Tsutomu Chida

Tsutomu Chida (千田 務, Chida Tsutomu, born 4 October 1950 in Tokyo) was previously one of the highest ranking shihan of Yoshinkan aikido, at 8th dan,[1] and dojocho of its hombu dojo[2] from 2002.

[3] He first became a part of Yoshinkan in 1969 but split from the organization in January 2008 following the resignation of kanchou Kyoichi Inoue.

He is "a living legend of Yoshinkan aikido"[3] and current "highest shihan" (最高師範) of his Yoshinkan offshoot school, Aikido Renshinkai (合気道錬身会).

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Tsutomu Chida at Renshinkai Aikido seminar in Moscow, in October 2008