Description

Moroccan aikido practitioner (died 2014), the first shodan of aikido in Morocco (awarded by Nobuyoshi Tamura in 1964) and the first 8th dan of aikido in North Africa. He began aikido in 1957 with European teachers including Georges Stobbaerts, and after the 1970 split followed the Tamura (Aikikai) line, founding the Syu do kan with Emile Metzinger. He served as technical director of the Aikido Federation of Morocco and trained thousands of students.

Teachers (2)

• 
  Georges Stobbaerts

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Alaoui states in his 2011 Aikido Journal interview that he began aikido in 1957 with European teachers including Georges Stobbaerts in Morocco; Stobbaerts likewise called him one of his students in his 2001 interview. The student-teacher relationship is confirmed from both sides.

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

  location_onBudo Club of Morocco badge (1957)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Alaoui states in his 2011 Aikido Journal interview that he began aikido in 1957 with European teachers including Georges Stobbaerts in Morocco; Stobbaerts likewise called him one of his students in his 2001 interview. The student-teacher relationship is confirmed from both sides.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Ich begann im Jahre 1957. [...] Ja, da war ein Monsieur Naessens aus Brüssel, sowie Georg Stobbaerts, ebenfalls aus Belgien.”

  — Horst Schwickerath. (2011). Interview - M'barek Alaoui (Aikido Journal, 2011). Aikido Journallink history info

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Um dos meus alunos em Marrocos, M'Barek Alaoui é, por exemplo, o Director Técnico da Federação de Aikido de Marrocos e é sétimo dan Aikikai.”

  — Pedro Escudeiro. (2000). Entrevista ao Professor Georges Stobbaerts (Pedro Escudeiro, 2000). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais) linkhistory info
• 
  Tamura Nobuyoshi

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Alaoui received his shodan from Nobuyoshi Tamura in 1964, the first shodan in Morocco, and is listed among Tamura's former students in the French Wikipedia article. From the split of 1970 the Syu do kan, which Alaoui co-founded, followed the Tamura (Aikikai) line.

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

  (1964)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Alaoui received his shodan from Nobuyoshi Tamura in 1964, the first shodan in Morocco, and is listed among Tamura's former students in the French Wikipedia article. From the split of 1970 the Syu do kan, which Alaoui co-founded, followed the Tamura (Aikikai) line.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “1964 habe ich von Tamura Sensei den Sho-dan des Aikikai erhalten. Ich war der erst Sho-dan in Marokko.”

  — Horst Schwickerath. (2011). Interview - M'barek Alaoui (Aikido Journal, 2011). Aikido Journallink history info

  “M'barek Alaoui, décédé en 2014, premier 8e dan d'aïkido en Afrique du Nord”

  — Nobuyoshi Tamura - Wikipédia FR. Wikipedia (French) link history info

Lineage

• Aikidō Tamura Nobuyoshi ← Ueshiba Morihei · 2 generations

Ranks (2)

• sports_martial_artsAikidō

  military_tech7 dan Probable

  Probable

  7th dan Aikikai stated by Stobbaerts in the 2001 interview; date of the grade not given.

  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

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  fact_check

  7th dan Aikikai stated by Stobbaerts in the 2001 interview; date of the grade not given.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “M'Barek Alaoui é, por exemplo, o Director Técnico da Federação de Aikido de Marrocos e é sétimo dan Aikikai.”

  — Pedro Escudeiro. (2000). Entrevista ao Professor Georges Stobbaerts (Pedro Escudeiro, 2000). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais) linkhistory info

  military_tech8 dan Probable

  Probable

  Described in the French Wikipedia article on Tamura as the first 8th dan of aikido in North Africa, attained before his death in 2014; exact date not given.

  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

  Described in the French Wikipedia article on Tamura as the first 8th dan of aikido in North Africa, attained before his death in 2014; exact date not given.

  “M'barek Alaoui, décédé en 2014, premier 8e dan d'aïkido en Afrique du Nord”

  — Nobuyoshi Tamura - Wikipédia FR. Wikipedia (French) link history info

Sources