大東流合気柔術, 本部, Daito-ryu, Aiki-jujutsu

<1> New Year’s message from Somucho Sensei, Hombucho Sensei and Homucho-hosa Sensei

Kondo Katsuyuki, Somucho

(Kondo Masayuki Hombucho Sensei)

Happy New Year.
I hope that 2023 will be a healthy and fruitful year for the Daito-ryu family.

This year’s headquarters is going to be active, so please join us.

・April 29th – May 1st   Slovakia Bratislava Seminar
・Augus 11th – 18th   Katsuura camp / Dan promotion examination
With a memorial event for the 80th anniversary of the death of Takeda Sokaku Sensei and the 30th anniversary of the death of Takeda Tokimune Sensei
・Participation in each traditional martial arts demonstration events
・Online seminar for all students from 21:00 on the second Sunday of every month
・Online seminar for each overseas branch / study group (please request and inform the convenient date and time)
・Visit instruction for Japanese domestic branches (please request and inform the convenient date and time)
・Branch / study group chiefs Meetings

Your continued support this year would be appreciated.

Kondo Masayuki, Hombucho

(Hasegawa Sumie Hombusho-hosa Sensei)

Happy new year to all of you.

I wish you all a healthy and wonderful year this year. I look forward to practicing with you this year.

Hasegawa Sumie, Hombucho-hosa

<2> Report from overseas branch (New Year’s message)

(Kanazawa, Japan)

Happy new year! !

Thank you very much for all your help last year. As we enter the New Year, I wish all the members of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu good health and happiness.
Last year, due to the impact of the Covid-19, Kanazawa branch was also in a difficult situation where we could not practice several times. This year, we are determined to try to improve our skills and increase the number of members even if this situation continues.
For the purpose of this, we would like to actively participate in online seminars, joint practice, camp and promotion examinations hosted and instructed by the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters. I believe that it is my mission to learn the essence of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, the essence of Japanese kobudo, to pass it on to future generations, and to make it take root in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
Lastly, we would like to ask for your continued support this year as well, as we intend to work hard every day with the spirit of “流汗悟道 (Ryukan Godo)”.

Kuchimura Akihiro

Brian Wagner

<3> Information from Headquarters

・ An overseas seminar (Slovakia) will be held from April 29th to May 1st. From Headquarters, Kondo Masayuki Hombucho and Usuyama Hideto Fuku-hombucho are scheduled to participate. If you and/or your students would like to participate in the Slovakia seminar, please pre-register the number of the participants via the branch / study group chiefs to the headquarters and Slovakia branch (Stefan Kurilla) by the end of February.
・Katsuura camp will be held from August 11th to 18th. If you and/or your students would like to participate, please keep your schedule in advance.

・In addition to regular online seminars held on the 2nd Sunday of every month, we plan to actively hold individual online seminars for each branch/study group, especially overseas (ideally once a year for each branch/study group). Please make a request to the headquarters proactively.
・ The annual membership fee for 2023 will be 500 yen/month/person (6,000 yen/year/person) on the normal basis. We will inform you about the delivery method and other details later this year.

・ The following students were promoted last year (in no particular order).

<Sho-dan> Muramatsu Hideaki (Asahikawa Medical University), Walter Patrick Rhebergen (Drechtsteden, Netherlands), Wilco de Man (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Peter Beres, Martin Curilla, Marek Gmitter (Slovakia), Ronhy Singer (Zurich, Switzerland), Babini Vanni, Lorenzo Calineti (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Runa Raskild ro Bbach (Germany)

<2-dan> Nishimura Hideaki, Maekawa Yukina, Yano Mutsuo, Fujiwara Masaki, Higashi Kentaro, Kayama Yukiko, Otaki Masakatsu (Ryogoku, Japan), Oran Redmond (UK), Giorgia Butturi, Simone Silvestri (Calpi, Italy)

<3-dan> Ajioka Katsuma (Ryogoku, Japan), Franz Renz (Germany/Austria)

<4-dan> Kuchimura Akihiro (Kanazawa, Japan), Kono Junichi (Ryogoku, Japan)

・As of November 20th, 2022, Usuyama Hideto was permitted as “Kyoju-Dairi”.

This year, we are really looking forward to seeing you on the tatami for the first time in a while!

(Edited by Usuyama Hideto, Fuku-hombucho)

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