Since Sensei De Jong in 1969 went to Japan and trained for (amongst others) sensei Minoru Mochizuki I thought that it could be interesting to have some info on this gentleman. Aikido Journals editor Stanley Pranin has written an interesting introductory article on sensei Minoru Mochizuki which he has been very kind to let me publish an excerpt from on this site. Please surf to Aikido Journals Forum and read the rest of this and more articles on great budo masters!

"The budo career of Minoru Mochizuki has been unique in many respects. He began judo training as a child and is still active today at the age of 81 [now 93]. As a young man he had close relationships with some of the towering figures of budo of the day including Jigoro Kano, Kyuzo Mifune and Morihei Ueshiba. In addition, he is a man of high intellect whose thinking has been greatly influenced by Kano and Ueshiba as well as numerous writers and philosophers. Let us touch upon the highlights of this exceptional man's career in this fourth article on aikido history... "