Gōzō Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō, September 9, 1915–July 17, 1994), was a Japanese aikido teacher and the founder of the Yoshinkan style of aikido.
Shioda was a student of judo while young, and after being easily thrown by Morihei Ueshiba after a demonstration, became his student in 1932. He also studied aikijujutsu. He has become known as one of the most "fiery" or "vigorous" people of aikido history. In 1961 he was awarded a 9th dan rank by Uesh...
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Gōzō Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō, September 9, 1915–July 17, 1994), was a Japanese aikido teacher and the founder of the Yoshinkan style of aikido.
Shioda was a student of judo while young, and after being easily thrown by Morihei Ueshiba after a demonstration, became his student in 1932. He also studied aikijujutsu. He has become known as one of the most "fiery" or "vigorous" people of aikido history. In 1961 he was awarded a 9th dan rank by Ueshiba and in 1985 he received 10th dan and the title Sōke from the International Budo Federation.
His father was a keen judo practitioner who had his own dojo called the Yoshinkan as well. Shioda junior was a black belt in judo by the time he entered high-school. He attended Takushoku University but curtailed his studies in order to train as a full-time uchi-deshi at Morihei Ueshiba's Kobukan dojo (the site of the Kobukan is now occupied by the Aikikai Hombu Dojo). This was the first official dojo of what later became aikido. At that time it was...
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