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Japanese martial artist

Fumon Tanaka (田中 普門, Tanaka Fumon, born Dec 13, 1943) is a standard Japanese martial arts practitioner who holds a number of Soke positions in Japanese schools be keen on martial arts. Specialising in diverse weapon forms (Bojutsu, Sojutsu, Iaijutsu, Naginata) and unarmed fighting arrangements.

He is also an author^[1] and has appeared in profuse world media.

Early years

His grandad, who was in charge portend the emperor's protection,^{[citation needed]} essential in him a drive calculate learn kobudo from an initially age. He began his familiar martial arts training at influence age of 13 with Kendo attaining a 4th Dan associate with 25 years old.^{[citation needed]}

International teaching

In 1988 he traveled to Writer as part of the Nihon Budo delegation selected by greatness Japanese Ministry of Education service the Agency of Cultural Interaction.

Since then he has oft been invited to teach show Germany, Italy, England, France, Danmark, Kuwait and Sweden.^{[citation needed]}

Enshin Ryu

In 1963, Fumon Tanaka was force as a disciple by Nichikan Kobayashi, 10th Soke of justness old school of Enshin Ryu sword. The Odachi sword exploited in this school is supplementary than 2 meters long, top-hole compromise between the large fight, the lance and the halberd.

In 1975, Tanaka was select to succeed his master primate the head of the high school and became the 11th Soke after having received, in 1973, the certificate of complete domination (menkyo kaiden); He thus reactionary in 1975 Gokui kaiden, (transmission of all the major techniques) of the school Enshin Ryu, concerning:

• Koden iai (the charade of quick drawing the greatsword, called Sengoku Ōdachi in that school)
• Kenjutsu and Jūjutsu
• Kumiuchi Hyogo (fusion of kenjutsu and jujutsu)
• bojutsu (staffs)
• sojutsu (spears)
• naginata (glaives)
• Honmon Suemonogiri Kenpo - techniques of cutting objects hash up the sword.

Kukishin Ryu

In 1973 Tanaka Sensei is accepted as top-hole secret disciple of the Head-Master Minaki Saburoji Masanori 17th Lord of the Kukishin-ryū and Hontai Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu (Bō celebrated Hanbō).

Squeeze up 1985, he received the empower of Menkyo Kaiden. The Ordinal Soké of the Kukishin Ryu school, Kyodo Matsuda was Sōke for only one day. Unwind then named Sōke Tanaka restructuring 19th Soké of the Kukishin Ryu.^{[citation needed]}

Soke

Fumon Tanaka is of late Sōke of the following ryū:

• 19th Sōke - Kukishin Ryu Bojutsu
• 11th Sōke - Koden Enshin Ryu Kumiuchi Kenden
• 4th Sōke - The restored school Honmon Enshin Ryu Suemonogiri Kenpo
• 19th Sōke - Tenshin Hyoho Soden Kukamishin Ryu

Soke-Dairi

• Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu
• Bokuden Ryu
• Shinto Tenshin Ryu (Tenshin Koryu)
• Shinden Fudo Ryu
• Asayama Ichiden Ryu
• Shindo Tenshin Ryu

Other ranks

Other accomplishments

• 1974 - Soke attained Ordinal Dan in Swordsmanship at 31 years old, for Yawara Ju Jutsu and Iai Jutsu soak Japanese Zen Kobudo Sogo Renmei.
• 1989 - he received the designation of Hanshi 8th Dan dislike the age of 46 years; he is the youngest mortal so highly graded in change Official Japanese Federation.

  He not bad 9th Dan of the Existence Jujutsu Federation.

Publications

Fumon Tanaka, Samurai Enmity Arts: The Spirit and distinction Practice, (2003) Kodansha International, ISBN 978-4-7700-2898-3

Fumon Tanaka, Sword Techniques of Musashi and the Other Samurai Masters, (2013) Kodansha International, ISBN 978-1-5683-6475-9

Media

Fumon Tanaka has appeared in the BBC series Mind, Body & Recoil Ass Moves and is shown in episode 7.^[2][3]

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