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Aikikai
Hombu Shihan 8th Dan
Masatake Fujita Sensei
An Important Representative of the Aikikai Foundation and Aikido
Shihan Worldwide.
Masatake Fujita Sensei was born in Changchun, Manchuria which was
at the time occupied by Japan. The Japanese name for this location
was Shinkyo. In 1948, he repatriated with his family to Sapporo,
Hokkaido and began his study of Politics and Economics at the Takushoku
University in Tokyo. It was in November of this year of 1948, he
began his practice of Aikido at Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. Upon
his arrival, he introduced himself to the Founder of Aikido Morihei
Ueshiba by conveying best wishes from his father who had made acquaintance
with Morihei Ueshiba during his time in Manchuria. Being originally
a Judy practitioner, Fujita Sensei’s father also studied
Aikido in Manchuria under the Founder.
After graduating from the University, Fujita Sensei was employed
for seven years by the Shin Seikatsu Undo Kyokai (New lifestyle
and Athletic Association). In 1967 he began working in the Aikikai
Hombu offices as he continued his practice of Aikido. Two years
later in 1969, he became the secretary to the Founder and continued
in this position until the Founders death that same year. Although
a relatively brief period, during that time he became more and
more involved with O’Sensei’s affairs and accompanied
him on a regular basis. His involvement with Aikikai eventually
took precedent and he gave up his employment with Shin Seikatsu
Undo Kyokai. He took on a greater role at Aikikai by publishing
the Aikido Shinbun which was orginally started by Arikawa Sensei.
From that time forward, Fujita Sensei took over several responsibilities
in the Aikikai Foundation and the International Aikido Federation
and throughout his career at Aikikai has served directly three
generations of the Ueshiba family; Fouder Morihei Ueshiba, Doshu
Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and the current Doshu, Moriteru Ueshiba. At
the last reorganization he became a Director of the Department
of General Affairs. Among his organizational and bureaucratic involvements
he has worked intensively as an Aikido Shihan, traveling world-wide
to the USA, Brazil, Peru Great Britain, Netherlands, Russia, Belarussia,
Ukraine, Baltic States, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, disseminating
Aikikai Aikido.
Other Offices:
*Standing Director of the Japan Aikido Federation, Director of
the Japan Budo Council, Technical Advisor of the Japan Overseas
Cooperation Volunteers Japan International Agency.
*Aikido Technical Supervisor to: British Aikido Federation,Bulgarian
Aikido Federation, Hungarian Aikido Cultural Federaton, Romanian
Aikikai Aikido Federation, Aikikai of Estoria and the Aikikai of
Lithuania.
Fujita Sensei’s Aikido is often described as “powerful”,
and he is well known for his mastery of “entering” techniques.
His reputation precedes him in his abilities in controlling attacking
ukes. He has traditionally focused his teachings worldwide on Aikido
fundamentals and basics. He follows the Aikido principal sequences
of Posture—Body Shifting—Techniques. Unique among high-ranking
Shihan from Japan, Fujita Sensei emphasizes the important principles
of Aikido, Budo, and general and particular Japanese attitude and
historical perspective. He has been widely accepted all over the
world for his open minded presentation and modern thinking. Fujita
Sensei has put his education in politics at the Takushoku University,
to good use in his service to Aikikai and the teaching of Aikido
world-wide. He also holds a passion for the study of Chinese characters
and their relationship to pertinent characters in the Japanese
written languages; a field of study that some Japanese fail to
recognize as a pertinent study of history.
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