sad loss
Enoeda Sensei was one of the era's great champions, and he contributed a tremendous amount to the spread of karate in Great Britain and the world. The strength of the students and teachers he trained will be his legacy. My heart goes out to those students at the loss of their Sensei.
I had the privilige of training at his Dojo for about a month in 1974 or 75, when I was doing a college research project in London. At that time I was a skinny 5th kyu yank, and I laugh as I look back, because I did not really understand his stature back then - just that he was dynamic and had quite an aura about him. One evening in class, he was not satisfied with my movement, and not satisfied with my attempts to correct, so he told me to stay after class. I was really nervous as I waited, but when he came over he was very cheerful, and chatted with me about where I was from in the states and so forth. Then, he spent just about a full hour with me, teaching the subtleties of dynamic hip movement. When I look back on this today, I see how much that said about him as a teacher - that he would spend so much time with a beginning student who was just visiting his Dojo.
He will be missed.
Richmond H. McCluer, Jr.
Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Genbu-Kai
Demura-Ha Shito-Ryu
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. - Shunryu Suzuki