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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)

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  Ueshiba Morihei

  linkAikidō 3

  Confirmed

  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

  Uchi deshi (1955-1961)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  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

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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)linkinfo

Ranks (1)

• linkAikidō

  military_tech6 dan 3

  Confirmed

  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

  Dan-Kyu System

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  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

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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)linkinfo

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