17/01/2023
訃報です。
New York Aikikaiの内弟子修行でお世話になっていた 山田先生が1月15日にお亡くなりになりました。
内弟子時代は稽古はもちろん、セミナーなどでお供させて頂き、貴重な経験をさせて頂きました。
稽古以外の時間も先生の足のマッサージや買出し、週末のディナーなど、ニューヨークでの生活ではいつも先生と一緒に過ごした事を今でも鮮明に思い出します。
内弟子を終えて帰国した後も
先生が日本に来るたびに新宿の京王プラザホテルに呼ばれて、孫のように可愛がって頂けたのは私の財産です。
正直、まだ信じられない部分がありますが
先生に教えて頂いた事を合氣道を通じて生涯大切にしたいと思います。
山田先生本当にありがとうございました。
ご冥福をお祈りいたします。
Dear New York Aikikai Community,
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved teacher, Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan.
Yamada Sensei died peacefully on Sunday, January 15, 2023, under the care of doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital with his family by his side.
Private funeral arrangements are being made by Sensei's family. Please respect their privacy during this difficult time.
The New York Aikikai will hold a memorial at a later date that will be open to all who loved and learned from him. We know many of you will want to express your sympathies in some manner. We will make some appropriate suggestions shortly.
Yamada Sensei arrived in New York City in 1964 to become chief instructor at the New York Aikikai. He started aikido at age 17 at honbu dojo, Aikikai Headquarters, as an uchi deshi (live-in student) to O Sensei. He not only built the NY Aikikai into a world-class aikido school, but he helped spread the relatively unknown marital art into a thriving community throughout the US, and later on, internationally. A great proponent of individuality and full-hearted training, his classes soared with the harmony and power of a symphony, inspiring all to give their best.
The NY Aikikai will remain open as Yamada Sensei wished. He loved nothing more than big classes with high spirits, so please honor him by training as you would if he were leading class. His amazing energy and generosity of spirit will be there on the mat for all of us.
Yoshimitsu Yamada
February 17, 1938 - January 15, 2023
The New York Aikikai Board of Directors
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