Noro Masamichi

野呂昌道
Born 1935-01-21, Aomori Prefecture
Died 2013-03-15, Paris

Also known as

Masamichi Noro · のろ まさみち

Description

Japanese aikido teacher (1935-2013), uchi-deshi of Morihei Ueshiba from 1955, his "Official Delegate for Europe and Africa" from 1961, and founder of Kinomichi in Paris in 1979.

Teachers (1)

  • Ueshiba Morihei
    sports_martial_artsAikidō Probable
    Probable
    EN Wikipedia states Noro became an uchi-deshi of Morihei Ueshiba in 1955 and followed him from Tokyo to Iwama from 1955 to 1961; corroborated by the Wikidata P1066 claim
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Uchi-deshi (1955–1961)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    EN Wikipedia states Noro became an uchi-deshi of Morihei Ueshiba in 1955 and followed him from Tokyo to Iwama from 1955 to 1961; corroborated by the Wikidata P1066 claim
    “In 1955 [...] his uncle arranged for him to be presented to the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba [...] that same day he decided to renounce his plans in order to become uchi deshi [...] from 1955 to 1961, Masamichi Noro followed Morehei Ueshiba from Tokyo to Iwama where he had his private dojo.”
    — Masamichi Noro - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    alt_routeIndirect
    “Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in 1955.”
    — (2011-08-27). Masamichi Noro - Aikido Journal Encyclopedia. Aikido Journallink info

Ranks (1)

  • military_tech6 dan Probable
    Probable
    EN Wikipedia states Noro had received the 6th dan by 1961 when Ueshiba sent him to Europe, and that he renounced all dan above the 6th from that time
    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
    EN Wikipedia states Noro had received the 6th dan by 1961 when Ueshiba sent him to Europe, and that he renounced all dan above the 6th from that time
    “Morihei Ueshiba [...] entrusted his disciple Masamichi Noro, who by that time had received the 6th dan [...] It has been noted that from this time, he renounced all dan above the 6th that had been given to him by his master.”
    — Masamichi Noro - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KZBQBRS9M64Y5HZ1XRQ1T7M5

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Noro Masamichi. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZBQBRS9M64Y5HZ1XRQ1T7M5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KZBQBRS9M64Y5HZ1XRQ1T7M5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Noro Masamichi}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KZBQBRS9M64Y5HZ1XRQ1T7M5}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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