André Nocquet

André Nocquet ( born July 30, 1914 in Prahecq in Deux-Sevres, † 12 March 1999) was a French aikido teacher (8th Dan ).

Nocquet practiced since 1938 Mikonosuke Kawaishi Judo ( up to 4th Dan ). In France, he began Aikido at Mochizuki Minoru and then with Tadashi Abe, on whose recommendation he went to Japan in 1955 to study at the Hombu dojo as a student ( Uchideshi ) of Ueshiba Morihei.

After his return to Europe, he taught there Aikido.

André Nocquet was the founder and President of the Aikido Union and one of the influential teachers from Rolf Brand and Erhard Altenbrandt. Had Nocquet by Gerd Vishnevsky a significant impact on the technical development of the German Aikido Association, whose honorary president he was until his death. His student John Emmerson (5th Dan ) established with the permission Nocquets Style DAN ( "Dynamic Aikido Nocquet "). In France, some of his students have joined Groupe Historique Aikido André Nocquet.

Works

  • The Way of the AIKI -DO. The presence and message of O- Sensei Morihei Uyeshiba. ISBN 3-921508-08-8 ( out of print)
  • Le cœur Épée (French, " Sword Heart" )
  • Zen et ne font qu'un Aiki (French, "Zen and Aiki are one" )
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