Info on Sueyoshi Akeshi

[Paulo K. Ogino]

Hi,

A friend of mine gave me this iaido video of Sueyoshi Akeshi, I watched it, and I found it very strange, some mixture of iaijutsu and kejutsu, but very weird in general. There's no style mentioned in any part of the video, no ranking or degree accreditation. In my opinion this guy qualifies for krappy karate kamae and baffling budo, but since it's a iaido video, I post the question here. The question:

Does anybody knows anything about this "master" and which style he represents? has any body practiced or had any encounters with him or disciples?

I saw an old post about this guy, but no clear answers. I ask this question since some people beleaves this guy is a serious one and they may begin to learn something about sword arts in a wrong way. I try to explain them that some movements look very wrong, but they say this man is an "Iaido Master"... you know where this kind of things leads to... If anybody can help, I'll be happy to receive news. Thanks a lot.

[Richie112]

I believe that he is a monk that is a part of the Shugendo sect. My Japanese history isn't that fantastic but I think that these were also warrior Monks in earlier days and the only ryu associated with them that is still extant to my knowlegde is Kaze Arashi Ryu (I think this is the one where they sometimes practice while wearing Geta). I hope this is correct.

[Richie112]

After a quick chat with a friend I think the ryu name is a mistake ..... however he is supposed to be a Shugendo monk.

A quick search of the net shows that there seems to be quite a few arts/ryu that claim to be associated with Shugendo buddism, Kaze Arashi Ryu being one of them. Some are quite questionable (have a search yourself and you will see what I mean).

[Daniel Lee]

Sueyoshi Akeshi seems to be most active in Europe, and has been offering videos on heaven knows what style of iaijutsu, kenjutsu, jojutsu, bokuto practice and something about shugendo for several years now.

I find it suprising that someone who goes to the trouble of offering a professional product including explanations in Spanish would fail to include the name of his style or teacher, or supply information regarding his own training background. I'd question any "kobudo" promoter who places the focus more on himself than on those who supposedly brought him up to be the person he claims today.

[pacocomeron]

This teacher usually has his residence in Spain. I believe that with all the comments that have been exposed until this moment we have spent a lot of ink in commenting on somebody that doesn't deserve so much. Could we change toward a more interesting topic?.

[Paulo K. Ogino]

Paco,

Primero, tienes que incluir tu nombre completo en vez (o además) de usar un nick de fantasia. Segundo, es importante dar a conocer a aquellos que no tienen una buena reputacion o son cuestionables en sus modos, estilos o declaraciones, para advertir a aquellos que se inician en las artes marciales, pues éstos son las primeras víctimas de fraudes que pueden terminar hasta en daño físico.

Translation:

Paco,

First, you have to include your complete name instead of (or besides) using a fantasy nick. Second, it is important to bring to light to those that do not have a good reputacion or are questionable in their ways, styles or statements, to warn to those that are beginners in martial arts, because these are the first victims of frauds that can end up even in physical damage.

[Daniel Lee]

Hello Paulo,

Paco has given his name with his user name. :)

I agree with you regarding providing correct information for beginners, and think we've succeeded in doing this by noting above that the individual in question gives no lineage for his claims. I think this says volumes.

Sincerely,

[George Kohler]

Originally posted by Paulo K. Ogino
Paco,
First, you have to include your complete name instead of (or besides) using a fantasy nick.

Paulo,

Paco Comeron is his real name.

[Paulo K. Ogino]

Originally posted by George Kohler
Paulo,

Paco Comeron is his real name.

Oops!!! Sorry!!! :smilejapa

[pacocomeron]

Hello Paulo:
Don't worry about the error with my name. But you should worry for that people exist without scruples like the gentleman that we are commenting.We should place these post in the section of bad Budo. Do you say the same thing?.
Do you know Spanish?. It would be brilliant to be able to speak in my language.My english is terrible, sorry.
Regards.
Paco Comerón.

[Paulo K. Ogino]

Paco, Don't worry about your english, the important thing is to keep our community free of those bad guys... Yes I do Speak spanish... I've sent an PM to you

[Sandro San]

Sorry for my very delayed answer, I joined the forum only some days ago...
Sueyoshi Akeshi were student of Yoshinori Kono sensei, a kobujutsu researcher well known in Japan. Kono sensei studied aikido and Kashima Shin ryu before create his own school Shoseikan and start his own research on body moviment.
So the forms that Akeshi sensei shows in his videos are based on Kashima Shin ryu, blended his previous experience in kung fu (I don´t know which style) and karate kyokushin.
Also his is really a shugendo monk.
I knew him personally and behind his almost childish behavior (don´t get it fool you) is very fast and accurate.