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Nakano Michiomi

Description

Founder of Shorinji Kempo (1947), born Nakano Michiomi in Okayama Prefecture. He trained in Manchuria in aiki-jujutsu and Chinese quanfa, and set up the first dojo at Tadotsu, Shikoku. Draeger saw Hakko-ryu jujutsu in the system's techniques. His daughter Nakano Yuki succeeded him in 1980.

Teachers (1)

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  Okuyama Yoshiji

  sports_martial_artsHakko-ryu Possible

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  Single source, and it reports the claim as alleged.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  (1946)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single source, and it reports the claim as alleged.

  “Hakko ryu was a jujutsu system founded by Okuyama Yoshiji (1901–1987), based on Okuyama’s training in Daito ryu aiki-jujutsu, and it was allegedly taught to So after his return from China in 1946.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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