birth_place trainer martial_art nationality name native_name birth_date rank residence article_title native_lang occupation style
japan in alphabetical order : aikido jpn japanese hiroshi tada 多田 宏 '' tada hiroshi '' 13 december 1929 9th dan aikikai jpn japan hiroshi tada
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hiroshi tada

hiroshi tada -lrb- 多田 宏 , ただ ひろし , `` tada hiroshi '' -rrb- -lrb- born december 13 , 1929 -rrb- is a japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 9th dan in the aikikai .
born in tokyo , japan , tada was a member of the waseda university karate club before starting training in aikido at the aikikai hombu dojo under aikido founder morihei ueshiba in 1948 .
he was dispatched to rome , italy in 1964 where he established the italian `` central dojo '' in 1966 .
he returned to japan in 1973 to resume teaching at the aikikai hombu dojo .
to supplement aikido training , he has developed a system of breathing and meditative exercises called `` ki no renma '' -lrb- 気の錬磨 `` cultivation of ki '' -rrb- based largely on the teachings of nakamura tempu and the ichikukai dojo .
