Introducing Inoue Sensei

• Yoshihiko Inoue (Inoue Sensei)
• Author and Kendo Instructor
• Hanshi Huchidan (8th Dan) 
• President of the All Japan Kendo Federation Kata division

Born in 1930, Inoue sensei is an accomplished author and a full time kendo leader. He is the current president of the ‘All Japan Kendo Federation’ for the Kendo Kata section.

This inspiring man lives in Japan and visits the Auckland Kendo Club once a year. He has been a true friend to New Zealand Kendo for the past 20 years, bringing knowledge, life experience and joy to New Zealand Kendoka. His teachings and philosophy about Kata are priceless and bring another dimension to everyone’s practice.

Inoue Sensei has taken time from his busy schedule every year for many years to visit and instruct at massively successful seminars, in the Auckland Kendo Club and at National Camps.

The Sensei is truly a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, which is demonstrated continuously at his seminars or instructed by him individually during a class. His ability to lift all those he instructs to another level comes from the fact he has trained countless struggling Kendoka over his many decades as a Kendo Icon.