Tsutomu Chida

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{{Nihongo|Tsutomu Chida|千田 務|Chida Tsutomu|born 4 October 1950 in Tokyo}} was previously one of the highest ranking shihan of Yoshinkan aikido, at 8th dan,{{cite web

| url= http://www.fitnessjp.com/025_76_aikido,+the+yoshinkan+way

| title= Aikido, the Yoshinkan way

| publisher= Fitness Japan

| date= 2008-03-31

| accessdate = 2 September 2010

}} and dojocho of its hombu dojo{{cite web

| url= http://www.aikiweb.com/multimedia/videos/chida.html

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111115143357/http://www.aikiweb.com/multimedia/videos/chida.html

| url-status= dead

| archive-date= 15 November 2011

| title= Multimedia > Video Clips > Tsutomu Chida Sensei

| publisher= Aikiweb

| year= 1999

| accessdate =2 September 2010

}} from 2002.{{cite web

| url= http://www.misogikan.com/en/what-is-aikido/personalities/50-chida-tsutomu

| title= Shihan Chida Tsutomu

| publisher= Aikido Renshinkai Misogikan Dojo

| accessdate =2 September 2010

}} He first became a part of Yoshinkan in 1969 but split from the organization in January 2008 following the resignation of kanchou Kyoichi Inoue. Chida was an uchideshi of Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda for 23 years—the longest term among Shioda's uchideshi--{{cite web

| url= https://renshinkai.com/e/about-renshinkai/

| title= About Aikido Renshinkai

}} and directed the senshusei course. He is "a living legend of Yoshinkan aikido" and current "highest shihan" (最高師範) of his Yoshinkan offshoot school, Aikido Renshinkai (合気道錬身会).{{cite web

| url= http://www.renshinkai.com/about-renshinkai/chida-sensei/

| title= 千田務最高師範

| publisher= Aikido Renshinkai (NPO法人合気道錬身会)

| accessdate = 2 September 2010

}}