Moriji Mochida

Moriji Mochida (Japanese持 田 盛 二, born January 26, 1885 in Maebashi, † February 9, 1974 ) was a Japanese Kenjutsu.

Mochida is considered the most famous kendo teacher of the 20th century and taught in old age. In May 1927 he was Hanshi Hokushin the Itto - ryu. He won the 1929 Kendo Tournament, which was held in honor of the Showa Tenno. Since 1930 he was a teacher in the Noma dojo of the Kodansha publishing house. When, after the Second World War, the grading system was changed, it was 1957, the first of only five Kendoka that were awarded the 10th Dan Hanshi. He was a teacher of the Municipal Police Tokyo, the Imperial Guard and the Keio University and member of the committee that the Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata formed.

He is also known by the films of 1953. Were the ten forms of Kendōkata as they were common before the war, is shown. His partner was Saimura Goro.

In the culture medal was awarded on November 9, 1961 by Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato.