SUGAWARA TETSUTAKA SHIHAN
Sugawara Tetsutaka Shihan was born in Hokkaido in 1941. He began training in Aikido in 1960 at the Hombu Dojo (Tokyo), and in 1961, he became an uchideshi (live-in student) of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba at the Ibaraki Dojo (Ibaraki Prefecture). In 1973, he established “Minato Research and Publishing Co.” (currently Sugawara Martial Arts Institute, Inc.).
In 1975, he started training in Katori Shintō-ryū, receiving the teacher’s license (menkyo kyoshi) in 1986.
He has also trained in Okinawan Goju-ryu karate, receiving the instructor’s license in 1992 from Yasuichi Miyagi. In 1995, he was awarded the 7th dan in Aikido by Kisshomaru Ueshiba (Second Doshu of Aikido).
Sugawara Sensei lives and teaches in Japan. He regularly travels, teaching Aikido and Katori Shintō-ryū to students in the United States, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, and Taiwan.