Soleiman Mehdizadeh


Soleiman Mehdizadeh is an Iranian master of Budō.
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Biography

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.

Foundation history: Kendo & Iaido in Iran

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. The formal training, which was under the control of Mehdizadeh, was in the Fencing Hall. In the same year, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation 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 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.

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