Tsutomu Chida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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One of the highest ranking shihan of Yoshinkan aikido, at 8th dan
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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Tsutomu Chida
- Tsutomu Chida (?? ?, Chida Tsutomu, born 4 October 1950 in Tokyo) was previously one of the highest ranking shihan of Yoshinkan aikido, at 8th dan, and dojocho of its hombu dojo from 2002.
- He first became a part of Yoshinkan in 1969 but split from the organization in January 2008 following the resignation of kanchou Kyoichi Inoue.
- Chida was an uchideshi of Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda for 33 years—the longest term among Shioda's uchideshi-- and directed the senshusei course.
- He is "a living legend of Yoshinkan aikido" and current "highest shihan" (????) of his Yoshinkan offshoot school, Aikido Renshinkai (??????).
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