In October 1965, he went on his first journey to Italy with the aim of promoting Aikido which he had been teaching for approximately five years.

He collected some experience in teaching and some knowledge in Asian medicine like Seitai or seibukenkoho (method of cure according to the manner of seibu).

When he stayed in Italy, he was also teaching judo, but from his arrival in Switzerland on, he completely dedicated his life to aikido.

In parallel, he led national and international training seminars to maintain the friendship with and to practice with aikidoka nearby countries.

Examples are the yearly ACSA winter stage in Zurich, Switzerland, which he led on many occasions together with Katsuaki Asai of the German Aikikai and Hideki Hosokawa of the Italian Aikikai, the yearly summer stage in Saignelégier, Switzerland, with his teacher Hiroshi Tada shihan of the Italian Aikikai and the yearly late summer or early autumn stage in Praiano, Italy, with Pasquale Aiello[8][9] who were all also good friends of his.

[10] In parallel, he regularly taught seminars in countries like Croatia, Hungary, Russia and Poland.

During the height of his aikido career was the 30 year anniversary of the ACSA which was celebrated with a major international seminar in Basel from the June 5 to 7, 1999.

[6] The following persons were his most influential teachers in alphabetical order: The following people were his close colleagues during his aikido career: Note that this list does not specify who are his senpai and kōhai.