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The Aiki Dojo Awarded “Outstanding Cultural Organization” 50th Anniversary Southern California Japanese Chamber of Commerce – Recipient of the Brody Multi-Cultural Arts Grant 1988 Aikido Center of Los Angeles, LLC, 1211 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 – Tel: (323) 225-1424 – www.aikidocenterla.com The Aikido Center of Los Angeles The Aiki Dojo Direct Affiliation: Aikido World Headquarters, 17-18 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Los Angeles Sword and Swordsmanship Society Kenshinkai The Furuya Foundation December 2011 Volume XXX Number 12 In This Issue… Letter From the Editor passed away in 2007. Two of our branch by Mark Ehrlich dojos have celebrated significant milestone Letter From the Editor Editor, The Aiki Dojo anniversaries; our children’s class has seen by Mark Ehrlich……….….….Page 1 significant enrollment and a boost in the par- We’ve come to that special time of year, es- ents’ interest in and support of the program; The Heart of Things pecially in Los Angeles, when the air smells we have another crop of candidates earnestly by David Ito ..……….……….Page 2 different and every- preparing for their Japanese Lesson..…….……..Page 3 thing leaves a yudansha tests com- slightly lighter, ing in 2012; our High Into the Sky more hopeful feel- teaching staff has by Naoji Karita………...……..Page 4 ing in its wake. I consistently deliv- The Responsibility to Be a Sensei live in the heart of ered the best Aikido by Santiago Garcia Almaraz..Page 6 the city and so, like instruction in the many of us, I spend tradition of Sensei; On Purity most of my days we’ve built upon old by Rev. Kensho Furuya ……..Page 7 dealing with the friendships and Class Schedule ……...….…. Page 8 traffic and lack of made new ones in parking and the bus- our travels; and our Dojo Map ..…...……...…..... Page 8 tling crowds. These umbrella organiza- things rarely bother tion, the Furuya Upcoming Events me as such; I have Foundation, has accepted them as begun to make head- December 3rd: part of the urban way in planning for ACLA Christmas Party scene, and take the a sustainable future, December 9-10th: rough with the adding new mem- Aikido Renbukai of Arizona smooth. Yet just bers to its board of Beginner’s Workshop Seminar past the middle of directors and a new December, folks Executive Director. December 17th: who may call this (If you’d like to help Dojo year-end clean up place home for the us plan for tomor- December 24-26th: other 11 months re- メリクリスマス row, please reach turn to their roots out. The more, the Christmas Happy holidays from ACLA! Dojo Closed elsewhere, and the merrier!) city and I breathe a December 30th: bit more freely. Traffic seems thinner (even Sensei was fond of quoting an old Zen say- Last practice of the year if it isn’t), the stores and streets have more ing, “Nothing goes the way we think it will.” December 31-January 3rd: room to walk and think, and LA and I both Very true, no doubt; however, if all the effort New Year’s fall into a reverie, recalling all that has come and involvement I’ve witnessed this year Dojo Closed before the nights developed a cold, sharp means anything, I’d say that all signs point to edge, and all the possibilities that spread out a bright future for the ACLA family. And so, January 4th: before us in the time to come. from our family to yours, please enjoy a safe, Hatsu Keiko happy, and healthy holiday season, and a new First practice of the year This year it pleases me to share with you that year bursting with every good thing. Thanks January 7th: we’ve had our best year ever since Sensei for all you do. I’ll see you on the mat! 2nd Doshu Memorial service Aikido Center of Los Angeles www.aikidocenterla.com The Heart of Things your heart. As you look deeper and past the objective use of heart by David Ito, Aikido Chief Instructor as merely a physical structure, you begin to see it as the place where the soul resides and by which all actions originate, thereby As 2011 comes to a close, it feels only natural to reflect back on not allowing those hardships to influence you as a whole. Last the past year. In a previous issue of this newsletter, I wrote that year is last year and this year is untainted by the past. Conversely, the Year of the Rabbit would bring effortless growth and opportu- this goes for good things as well and the Japanese would say nities. I stand now amazed, because it did just that; the dojo has “don’t forget” or wasurenai. Wasurenai is more of an admonish- finally been able to stay afloat since Sensei’s passing. I feel truly ment not to forget by making sure to keep something in your heart grateful for the growth, physically and culturally, of not only the so that it can positively influence everything you do. dojo but of all our students as well. Everyone seems to be really improving on their technique and our dojo continues to grow. By not holding on or keeping these hardships in our hearts, we can What was the tipping point? To me, ACLA turned a corner be- make space to remember all the good that we are blessed with and cause of the students and their allow it to permeate into all of efforts to make the dojo a better our actions. I try to remember place through their hard work all the good that Sensei did for on and off the mat. I am very me and to forget all the bad I thankful for this and I know did to him. I try to conduct that Sensei would be proud of myself such that everything he all of you. tried to teach me and all the time and effort he invested in As the holidays approach, I me gets reflected in everything can’t help but think about Sen- I do. He sacrificed so that I sei and everything he must may live more fully and I won’t have endured for his students. forget that. He truly made me a Sensei lived in the dojo on the better person and is in large part second story overlooking the responsible for the person I mats and so the long holiday have become today. closures were always such a lonely time for him. In fact, In the old dojo, the lone lamp that illuminated Sensei’s office As we begin your New Year every day he felt lonely after the and bedroom peeks out the window overlooking the mat. preparations, let’s all try to at- students all went home; he once tend some bonenkai parties and told me, “The loneliest time is when the last student says goodbye forget or forgive all of life’s hardships and the indiscretions of oth- and leaves for the night.” Whether by design or circumstance, ers. Don’t forget that holding on only holds us back; life is too Sensei had no immediate family and invested a large amount time short. Please don’t keep the ill feelings or hardships in your heart. in and with his students. So when there was no practice, the dojo As we celebrate the holidays and spend time with our friends and was this huge empty space. Today, thinking about him feeling loved ones, let’s please take a moment to remember Sensei and all lonely makes me sad. I really wish he didn’t suffer so much and he gave so that we may practice Aikido and Iaido and have a su- that I wasn’t so selfish back then when I ran off into the night to do perb dojo where we can train whenever we please. Sensei used to my own thing. Sensei used say, “Only a thief comes in unan- admonish us by saying, “Always act as if your teacher is watch- nounced and leaves without saying goodbye.” Therefore when ing.” I guess now he is. Let’s remember all the things he tried to practice was over and as we left for the night, our custom was al- teach and the high expectation he had for each one of us. ways to say, “Good night Sensei, thank you and have a good eve- ning, this is. .” We did this to acknowledge Sensei and thank As I forget the trials and tribulations of this year and all the hard- him for his teaching and efforts. Today, some of the old students ships from the past, it clears space for me to appreciate things bet- still keep up this custom. It’s not so much that they are saying ter and focus on all the good now. I feel sincerely honored to have good-night to me but more to him. It’s a nice custom remembering worked with all of you and I appreciate everything you have done him and all he sacrificed for us. for me and the dojo this past year. I also wanted to give a special thanks to all the people who in my past have helped me. I can see Towards the end of the year, Japanese people attend bonenkai (忘 Sensei much clearer now and I am grateful for all he has done for 年 会) or “forget-the-year parties”. The idea is that by going to a me; it was, in all honestly, truly a blessing. I hope you all have a party with the idea to forget the year’s hardships, they will be able great holiday and an even greater New Year.
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