Tags: Martial Artist.
Michio Hikitsuchi (引土道雄 Hikitsuchi Michio July 14 1923 – February 2 2004) was an aikido instructor and was the chief instructor of the Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu Wakayama Prefecture Japan for fifty years.At nine years old he began kendo and later kenjutsu jujutsu bojutsu and karate. Hikitsuchi trained extensively in Jūkendō (bayonet) as a young man and was very skilled in both iaido and kendo.When he was fourteen years old he met Morihei Ueshiba for the first time.