Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Ballarat Dojo

Born August 2, 1944 in Osaka. Entered the Aikido club of Momoyama Gakuin University while a student there and studied directly under Takuma Hisa Sensei for three months. However, since he wished to join the Kansai Students' Aikido Federation, Hisa introduced him to Hirokazu Kobayashi Shihan, with whom he studied Aikido for the next four years.

Following graduation, he withdrew from Budo for four years to pursue work obligations, but later took over his family's business and resumed training in Daito-ryu under Hisa Sensei. He has devoted the nearly thirty years since then to Daito-ryu training. 

Received Nidan (2nd Degree Black) in Aikido from Morihei Ueshiba Sensei, Nidan in Daito-ryu from Tokimune Takeda Soke, Godan (5th Degree Black) Kyoju Dairi from Takuma Hisa Sensei, and Rokudan (6th Degree Black) from General Director Hakaru Mori of Takumakai in the early 1990's and more recently 8 th Dan. 

As the only full time Head Instructor  in Takumakai who is teaching professionally, Kawabe Sensei maintains an extremely demanding schedule, traveling to teach at many Dojo's each week.

As the Takumakai's only fulltime  Instructor, Kawabe Sensei devotes his time and efforts to continuing and preserving the techniques of the art, explaining and transmitting the Daito-ryu techniques.