{"id":626,"date":"2024-10-13T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aikido-ando.nl\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:06:52","slug":"yoshimitsu-yamada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aikido-ando.nl\/en\/yoshimitsu-yamada\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshimitsu Yamada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"626\" class=\"elementor elementor-626\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65cf6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a65cf6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4adff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e4adff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Yoshimitsu Yamada, 8th Dan, Shihan | Chief Instructor New York Aikikai President, US Aikido Federation<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>In 1955, Yamada Sensei was accepted as a resident student at the Honbu Dojo, to take lessons directly from O Sensei, the founder of Aikido. He was 18 years old and had no experience in martial arts. The experience he gained was one of pure aikido.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f062924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f062924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Besides O'Sensei, he has also been taught by aikido masters such as Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, Kisaburo Osawa, Kenji Tomiki, Hiroshi Tada and Seigo Yamaguchi, among others.<\/p><p>An invitation to give an aikido demonstration at the 1964 World's Fair brought Yamada Sensei to New York. <strong>He stayed there to become head teacher at the New York Aikikai<\/strong>, and introduce aikido to the east coast of the US.<\/p><p>By 1972, he had assumed his role as an ambassador of aikido worldwide, introducing thousands of grateful students on almost every continent to his <strong>powerful, inspiring and cheerful teaching style<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Since the time he was a resident student, there has been an amazing global growth of aikido.<\/p><p>Yamada Sensei remains to this day the essence and <strong>soul of aikido<\/strong> that he learned from O'Sensei during every class he teaches, whether to beginners or advanced students. He believes that a <strong>solid foundation<\/strong> in aikido is crucial to each student's progress.<\/p><p>Without saying anything, his teaching shows that sincere, <strong>positive and intensive training<\/strong> is the best path to physical and mental development.<\/p><p>Yoshimitsu Yamada 8th Dan, Shihan passed away on 15-1-2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a917c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29a917c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf477d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adf477d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37fd351c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37fd351c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tohei sensei teaches at Yamada Sensei in NYA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50fa79d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50fa79d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47abeea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47abeea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grandmaster Yoshimitsu Yamada with sensei Anne Slui.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a228509 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a228509\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242a79f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"242a79f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sensei Edo attacks during\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align);\">An internship by grandmaster Yoshimitsu Yamada<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c767707 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c767707\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df8b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6df8b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=43r83q9fMjI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoshimitsu Yamada, 8th Dan, Shihan | Chief Instructor New York Aikikai President, US Aikido Federation In 1955 werd Yamada Sensei als inwonende leerling aanvaard bij de Honbu Dojo, om rechtstreeks les te volgen bij O Sensei, de grondlegger van Aikido. 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