Aikido - Kazuo Chiba sensei - 3º part

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(b. 5 February 1940). Also T.K. 8th dan Aikikai (1978). B. Tokyo. Professional aikido instructor. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in February 1958. Promoted to 3rd dan in 1960. Assigned to Nagoya in 1961 to assist in the establishment of an Aikikai dojo. Received 4th dan in 1962 while an instructor at the Aikikai. Also taught at the Kokugakuin, the Self-Defense Force, Kogaku Kan and Aichi Daigakuin universities. Chiba was appointed official representative of the Aikikai for the U. K. in January 1966. He formed the Aikikai of Great Britain which received Aikikai approval that same October. Chiba's promotion to 6th dan came in 1970. Also, in that year, in an effort to unify instruction, he introduced a FUKU SHIDOIN and a SHIDOIN system where he taught his senior students a basic teaching curriculum for dissemination to their own students. Chiba, moreover, began to introduce training in the use of the JO and KEN as taught by Morihiro SAITO. His grading syllabus adopted in 1974 made aiki weapons a requisite for higher ranks. During his stay in the U.K., Chiba also invited many of his contemporary instructors in Europe to conduct seminars in the U.K. He also traveled widely to other European nations to instruct. He returned to Japan in 1976. leaving Minoru KANETSUKA as his successor. In Japan, he assumed the office of Secretary of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, International Division, and played an active role in the creation of the INTERNATIONAL AIKIDO FEDERATION. Chiba was appointed Assistant General Secretary of the IAF in 1976. He relocated to San Diego, California in 1981 at the invitation of UNITED STATES AIKIDO FEDERATION to establish the San Diego Aikikai and head the Western Region of that federation. Chiba has recently formed an international aikido federation known as the Birankai which also incorporates training in Batto-ho/Iaido. He is known for his powerful technique.

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Kazuo Chiba (千葉和雄 aka T.K. Chiba, born February 5, 1940, Tokyo) is an aikido teacher from Japan who has spent a considerable part of his teaching career in the United Kingdom and United States. He is an 8th dan in the aikido organisation Aikikai, and the founder of the dojos London Aikikai in London, England and San Diego Aikikai in San Diego, California. He is also the founder of an international aikido federation known as Birankai International. In the aikido world, Chiba is sometimes known as a representative of the "hard" or "tough" side of aikido, with a strong emphasis on weapons training. As of May 2006, he has announced his gradual retirement from seminar-style training, which often imposes a heavy travel schedule. He has cited a desire to spend his remaining years closer to his family.
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Chiba was born February 5, 1940 in Tokyo. At 14 years of age, he began serious judo training at the International Judo Academy. He began the study of Shotokan karate at age 16. Dissatisfied with the martial arts he had studied, he began searching for the art which would satisfy his yearning.
In 1958 he found aikido and began seven intensive years of live-in study as an uchideshi with aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Chiba became a close disciple of Ueshiba, travelling with him as his personal assistant during most of this seven year period. During this time, he also studied iaido. By 1960, Chiba earned the rank of 3rd dan, and was assigned to Nagoya to establish a branch school and serve as its full-time instructor. In 1962, he earned 4th dan and began teaching at the Hombu Dojo. Within three years, during which he taught at many local universities, Chiba completed his training as uchideshi, earning promotion to 5th Dan.
On the instruction of Morihei Ueshiba, Chiba moved to Sunderland, England, in 1966. After a few months he moved to London where in 1967 he established London Aikikai. In 1968 he formed the Aikikai of Great Britain (later renamed British Aikido Federation in accordance with International Aikido Federation guidelines) with London Aikikai as its headquarters. In 1970, he received 6th dan and was awarded the title of shihan.
In 1975, Chiba returned to Japan to serve as Secretary of the International Department at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. During this time he also studied zen meditation in Shizuoka Prefecture.
In 1981, Chiba accepted an invitation from the United States Aikido Federation to move to San Diego, California, where he formed the San Diego Aikikai. Currently he is Chairman of the Teaching Committee of Birankai International.

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power is not love. power makes love disappear. power is confused with love. love is simple, affectionate, it touches you and encourages you..it is patient and not ego-centered. It is not interested in throwing or controlling but in giving life.. There is no self to defend, and no defense against the self except love, which means giving up your power..