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The Founder and Mr. Yamamoto
I am surprised how fast the years passed by. This year also has passed nearly already, and next year we will celebrate 40 years of independency of Tendokan. Thinking back now those years passed in no time. And looking back very far into the past, those years seem to me as if they were a very long way down hill, and sometimes there were quite difficult hardships as if crossing over the Pacific Ocean with a boat. And there were rain and wind and typhoons.
Tendo World Aikido
After sending in an application to the municipality of Tokyo the Tendokan now received the necessary certification for the foundation of the juridical corporation of a NPO (a special non-profit oriented juridical corporation) named ‘tendo world aikido’ (abbreviation: twa). Based upon voluntary activities this NPO (no-profit organization) provides public services; she is an organization with no commercial objectives, but the objectives is to develop with the Tendokan organizational activities to spread Aikido locally and abroad. Accordingly in the following we will provide you with a short outline.
Off Time No. 10
Today’s interview partner is Henry de La Trobe, who began with five years as a Tendokan pupil, and who since then studied Aikido already for 38 years intensively. His parents are German and Japanese, and Henry, who practiced Aikido at various places all over the world, presently works as the general manager of Electronic Arts, a company for TV games. “From Shimizu Sensei I learned to listen carefully to my heart” Henry tells us, and he explains detailed in what way he is able to make use of Aikido in his business as a general manager.