Also known as
Mestre Tristão da Cunha
Description
Portuguese aikido master (8th dan Iwama Shin Shin Aikido / Iwama Ryu), founder and Technical Director of the Associação Portuguesa Aiki-Shuren Dojo (APASD). Began aikido in Melbourne in 1980/81, was uchi-deshi of Morihiro Saito at Iwama from 1986, and continued with Hitohiro Saito after 2002.
Teachers (4)
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Tony Smibertsports_martial_artsAikidō ProbableProbableTristão da Cunha states he began aikido practice in 1980 or 81 at his university in Melbourne, first under Tony Smibert (4th dan Aikikai)The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.(1980–1981)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkTristão da Cunha states he began aikido practice in 1980 or 81 at his university in Melbourne, first under Tony Smibert (4th dan Aikikai) -
Barry Knightsports_martial_artsIwama Ryu ConfirmedConfirmedWell-documented first traditional (Iwama) aikido teacher in Melbourne, trained with daily until the end of the university course, named Barry Knight in the CAO interview and Barry Night on the Aikishurendojo pagesThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.location_onRensei Dojo badge (1981–1985)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWell-documented first traditional (Iwama) aikido teacher in Melbourne, trained with daily until the end of the university course, named Barry Knight in the CAO interview and Barry Night on the Aikishurendojo pagesvisibilityFirst-hand -
Saitō Morihirosports_martial_artsIwama Ryu ConfirmedConfirmedWell-documented uchi-deshi of Morihiro Saito at Iwama, first in May 1986 for six months, returning repeatedly; the Aikishurendojo bio and the CAO interview both detail this relationshipThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.Uchi-deshi location_onIwama Dojo badge (1986–2002)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWell-documented uchi-deshi of Morihiro Saito at Iwama, first in May 1986 for six months, returning repeatedly; the Aikishurendojo bio and the CAO interview both detail this relationship“Viajou pela primeira vez ao Japão em 1986 onde ficou como uchi deshi de Morihiro Saito no dojo do Fundador do Aikido. Voltou para Portugal com a tarefa de implantar o Aikido tradicional em Portugal. [...] Tristão da Cunha foi uchi deshi do Grande Mestre Morihiro Saito, no último ano em que este esteve activo antes de sucumbir a um cancro dos ossos.”
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Saitō Hitohirosports_martial_artsIwama Ryu ProbableProbableHis own dojo's bio states that after Morihiro Saito's death in 2002, he continued with successor Hitohiro Saito, who awarded him the 6th, 7th and 8th dan grades and the Shihan title; no independent source corroborates itThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.location_onIwama Dojo badge (2002)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkHis own dojo's bio states that after Morihiro Saito's death in 2002, he continued with successor Hitohiro Saito, who awarded him the 6th, 7th and 8th dan grades and the Shihan title; no independent source corroborates it
Lineage
- Aikidō Tony SmibertSugano SeiichiUeshiba Morihei · 3 generations
- Iwama Ryu Barry KnightSaitō Morihiro · 2 generations
Ranks (5)
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military_tech4 dan ProbableProbableTristão da Cunha describes himself as 4th dan (5th dan from 2001) in the CAO interviewThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Dan-Kyu System (2000)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkTristão da Cunha describes himself as 4th dan (5th dan from 2001) in the CAO interviewmilitary_tech5 dan ConfirmedConfirmedReceived 5th dan in taijutsu and bukiwaza from Morihiro Saito in 2001 in Iwama, confirmed by the Aikishurendojo bioThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.Dan-Kyu System (2001)granted by Saitō Morihirofact_checkassessed by FSMverified
2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkReceived 5th dan in taijutsu and bukiwaza from Morihiro Saito in 2001 in Iwama, confirmed by the Aikishurendojo biomilitary_tech6 dan Probablehistory_eduTradition onlyProbable6th dan Shin Shin Aiki awarded by Hitohiro Saito, stated in the Aikishurendojo bio without an exact date; no independent source corroborates itThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itselfDan-Kyu Systemgranted by Saitō Hitohirofact_checkassessed by FSMverified
1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_check6th dan Shin Shin Aiki awarded by Hitohiro Saito, stated in the Aikishurendojo bio without an exact date; no independent source corroborates itmilitary_tech7 dan ProbableProbableStated as 7th dan since 2006 in the Aikishurendojo bio and as 7th dan in the 2011 English interview; both are his own dojo's own material, no independent source corroborates itThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Dan-Kyu System (2006)granted by Saitō Hitohirofact_checkassessed by FSMverified
2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkStated as 7th dan since 2006 in the Aikishurendojo bio and as 7th dan in the 2011 English interview; both are his own dojo's own material, no independent source corroborates itmilitary_tech8 dan ConfirmedConfirmedPromotion to 8th dan (VIII dan Dentō Iwama Ryu) confirmed independently by the APASD Iwama News blog and an Enrico Neami article with photographs, both placing the conferral at the Kagami Biraki ceremony in Iwama on 17 January 2016 by Hitohiro SaitoThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.Dan-Kyu System (2016-01-17)granted by Saitō Hitohirofact_checkassessed by FSMverified
2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkPromotion to 8th dan (VIII dan Dentō Iwama Ryu) confirmed independently by the APASD Iwama News blog and an Enrico Neami article with photographs, both placing the conferral at the Kagami Biraki ceremony in Iwama on 17 January 2016 by Hitohiro Saito“Il capo scuola dell'Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shurenkai Saito Hitohira Jukucho ha conferito ai Maestri Alessandro Tittarelli Shihan e Tristao Da Cuña Shihan il grado di VIII dan Dentō Iwama Ryu in occasione della cerimonia del Kagami Biraki che ha avuto luogo in Iwama il 17 gennaio 2016.”
Students (1)
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Pedro Escudeirosports_martial_artsIwama Ryu ConfirmedConfirmedEscudeiro 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 acknowledgmentsThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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3 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkEscudeiro 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 acknowledgmentsvisibilityFirst-hand
Honours (1)
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receipt_longShihan ProbableProbableShihan title of the Tanrenkan awarded by Hitohiro Saito while Tristão da Cunha was 5th dan, per the 2011 English interview on his own dojo's site; no independent source corroborates itThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Titlegranted by Associação Portuguesa Aiki-Shuren Dojo
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkShihan title of the Tanrenkan awarded by Hitohiro Saito while Tristão da Cunha was 5th dan, per the 2011 English interview on his own dojo's site; no independent source corroborates itvisibilityFirst-hand
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tristão da Cunha. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZ1Y9KD1XVWDH5MWHBPWC25B - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01KZ1Y9KD1XVWDH5MWHBPWC25B, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Tristão da Cunha}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KZ1Y9KD1XVWDH5MWHBPWC25B}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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