" We Turn the Spotlight on the Life of...
Aikido Master Nobuyoshi Tamura Sensei "

Nobuyoshi Tamura (1933-2010) was an 8th dan Aikikai Shihan and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba.

His father was a kendo teacher, and he began his training at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi (live-in student) of Morihei Ueshiba.

He was one of O'Sensei's favorite pupils and often used as an uke to receive techniques. He married Rumiko and they had three sons.

He was acquainted with macrobiotic founder George Osawa, and later after moving to France, he became friends with zen master Taisen Deshimaru, whom Osawa considered to be his successor.

Nobuyoshi Tamura was sent to France by Morihei Ueshiba in 1964. He took over from Tadashi Abe as the Aikikai representative and decided to remain there. Other aikido teachers in France then included Minoru Mochizuki, Masamichi Noro and Mutsuro Nakazono.

Morihei Ueshiba developed the martial art of Aikido from his combat studies of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu with Sokaku Takeda, and his spiritual studies with the Omoto Kyo and Onisaburi Deguchi. Aikido focuses on harmony and non-resistance, leading to Aikido Success

Since 1964 Nobuyoshi Tamura greatly contributed to the development of aikido all over Europe and particularly France. He was the National Technical Director of the FFAB (French Federation of Aikido and Budo).

Throughout his teaching career he trained many instructors in various countries, but mostly Western Europe. In 1999, he received a prestigious medal from the French government in recognition of his work.

The French Aikido Federation split into two in the 1980's. Students who decided to stay loyal to Tamura created an independent aikido federation, while others remained under the Judo federation, which later became independant under the technical leadership of Christian Tissier.

Tamura was an honorary citizen of the town of Lesneven, France, where every year he gave week long summer seminars with fellow aikido sensei Yoshimitsu Yamada. He also conducted several other summer seminars.

He published several books on aikido in French, and among his former students were Toshiro Suga and Pierre Chassang.

He died of cancer in July 2010, and will be greatly missed.

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