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Hiroshi Kato Passes Away
Posted 12/02/2012 9:29am [from Jun Akiyama]
Aikido Journal is reporting that Hiroshi Kato (8th dan, Aikikai) has passed away. From their article:
"This morning we were contacted by French colleague Leo Tamaki with the sad news that aikido master Hiroshi Kato (1935-2012) passed away earlier today at the age of 77. Kato Sensei began training at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo in 1954. While working as a printer, he regularly attended classes at the Aikikai for over 50 years. In 1987, Kato Sensei established a private dojo called the Suginami Aikikai in Ogikubo in Tokyo. After retirement, he began teaching in the USA, conducting seminars in branch schools in California and Texas."
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