Noriaki Inoue Japanese Aikidoka Date of Birth: 03.12.1902 Country: Japan

Content:

1. Early Life and Training
2. Training with Ueshiba
3. Divergence in Philosophy
4. Founding of Shindo
5. Shinwataido and Shinkendo
6. Later Life

Early Life and Training

Norioki Inoue, a Japanese aikidoka, was born into a wealthy trading family in the town of Akitsu, Wakayama Prefecture. As the nephew of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, he spent his childhood in Ueshiba's home in Tanabe.

Training with Ueshiba

At the age of 10, Inoue began studying judo under the instruction of Kiyoichi Takagi. In 1921, he joined his uncle in Hokkaido to help develop a new settlement and began training with Ueshiba in aikido. He played a significant role in promoting aikido until 1956, even leading the main dojo when the All Japan Budo Promotion Association (Budosenyokai) was established by Ueshiba under the patronage of the religious sect Oomoto-kyo.

Divergence in Philosophy

Despite being a potential successor to Ueshiba in aikido, Inoue's path diverged from that of his uncle due to differing interpretations of Ki energy in martial arts. Inoue criticized both traditional bujutsu and contemporary budo, including Ueshiba's teachings.

Founding of Shindo

Influenced by these disagreements, Inoue visited Sokaku Takeda, the master of Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu, with Ueshiba. However, Inoue publicly denounced Takeda's training methods, stating that he would not train with him because of the ineffective use of Ki energy in his school.

Shinwataido and Shinkendo

Inouei subsequently founded his own branch of aikido, initially called Shinwataido and later renamed Shinkendo. He developed it within the framework of Oomoto martial arts (Oomoto-bud). According to Inoue, Shinkendo could be described as "Ki-no budo" (the "martial way of Ki").

Later Life

Norioki Inoue passed away on April 13, 1994.

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