No dia 29 de Janeiro de 2012 faleceu Yanagisawa Motohiro Sensei, com 89 anos de idade. Yanagisawa Sensei, que tinha um apreço muito especial por Portugal e pelos praticantes portugueses, foi discípulo directo de Funakoshi O-Sensei, amigo de Hironishi Sensei e Egami Sensei e Instrutor-Chefe durante anos do Dojo Shotokan. No passado dia 3 de Março de 2012 durante a homenagem póstuma a Yanagisawa Sensei organizada pela ASP, Georges Krug, por quem Yanagisawa Sensei nutria uma amizade muito especial, proferiu um discurso pleno de sentimento e comoção, perante uma plateia de instrutores provenientes de todas as partes do país.
Pode clicar aqui para ver um pequeno memorial alusivo a Mestre Yanagisawa.
Pode clicar aqui para ver um pequeno memorial alusivo a Mestre Yanagisawa.
Yanagisawa Motohiro Sensei passed away
On January 29, 2012 Yanagisawa Motohiro Sensei passed away, with 89 years of age. Yanagisawa Sensei, who had a very special appreciation for Portugal and the Portuguese practitioners, was a direct disciple of Funakoshi Gichin O-Sensei and friend of Hironishi Sensei and Egami Sensei. He occupied also, for many years, the charge of Chief Instructor of the Shotokan Dojo. On March 3, 2012 during a posthumous tribute to Yanagisawa Sensei organized by ASP in Almada, Georges Krug -- for whom Yanagisawa Sensei nurtured a very special friendship -- made a speech full of emotion, before a group of instructors who came from all around the country. You can click here to see a memorial presentation devoted to Master Yanagisawa.
On January 29, 2012 Yanagisawa Motohiro Sensei passed away, with 89 years of age. Yanagisawa Sensei, who had a very special appreciation for Portugal and the Portuguese practitioners, was a direct disciple of Funakoshi Gichin O-Sensei and friend of Hironishi Sensei and Egami Sensei. He occupied also, for many years, the charge of Chief Instructor of the Shotokan Dojo. On March 3, 2012 during a posthumous tribute to Yanagisawa Sensei organized by ASP in Almada, Georges Krug -- for whom Yanagisawa Sensei nurtured a very special friendship -- made a speech full of emotion, before a group of instructors who came from all around the country. You can click here to see a memorial presentation devoted to Master Yanagisawa.
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