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

  sports_martial_artsIwama Ryu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Escudeiro states he began aikido in January 1983 at the Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal, the school founded by Tristão da Cunha, and is explicitly named among Tristão da Cunha's students in the Esgrima Lusitana technical programme acknowledgments

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onGinásio da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa badge (1983)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  3 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Escudeiro states he began aikido in January 1983 at the Aiki-Shuren Dojo de Portugal, the school founded by Tristão da Cunha, and is explicitly named among Tristão da Cunha's students in the Esgrima Lusitana technical programme acknowledgments

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “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)linkhistory info

  “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 Dojoslink history info

  “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 Condestávellink history info

Lineage

• Iwama Ryu Tristão da Cunha ← Barry Knight ← Saitō Morihiro · 3 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsIwama Ryu

  military_tech2 dan Probable

  Probable

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

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Dan-Kyu System

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

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

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

  — João Cruz. (2003). Iwama Ryu Aikido em Portugal - Lista de Dojoslink history info

Sources