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Kobudo exam

Chinese medicine and hu- and anticipation; using to was very involved in the
man anatomy, as he was a the minimum his physical formation and develop-
specialist in the Seitai-Do , force, and taking advanta- ment of the Joshinmon,

Therapeutic Japanese me- ge of that of the opponent his wife Mikiko Ikeda is
thod for balance and hea- in his own favor, the speed one of the current pillars
ling. and the laws of the phy- of the style; she was at his
sics. Joshinmon is a sys- side all these years working
Soke Ikeda, in his life as a tem in which karate, the side by side in the develo-
martial artist, was the au- Kobudo (art of using tra- pment and expansion of
thor of several bestsellers ditional working tools as it, going to different coun-
in Japan, where he captu- a means of defense), and tries as an assistant in the
red all his deep knowled- the ancient techniques of teaching and development
ge, the history of karate, Qi-gong, adapted to a new of the seminars. The Soke
applications of techniques vision called “Taikiso”, he Ikeda brothers; Also cons-

and the philosophy of art. created an amalgam where titute one of the important
He also made several vi- the practitioner trains in columns of the style.
deos showing his fantastic an integrated way.
physical abilities, and his Last but not least, her se-
revolutionary techniques Also the family of the cond daughter, current
of imbalance (Kuzushi) great master Soke Ikeda, Grand Master of this tra-

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