Unsui Manaka
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Sensei Fumio Manaka (間中文夫 Manaka Fumio?), who also goes by the martial name Unsui Manaka (間中雲水 Manaka Unsui?), has over 40 years of experience in the Japanese arts of kobudo, having started training as a student of Masaaki Hatsumi (Soke of the Bujinkan) at the age of 14 (at this age he had just won a local judo tournament in Japan). As the years passed, Manaka Sensei became the most senior student of Masaaki Hatsumi.
Unsui Sensei holds certificates of mastery (menkyo kaiden) in several martial schools and has formal training in many others. In 1996, Unsui Sensei founded the Jissen Kobudo Jinenkan. He also established Jinen Ryu Jissen Kobudo.
Manaka Sensei retired from the Japanese navy in 2001, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
For many years Unsui Sensei has made regular trips to the United States to conduct training seminars and to directly instruct his students. From April 2001 to May 2004 Manaka Sensei lived and trained in Baltimore, Maryland (U.S.A.).
His goal in this move from Japan was to allow martial artists in the United States and Europe easier access to him and to raise the level of training in these areas. With his goals achieved, he returned to Japan in June 2004. He continues his tradition of annual seminars in the U.S. and Europe.
