Sato Kinbei

Grandmaster Tanemura Shoto Sensei met Grandmaster Sato Kinbei (Kiyoaki) Sensei for the first time at the University in Japan when he was 19 years old. Grandmaster Sato Kinbei Sensei was born on 5 January 1925 in Fukushima Prefecture and graduated at Tohoku National University as a Doctor/Professor. He had his own hospital in Tokyo were he worked as a Doctor. His martial arts name was Jushinsai (Lilux Heart Man).

He started training at eleven years old and had many Menkyo Kaiden Grandmasterships in : Daiwa Ryu (His family art), Takeda Ryu, Araki Shin Ryu, Yagyu Shingan Ryu, Tenjin Shinyo Ryu, Asayama Ichiden Ryu, Daito Ryu and Isshin Ryu. He received Menkyo Kaiden (Grandmastership) from Takamatsu Sensei in Hontai Kukishin Ryu and Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu.

He started learning Chinese martial arts in 1956 and was the first Japanese who became 4th generation Grandmaster in Chinese martial art Hakkesho (Pa-Kua).

Grandmaster Takamatsu Toshitsugu Sensei gave Sato Kinbei Sensei 13th Generation Grandmastership in Gikan Ryu Koppo-Jutsu because Fumio Akimoto Sensei (who held Menkyo Kaiden in Gikan Ryu Koppo-Jutsu) died, before he had the next generation made up.

He taught arrest techniques to police officers at the Japan Police College since 1954. He opened up his own Dojo in Itabashi, Tokyo in 1958.