Nobuyoshi Tamura
| Nobuyoshi Tamura | |
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Tamura in Lesneven in 2004
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| Born |
2 March 1933 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 9 July 2010 (aged 77) |
| Style | Aikido |
| Rank | 8 dan |
| Spouse | Rumiko Tamura |
| Notable students | Pierre Chassang, Toshiro Suga, Nebi Vural, Mickaël Martin |
| Notable club(s) | Shumeikan Dojo, Fédération Française d'Aïkido et de Budo |
Nobuyoshi Tamura (田村 信喜 Tamura Nobuyoshi, 2 March 1933 in Osaka – 9 July 2010) was a prominent aikidoka and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. The son of a kendo teacher, Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi (live-in student) of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. He was one of Ueshiba's favorite pupils and since 1964 has greatly contributed to the development of aikido in Europe and France in particular. He was the National Technical Director (DTN) of the FFAB (French Federation of Aikido and Budō). He held the rank of 8th dan and the title of Shihan. Throughout his teaching career he trained many others instructors in various countries around the world but foremost Western Europe. In 1999, he received the medal of "Chevalier de l'ordre National du Mérite" from the French government. Tamura published several books on aikido in French. His dojo, Shumeikan Dojo, is located in the village of Bras, France. His former students include Jorge Rojo Gutierrez, Toshiro Suga, Pierre Chassang and Alain Peyrache.
Sent by Morihei Ueshiba, Tamura arrived in France in the port of Marseille in 1964 as the final destination of his honeymoon cruise (he paid part of his trip by performing aikido exhibitions on the ship). In France, he succeeded Tadashi Abe as the Aikikai representative there and decided to stay in this country teaching aikido, despite the fact that he could barely speak French at that time. Other aikido teachers in France then included Minoru Mochizuki, Masamichi Noro and Mutsuro Nakazono.
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