Emile Metzinger

Description

French aikido practitioner who began aikido in Casablanca in 1964, a student of Georges Stobbaerts who, with M'barek Alaoui, left him in 1970 to found the Syu do kan following the Tamura (Aikikai) line. He later became an aikido teacher and is recorded as a member of the FFAB's CSDGE (Commission Spécialisée des Dans et Grades Équivalents) in the 2013 Manuel du Pratiquant.

Teachers (2)

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  Georges Stobbaerts

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Probable

  Probable

  Metzinger began aikido in 1964 in Casablanca according to M'barek Alaoui's 2011 interview, at a time when Stobbaerts ran the Budo Club du Maroc; the AJ interview records that Metzinger and Alaoui left Stobbaerts in 1970 to create the Syu do kan.

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

  location_onBudo Club of Morocco badge (1964–1970)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Metzinger began aikido in 1964 in Casablanca according to M'barek Alaoui's 2011 interview, at a time when Stobbaerts ran the Budo Club du Maroc; the AJ interview records that Metzinger and Alaoui left Stobbaerts in 1970 to create the Syu do kan.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Emilie Metzinger hat 1964 in Casablanca begonnen Aikido zu praktizieren, er war mit einer Chinesin verheiratet – später wurde auch er Aikidolehrer.”

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

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Ces deux personnes avaient quitté Georges Stobbaerts pour créer leur club.”

  — Horst Schwickerath. (2014). Entretien - Gérard Obellianne (Aikido Journal). Aikido Journallink history info
• 
  Tamura Nobuyoshi

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Possible

  Possible

  After the 1970 split, the Syu do kan co-founded by Metzinger and Alaoui followed the Tamura (Aikikai) line, per the Aikido Journal interview; the teacher relationship is inferred from the school's line rather than stated directly.

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

  location_onSyu Do Kan badge (1970)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  After the 1970 split, the Syu do kan co-founded by Metzinger and Alaoui followed the Tamura (Aikikai) line, per the Aikido Journal interview; the teacher relationship is inferred from the school's line rather than stated directly.

  visibilityFirst-hand alt_routeIndirect

  “quand il est revenu au Maroc, il est allé avec M'Barek Alaoui et Emile Metzinger, au Syu do kan.”

  — Horst Schwickerath. (2014). Entretien - Gérard Obellianne (Aikido Journal). Aikido Journallink history info

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