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    ns2:researchNote "- Tony Smibert (Anthony Charles Smibert, b. 8 January 1949 in Melbourne) is an Australian painter and aikido teacher.\n- Began judo in his early teens and aikido in September 1964 at age 15, in the first aikido club in Australia (established by Arthur Moorshead in Melbourne, 1963).\n- Became a student of Seiichi Sugano in 1965 and remained his senior student until Sugano's death in 2010; assisted in establishing aikido in Victoria and Aiki Kai Australia.\n- Vice-President of Aiki Kai Australia 1976-2010, elected president on Sugano's death; trustee of the Aikido Foundation.\n- Represented Australia at the International Aikido Federation (IAF) 1980-1984, IAF vice-chairman 1984-2008, and member of the IAF Senior Council from 2008.\n- Awarded the 8th dan Aikikai and shihan title; the 8th dan was conferred by the Doshu at the Kagami Biraki in January 2025.\n- Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, June 2016, for service to aikido and the visual arts.\n- Also a prominent watercolourist and researcher of J.M.W. Turner's techniques; his home and studio are in Deloraine, Tasmania.\n- Was the first aikido teacher of Tristão da Cunha in Melbourne, c. 1980-81.\n" ;
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