Takada Gakudo Sensei
President of Yushin Gijuku Takada Dojo
Chairman of Japan Iaido Association
Muso Shinden-ryu Iai Second Seiden
Master of Japan Iaido Association 10th Dan
Master of Dainippon Butokukai Iaido 8th Dan
Master of Dainippon Iaido Federation 8th Dan
Second Soke of Ohno-ha Hoki-ryu
14th Soke of Shinto Muso-ryu Jodo
Master of Betsuden Mugai-ryu
Regular Teacher at Metropolitan Police Department
Other martial arts personal records:
Master of Kendo 7th Dan
Master of Jukendo 6th Dan
Hozoin-ryu spearmanship
Araki-ryu Nagamaki (Japanese sword with an extra-long handle) art
Yagyu-ryu iron fan art
Yagyu-ryu Kusarigama (Japanese weapon with a heavy iron weight at the end) art
Chigiriki (Japanese flail weapon) art
Short personal records of Takada Sensei:
June 1939: Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
December 1954: Enter Dainippon Teikoku Shinkenkan Master Kenfu Matsuo Dojo
February 1959: Iaido 4th Dan
May 1960: Iaido 5th Dan
January 1962: Instructor of Iaido 6th Dan, Inheritance of Muso Shinden-ryu Iai from Master Matsuo Kenpu, Junior high school Kendo Instructor commissioned by the Yokohama City Board of Education
1965: Iaido Representative at United States New York World Exposition
May 1975: Instructor of Iaido, Muso Shinden-ryu 8th Dan License from Master Matsuo Kenpu
June 1975: Introduction of Iaido in Hawaii
1983: Chairman and Kendo Instructor of the Kanazawa Police Station Youth Kendo Promotion Association
May 1986: Iaido 8th Dan
May 1996: Master of Iaido
May 1999: Toryu Iai Nationwide TV Broadcast
July 1999: Reports by Mainichi Shimbun, Kanagawa Shimbun and other four companies
October 1999: Reported in the October issue of the magazine "Keieisha Kaiho" (Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing Co., Ltd.)
December 2001: Published in Weekly Shincho
January 2002: Interview by Monthly Magazine President
September 2004: Master of Iaido 10th Dan, Teaching twice to three times a year abroad for the past 25 years
(Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria)