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Emidio Lezza was born on 1961.
He started the practice of Aikido in 1977, at sixteen years old.
From 1977 to 1985 he studied with many of the most famous Japanese and European Aikido teachers worldwide.
He met the Masters M. Saito and T. Tomita for the first time in 1985, and in 1986 he decided to follow the teachings of Tomita Sensei.
In 1987, after having taught in several cities, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Ravenna, Trento and Florence, he decided to open his own dojo and founded the Aikido Club Sassuolo.
In 1988 he went to Sweden, in order to study directly in Tomita Sensei's dojo, and he became the first Italian student who studied in Stockholm under the personal direction of Tomita Sensei.
He currently holds seminars and participates in demonstrations and events in several countries: Italy, France, Portugal, England, Russia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Canada.
He is 8th Dan and Shihandai of Takemusu Aiki Tomita Academy.
Born in Alessandria on the 9th of April 1960, he began to practise Aikido in December 1977.
He has attended several stages held by different teachers: Tamura, Kobayashi, Saito, Sugano, Noro, Ikitsuchi, Kawamukai.
In 1986 he started attending the stages held by Tomita Sensei and Emidio Lezza.
Now he is 6th Dan and technical director of Busen Voghera.
Antonio Benaglia was born in Voghera (PV) on the 24th of January 1961.
He started practicing martial arts in 1974, when he was thirteen, getting his karate blue belt from Master Bassini.
At eighteen he studied full-contact with Master Dino Milano, at the time European champion, and fought in full-contact and boxing matches while training at the gym in Voghera.
In 2001, at the age of forty, he began practicing Aikido with his teacher, Piero Dottino, and at the same time he devoted himself to the study of Takemusu Aiki with Master Emidio Lezza, of whom he is still a student.
He has taken part in many national and international training camps held by Masters Takeji Tomita and Emidio Lezza.
Now he is 3rd dan of Takemusu Aiki Tomita Academy.
Mauro Moro was born on 8 September 1981 in Tortona (AL).
He began practicing Aikido in 2002 at the age of 21 at the Voghera Dojo with teacher Piero Dottino.
He participated in numerous stages with Tomita Sensei and Lezza Sensei, and in 2006 he graduated black belt.
4 years later, in 2010 he established the association called Aikido Dojo Tortona.
He opened some Aikido courses at various gyms in Tortona, in 2016 he inaugurated the opening of his dojo in Villaromagnano and in 2019 he became Sandan.