A present from Fujita Masatake Sensei
About 4 years ago, just after a wonderful Aikido seminar in Holland with Fujita Masatake Sensei, he collapsed in Tokyo at the Hombu Dojo (Aikido World Headquarters). He was diagnosed with a brain stroke, and spent two years in hospitals and rehabilitation. In the past 2 years, he is at home, taken care by his wonderful wife and weekly visits by a medical team. His close students and friend visit him often, and sensei listens to them, sometimes responding a bit with very small body gestures. We all miss Masatake Fujita Sensei so much. Whenever we visit in Japan, we go to visit him, and his wife always welcomes us at their house. These visits are always emotional... Our son Kazuki loved so much Fujita Sensei's visit in Israel. He was like a third grand-father for him, and there was always a nice present for him and a good word during Aikido practice. A year and a half ago, when Kazuki was 8.5, we visited Fujita Sensei, and as always, some of Fujita Sensei's close st