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| Hitohiro Saito | |
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 SAITO Hitohiro Sensei in Portugal by 2008 | |
| Born | 12 February 1957 Iwama, Japan |
| Native name | 斎藤 仁弘 Saitō Hitohiro |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Style | Aikido |
| Teacher(s) | Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito |
Hitohiro Saito (斎藤 仁弘 Saitō Hitohiro, born 12 February 1957 in Iwama) is an aikido instructor and founding headmaster of Iwama Shin-Shin Aiki Shuren-kai.[1] Hitohiro is the son of Morihiro Saito. At age seven,[2] he started to learn aikido from Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, who cared for him as a grandson.[clarification needed][citation needed]. After Ueshiba died in 1969, he continued his practice with his father. The younger Saito became an official instructor of the Iwama dojo in 1986 and remained so until 2004 when he separated from the Aikikai organization and formed his own group. Since 2009 he is also identified as Hitohira (仁平) Saito.[3]
- ^ Iwama Shin-Shin Aiki Shuren-kai
- ^ Aikido Journal interview with Hitohiro Saito Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hitohiro SAITO Sensei, Aiki Dojo.