Katsumi Motomura

Description

Japanese aikido teacher, a 3rd dan at the time, who came to Portugal around 1975/76 and taught aikido at the Escola de Budo in Lisbon (Largo de Sapadores) and in several dojos of Lisbon and Almada, launching the Shiseikai association in the country. He returned to Japan in 1978 and was replaced by Toshio Kawakami.

Students (1)

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  Agostinho Vaz

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Vaz states in his 2003 interview that he began aikido in 1977 under Katsumi Motomura at the Ginásio Clube do Sul in Almada, corroborated by the Aikido Marcial Dôjo Clube biography

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1977–1978)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Vaz states in his 2003 interview that he began aikido in 1977 under Katsumi Motomura at the Ginásio Clube do Sul in Almada, corroborated by the Aikido Marcial Dôjo Clube biography

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “iniciei o estudo do Aikido em 1977, em Almada no Ginásio Clube do Sul, com o Prof. Katsumi Motomura, o qual ensinava também em vários Clubes de Lisboa.”

  — Pedro Escudeiro. (2003). Entrevista ao Professor Agostinho Vaz (Pedro Escudeiro, 2003). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais) linkhistory info

  “iniciou o estudo do Aikido em 1977, em Almada no Ginásio Clube do Sul, com o Prof. Katsumi Motomura, o qual ensinava também em vários Clubes de Lisboa.”

  — Mestre Agostinho Vaz (Aikido Marcial Dôjo Clube). Aikido Marcial Dôjo Clubelink history info

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