Tsuneo Ando is an 9th dan

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teacher. He spent 13 years as

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Aikido. He is said to closely resemble Shioda in terms of size; speed and style. Tsuneo Ando was born in 1956 in Nihama City,

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on the island of

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. He attended Tokushima University where he studied engineering. Ando joined the Tokushima University Aikido Club where he reached the rank of 2nd

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. After graduating from university Ando was briefly employed by a chemical company. In 1981, he joined the Yoshinkan as uchi deshi. He was awarded the title of

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(Master) in 1993 and he currently holds the rank of 8th dan in Yoshinkan Aikido. He also holds the title of ''shuseki shihan'' (主席師範, chairman shihan) at the Yoshinkan Aikido Headquarters in Tokyo.

Publications

Ando has produced several DVDs for aikido training.AIKIDO RYU - RYU ARCHIVES - DVD
/ref> *''Aikido for Beginners'' DVD *合気道達人列伝安藤毎夫 DVD 2000. *''Aikido no Akashi'' DVD *''Aikido Tatsujin Retsuden'' DVD *''Dekiru Aikido'' DVD *''Ukemi'' DVD * ''The Special Series'' ''Volume 1; Volume 2 and Volume 3''. * ''Buki waza'' DVD * ''Aiki Jo'' DVD * A range of DVDs designed for test preparation and covering the Yoshinkan Aikido test syllabus from kids beginners all the way up to yudan. * ''Instructors Test Syllabus'' DVD He has also published two books ''Chushin Ryoku no Jidai'' ('The Age of Center Power') and ''Aikido no Kai'' ('Aikido Answers'). ''Chushin Ryoku no Jidai'' is available in Japanese (published b
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and in German (published b
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. Aikido no Kai is currently only available in Japanese.

Personal life

Ando lives in

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with his wife,

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n Stephanie Ando (5th dan), and their two sons. He has two children from his first marriage to Naomi Ando, also a student of Gozo Shioda, who died in 1997.

References

External links

Yoshinkan Aikido Ryudaiwagou
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Talking to Tsuneo Ando Part 1 – the Gozo Shioda that Nobody KnewTalking to Tsuneo Ando Part 2 – Aikido and World Peace
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