Michel Colliard
Shinto Musô Ryû Menkyo Kaiden, IJF Kuden
Michel Colliard
Born on : 28 septembre 1951 à Vevey, canton de Vaud.
Origine : Châtel St-Denis, Switzerland.
Profession : maintenance technician
Adress
Grand-Rue 40,
CH-1896 Vouvry
Tel : +41 24 481 17 46
mcolliard_AT_musokai.ch
He starts Judu on 8 February 1967 at the Judo-Club de Montreux with Felix Zbinden (following Pascal Krieger who started in 1963). One evening of 1971, Pascal, returning form Japan, visited his former club, with a 2nd dan in judo, a 1st dan in jodo and a 3rd dan in iaido. That evening, Michel Colliard saw Pascal for the first time and could participate in a common judo training with him, then Pascal presented, alone, a completely unknown discipline in Europe called jodo, followed by a demonstration of iaido.
About 4 years later, Pascal came again, this time accompanied with Matthias Wenderoth for another presentation of jodo. Michel Colliard was very impressed by the remarkable demonstration of jodo. He decided to begin the study of this weapon with a dozen fellows judomen in 1977 and talked the Montreux Judo Club into creating a new section for classical weapons.
In January 1979, he also starts the study of iaido under the direction of Pascal Krieger who comes to Montreux from Geneva twice a month to teach Judo, jodo and iaido.
Important happening:
- Judo: working under Mikami Sensei, Katanishi Sensei and Me Michel Novovitch
- Jodo: meeting and working under Me Donn F. Draeger, Me Kaminoda Tsunemori, Me Karunakaran and Me Nishioka Tsuneo
- Iaido: meeting and working under Me Malcom Tiki Shewan
- Without forgetting my close relationship with my friend and teacher Pascal Krieger Sensei.
- Otake Risuke Sensei (Headmaster of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu)
- Kuroda Ichitaro Sensei (Shihan of Shodo, Jodo and Iaido)
- J.H. Kallenbach Sensei (Master of karate Kyokushinkai)
Certificates
- 1986: Judo, 2nd dan + 1989 Shidôsha J+S 2
- 1983: Iaido, 1st dan (Muso Shinden Ryu)
- 1992: Jodo, 4th dan (Shinto Muso Ryu)
- 1997: Jodo, Shomokuroku first teaching license of Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo), delivered by maitre Nishioka Tsuneo
- 1985: Jodo, IJF Instructor (International Jodo Federation)
- 1988: Jodo, Shoden (IJF Teaching certificate)
- 2000: Jodo, Chuden (teaching licence IJF)
- 2004: Jodo, Gomokuroku (Second license of Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo), delivered by Pascal Krieger
- 2011: Jodo, Menkyo Kaiden (final teaching certificat) from Pascal Krieger Sensei
Hobby
Cartoon drawing, cinema, computers
Fédération Européenne de Jodo / European Jodo Federation / Federación Europea de Jodo