Moore wrote:Do we know exactly who the naval officers were that Usui-Sensei taught
the healing oriented form of Reiki?
- Juzaburo gyoda
- Chujiro Hayashi
- Kanichi Taketomi
These, i think, were part of that group. If i got anyone wrong, please correct me, but also feel free to add anyone you know of that i left out.
Moore
Yes, that is correct, as far as I know!
Juzaburo Gyoda is also known as Jusaburo Ushida.
There was also Hoichi Wanami, who was a vice Admiral and went on to be 5th President of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai but I think it could have been Taketomi who initiated him into Reiki rather than Usui sensei.
Here is what Toshitaka Mochizuki has to say about them in his book 'Iyashino Te - Cho Kanton' which I have translated from the French version I have! (I have not included Hayashi Sensei because lots of information can be found about him elsewhere but there is not much information available about the others!)
Jusaburo Ushida (1865 – 1935), Admiral (2nd President of Gakkai)He was trained by Usui sensei, who was apparently constantly telling him: 'Reiki Ryoho can cultivate your mind, so we must treat diseases with your deep personality.”
Ushida sensei in his turn trained numerous disciples. Gifted in calligraphy, it was he who engraved the epitaph on the stele commemorating Usui sensei.
According to Koichi Sasaki, a researcher in the field of treatment by laying on of hands and respected personality in psychology, Reiki has been spread widely in Japan before World War II through the status and social ties that both Ushida sensei and Usui sensei had enjoyed.
Kan’ichi Taketomi (1878 – 1960), Admiral (3rd President of Gakkai)He was particularly gifted in the practice of Reiji Ho (transmission of energy based on intuition) and establishing diagnoses (!)
During training, he asked his students to move their hands to each end of his hand so that they can themselves be the experience of Reiji ho. One student put his hands on the shoulders of the first until they were all connected and Taketomi sensei spoke these words: “Here is Reiki”.
According to him, Reiji ho is very important at the time of initiation to Reiki and when the treatments are carried out. One day, facing a sick child, he found that his illness did not come from a malfunction of his organs, but a great tiredness. He treated the child by giving Reiki on the spine. He taught the importance of diagnosis. He also showed how he could let the energy guide his intuition to find the name of a villain among several names of suspects. This technique could of course be used for something positive. He was transferred to Kyoto during the war and then returned to Tokyo. He gave courses at Hannya Dojo Inokashira.
Hoichi Wanami (1883 – 1975), Vice Admiral (5th President of Gakkai)He was very quiet and always wore a smile of kindness. Very sociable, he made Reiki known in multiple locations. When he was older, he asked Koyama sensei, then the sixth president of the organization if he could continue to practice treatments. He had studied everything related to health, in particular, ways for seniors to stay healthy, and had lectured on various subjects. He was so strong and healthy he was still climbing Mount Fuji 90 years.
From the mid-1950s until the mid-1960s, he visited all the centres of the Gakkai in order to train members. Many of these centres then became much more active. Mine sensei, apparently, showed Mochizuki a picture in silk on which Reiki masters had registered their name and a wish. Wanami sensei had drawn the Chinese characters "I only know that I'm satisfied.”
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