“In 1954, Kanshu Sunadomari, a pre-war uchideshi of the founder of Aikido, opened the first professional Aikido dojo in Kyushu. The dojo was given the name “Manseikan”. Using the Manseikan Dojo in Kumamoto City as a base, Sunadomari Sensei began disseminating the art of Aikido throughout the Kyushu area After the founder’s death in 1969, Sunadomari Sensei took his group of affiliated dojos independent. The headquarters dojo was established in Kumamoto City and the name of the practice was changed to “Manseikan Aikido.”
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