16/03/2025
Yamada yoshimitsu sensei. IM
“To the instructors, I would say strongly not to sit and relax. You are still on your way. Aikido is an endless study until you die. Please improve yourself, not just for yourself but for your students and for the art of aikido. This is your responsibility. Take it seriously.”
-Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan
Excerpt from Aikido Journal Interview,
2019
(The sincere continuous study toward self improvement is a humble and honest personal commitment. It needs not to be proclaimed. We align into a clear, intentional purpose, focusing drive, discipline, and clarity. Continual improvement of the Self is discreetly non public, it is an inner state of that is reflected both on and off the mat.)