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Revision as of 20:28, 6 June 2005 by Peter Lee (talk | contribs) (I understand the doubts, but please don't manipulate people)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In 1962 Shukumine sensei introduced a further development of GENSEIRYU which he named Taido. Taido is not to be regarded as Karate, but as a new martial art. This new Budo has a lot of acrobatic movements such as sommersaults and flips. Since leaving GENSEIRYU in 1962, Shukumine sensei only held a friendly relation with his former students/masters of GENSEIRYU, but he never took actual part in neither teaching nor examinations.
This is also stated by a Taido-ka, I have contacted. "Officially, Taido was started in 1965 and that is also when he definately left Genseiryu." This is a part of what he wrote te me.
Between the period 1962 and 1965 he completed the five basic principels of Taido, especially the TEN en NEN movements.
"In the World Taido Championships in Okinawa in 2001, Saiko Shihan asked to the highest Genseiryu sensei's (Tosa and others) to convert to Taido." This is also what the Taido-ka wrote to me! So please, for those who are writing untrue stories, back those stories up with true arguments.
To back up the story, which Mr. Lee is writing, then please take a look at these pages. It proves very well, that Tosa sensei had a friendly relation with Shukumine sensei and his family up until Shukumine sensei's death. Latest picture is with his son in 1998. But please note, that the text underneath the pictures claim only, that the people present (except Tosa sensei) belong to Taido, and not Genseiryu. .
So this proves, that Tosa sensei still had some relation with Shukumine sensei AFTER he published his book in 1984. This is shown also at the above mentioned homepage.
- By the way, did you know that Mr. Tosa received several letters all over the world, just after Mr. Shukumine died? Those letters were asked for permission if some dojo's could join the organization of Mr. Tosa. Mr. Tosa denied these people to join his organization.