Description

Portuguese aikido practitioner (2nd dan, Iwama Ryu) and student of Tristão da Cunha at the Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal, who began aikido in January 1983. He is the author of the "Aikido em Portugal" interview series and an important collector of the history of aikido and other martial arts in Portugal.

Teachers (1)

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  Tristão da Cunha

  linkIwama Ryu 3

  Confirmed

  Escudeiro states he began aikido in January 1983 at the Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal, the school founded by Tristão da Cunha; he is listed as an Iwama Ryu instructor in the dojos list, thanks Tristão da Cunha in the Surya project intro, and is explicitly named among Tristão da Cunha's students in the Esgrima Lusitana technical programme acknowledgments

  sports_kabaddiGinásio da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa badge (1983)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  3 sources

  fact_check

  Escudeiro states he began aikido in January 1983 at the Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal, the school founded by Tristão da Cunha; he is listed as an Iwama Ryu instructor in the dojos list, thanks Tristão da Cunha in the Surya project intro, and is explicitly named among Tristão da Cunha's students in the Esgrima Lusitana technical programme acknowledgments

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Comecei a praticar Aikido em Janeiro de 1983. Tinha na altura 11 anos de idade. ... A minha escola, Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal."

  — Pedro Escudeiro. (2002). Aikido em Portugal (Pedro Escudeiro, Surya). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais) linkhistoryinfo

  "Ginásio Luddance ... Treinos dirigidos por Pedro Escudeiro (2º Dan Taijutsu) e Luís Pires (1º Dan Taijutsu)"

  — João Cruz. (2003). Iwama Ryu Aikido em Portugal - Lista de Dojoslinkhistoryinfo

  "ao mestre Tristão da Cunha (Aikido Tradicional) e aos seus alunos, Pedro Escudeiro, José Carvalho, Jorge Feio, Vasco Moleiro e Nuno e Tozé Cotovios"

  — Nuno Russo. (2021). Programa Técnico da Escola da Esgrima Lusitana do Santo Condestávellinkinfo

Ranks (1)

• linkIwama Ryu

  military_tech2 dan 2

  Probable

  2nd dan taijutsu listed in the Iwama Ryu dojos list of 2003, no corroborating source found

  Dan-Kyu System

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  2nd dan taijutsu listed in the Iwama Ryu dojos list of 2003, no corroborating source found

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Treinos dirigidos por Pedro Escudeiro (2º Dan Taijutsu) e Luís Pires (1º Dan Taijutsu)"

  — João Cruz. (2003). Iwama Ryu Aikido em Portugal - Lista de Dojoslinkhistoryinfo

Sources