is the son of the current

Aikido Aikido ( , , , ) is a gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practic ...

Dōshu The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally through the International Aikido Federation ...

Moriteru Ueshiba is a Japanese master of aikido. He is a grandson of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Ueshiba is the third and current '' Dōshu'' (hereditary head) of the Aikikai. Biography Ueshiba was born on April 2, 1951, ...

. In keeping with the

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system, he is expected to succeed his father as Dōshu. He is the great-grandson of

Morihei Ueshiba was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art, martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" or , "Great Teacher". The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Wakayama, Tanabe, Ueshiba studied a number of ...

, the Aikido founder. From April 2012, Ueshiba is Dojocho of the

Aikikai Hombu Dojo The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai#Aikikai Foundation, Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Aikikai#Doshu, Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally th ...

, and as such is referred to as Waka-sensei ( 若先生, "young master"). This term was applied to Moriteru Ueshiba when the second Dōshu

Kisshomaru Ueshiba was a prominent Japanese master of aikido.Pranin, S. A. (''c.'' 2009)Encyclopedia of Aikido: Ueshiba, Kisshomaru Retrieved on March 1, 2010. He was the son of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and became the international leader of aikido after ...

was still alive, and to Kisshomaru when the founder was still alive. More than simply a title of respect, it is intended to refer to the

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successor who will take on leadership after his father.

Personal life

On March 2, 2008, Mitsuteru Ueshiba married Keiko Kusano.

References

External links

Photo of father and sonMitsuteru Ueshiba　－　47th All Japan Aikido

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Mitsuteru Ueshiba - Aikijinja Taisai 2010
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