details
| martial art | Aikido |
| region | Québec |
address of the training location
| | Sukagawa Aikido Club of Montreal
5319 Ave. Notre-Dame-De-Grace
H4A 1L2 Montreal
Canada |
contact details
| school no. | 6668 |
| no. of visitors of this entry | 47 |
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description of the school
Sukagawa-shi (Sukagawa city) is located along the old Tohoku highway, Route 4, approximately 200 km north of Tokyo in the prefecture of Fukushima. Located between Koriyama to the north and Shirakawa to the south, this small city is home to the original Sukagawa Aikido Club from which our Montreal based club grew.
The club was sarted in 1979 by Yoshinobu Kashimura. Home to about 25 or so members, practices are held Tuesdays and Fridays at the Sukagawa Budokan (Sukagawa martial arts center). Until recently the club was led by the 6th degree master Suzuki, Takashi shihan from Shirakawa-shi in Fukushima-ken. With his passing in September of 2000 the honor of leading the club was passed on to 5th dan Kashimura, Yoshinobu sensei. The club's grandmaster teacher remains Suzuki sensei's former friend and master, Masatake Fujita, 8th degree blackbelt shihan from the Hombu Dojo (world headquarters) in Tokyo.
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