » 合気道名古屋明倫塾

Introduction of Mitsuru Sobue Shihan.
1943	Born, Nagoya, Japan
1964	Joins the Aikido club of the Aichi Graduate Studies University (Aichi Gakuin Daigaku).
1965	Receives the first dan certification from founder Morihei Ueshiba. Becomes the third club public relations officer. Participates in the composition of the statutes of the association of university Aikido clubs of the Chubu region. Mitsunari Kanai Shihan, sent by the Hombu Dojo to teach in Nagoya, departs for the United States.

1966	Receives the second dan from founder Morihei Ueshiba. After finishing his studies, continues training in the Aikikai section of Nagoya and at the Nagoya YMCA, as well as at the Aikido club of the Asahi Shinbun newspaper. Kazuo Chiba Shihan, sent by the Hombu Dojo to teach in Nagoya, departs for England. Sobue Shihan then receives training from Norihiko Ichihashi Shihan and Nobuyuki Watanabe Shihan, come to Nagoya as replacement.
1969	Receives the third dan of the 2nd Doshu Kishomaru Ueshiba. Is put in charge of teaching in the Aikikai section of Nagoya and at the Nagoya YMCA.
1979	Receives the fourth dan of the 2nd Doshu Kishomaru Ueshiba.
1982	He starts to receives instruction from Seigo Yamaguchi until the death of the latter. He trains at the University of Nagoya, Meiji University, at the Nerima Sports Center, and at the Zoshukan of Shibuya.
1984	Becomes co-administrator of the Aikikai section of Nagoya. Presides over the annual black belt gathering.
1985	Receives the fifth dan of the 2nd Doshu Kishomaru Ueshiba.
1987	Studies the “Yagyuu Shinkage ryu” sword style with the 21st soke, Nobuharu Yagyuu.
1990	In order to study the techniques of Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan in Nagoya, he creates the “Meirin-Juku” association there of which he is the leader. The training takes place at the Tsuyuhashi sports center.
1993	Recieves the sixth dan of the 2nd Doshu Kishomaru Ueshiba.
1994	Participates in a seminar specially organized for the 70th birthday of Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan.
1996	After having taught at the Hombu Dojo until his final days, Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan dies of a chronic illness that suddenly escalates. The same year Sobue Shihan invites Seishiro Endo Shihan to Nagoya for a research seminar to be organized every year from that point on.
1998	Is put in charge of the Aikido section of the Open College of the junior college Nagoya Bunka Tanki Daigaku, where he teaches for two years.
1998	In August he opens his “Meirin-Juku Dojo” at 3-8-8 Kanayama, Nakaku, Nagoya, which he still leads, with the objective of deepening the study of the techniques of Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan.
2005	Receives the seventh dan of the 3rd Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba.

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Introduction of Mitsuru Sobue Shihan.