Soleiman Mehdizadeh | |
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![]() Performing Iaido Kata, May 2008. | |
Born | 1955 Tehran, Iran |
Native name | سلیمان مهدیزاده |
Residence | Tehran,
Iran
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Nationality | Iranian |
Style | Iaido, Kendo, Karate, Taekwondo, Aikido |
Rank | Kyoshi, 8th Dan |
Years active | 1976 – Present |
Occupation | Martial arts instructor |
Website | SHINBUKAN (神武館) Dojo |
Soleiman Mehdizadeh ( Japanese: ソレイマン・メヒディザデ, Persian: سلیمان مهدیزاده; born 1955) is an Iranian master of Budō. [1]
He traveled to Japan in 1977, to Tokyo, and started practicing Kendo. After a while, he returned to Iran; but, again, in 1978, he went to Japan and in Nishiyama's Dojo practiced Kendo. He also learned Iaido from Totsuka and Goju-ryu Karate under Yamamoto.[ citation needed]
Soleiman Mehdizadeh founded the teaching of the traditional martial art of Kendo-Iaido in Iran. In 1980, the International Martial Arts Federation started supervising Kendo & Iaido ( Samurai). The formal training, which was under the control of Mehdizadeh, was in the Fencing Hall (Martial Arts Hall at the time). In the same year, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( NHK) prepared a film about the first samurai martial arts training class in Iran and then broadcast it on Jan. 6th, 1983. Simultaneously Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) filmed a documentary showing martial arts exercises demonstrated by Mehdizadeh. Since Mehdizadeh had to stay in Japan for several months each year for follow-up technical and specialty exercises, his masters advised him to reside in Japan to pass higher-level exams in Kendo-Iaido. Returning to Iran in 1994, Mehdizadeh recommenced training of students under the supervision of the Karate Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[ citation needed]
Soleiman Mehdizadeh | |
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![]() Performing Iaido Kata, May 2008. | |
Born | 1955 Tehran, Iran |
Native name | سلیمان مهدیزاده |
Residence | Tehran,
Iran
![]() |
Nationality | Iranian |
Style | Iaido, Kendo, Karate, Taekwondo, Aikido |
Rank | Kyoshi, 8th Dan |
Years active | 1976 – Present |
Occupation | Martial arts instructor |
Website | SHINBUKAN (神武館) Dojo |
Soleiman Mehdizadeh ( Japanese: ソレイマン・メヒディザデ, Persian: سلیمان مهدیزاده; born 1955) is an Iranian master of Budō. [1]
He traveled to Japan in 1977, to Tokyo, and started practicing Kendo. After a while, he returned to Iran; but, again, in 1978, he went to Japan and in Nishiyama's Dojo practiced Kendo. He also learned Iaido from Totsuka and Goju-ryu Karate under Yamamoto.[ citation needed]
Soleiman Mehdizadeh founded the teaching of the traditional martial art of Kendo-Iaido in Iran. In 1980, the International Martial Arts Federation started supervising Kendo & Iaido ( Samurai). The formal training, which was under the control of Mehdizadeh, was in the Fencing Hall (Martial Arts Hall at the time). In the same year, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( NHK) prepared a film about the first samurai martial arts training class in Iran and then broadcast it on Jan. 6th, 1983. Simultaneously Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) filmed a documentary showing martial arts exercises demonstrated by Mehdizadeh. Since Mehdizadeh had to stay in Japan for several months each year for follow-up technical and specialty exercises, his masters advised him to reside in Japan to pass higher-level exams in Kendo-Iaido. Returning to Iran in 1994, Mehdizadeh recommenced training of students under the supervision of the Karate Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[ citation needed]