El gran maestro Koichi Tohei nos ha dejado esta mañana. Ha muerto con 91 años, quién fue instructor-jefe del Aikikai Hombu Dojo durante mucho tiempo y fundador del Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido en 1974 nos ha dejado, dejando un gran vacío.
Nuestro más sentido pesame para su familia y los miembros de la Ki no Kenkyukai así como para todos los aikidoka en general.
Hoy es un dia de luto para el Ki Aikido y el Aikido en general, que aunque silenciado desde hace muchas décadas, todos los aikidokas debemos conocer la historia de uno de los maestros que más han influenciado el aikido, por su gran labor divulgativa y pedagógica.
Aquí el comunicado oficial:
Passing of Tohei Sensei
Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jod51|
We regret to inform you that Koichi Tohei Sensei passed away at 9:14 Thursday morning. He was 91 years old.
Two weeks ago, he had sense of discomfort on his chest and it was found that he had inflammation of the lungs, so he had been receiving treatment. He went to intensive-care unit (ICU) twice and came back to general ward each time with his strength of Ki, however, his heart got weak little by little this morning and passed away.
After discussion in his family and it was decided that the closed
funeral will be held within his family including Shinichi Tohei Sensei and the formal funeral for all members will be held in Tokyo some weeks later for those who would like to be present.
The date and place of the formal funeral will be announced to all of you after decided. We are very sorry for the inconvenience but would appreciate your kind understanding for the above.
Sincerely,
Wataru Hatakeyama
(sent on behalf of Shinichi Tohei Sensei)
Overseas Division
Ki Society H.Q.
http://blog.aikidojournal.com/blog/
http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Tohei
