Yasuhiro Nishiyama
I don't have any details yet, but I just learned by visiting midwestkendo.org that Nishiyama-sensei passed away.
I only met this man a couple of times, but was always inspired by him. He was 8th-dan kendo and former head of the Tokyo police dojo. I was fortunate in that he attended the annual Detroit kendo tournament a couple of times. Once, I attended a kata seminar with him. It was awesome.
As I said, I don't have any details at this time. As he was well-travelled, I imagine many of you may have trained with this man? I have a poem by him in my budo journal that was always printed in the program for the Detroit tourney. I'll type it up and post it here when I get the time.
This weekend we are having a small tournament in my area and I am going to do my extra-best to conduct myself well on and off the court in his memory.
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