It has been pointed out to me that Ito Sensei may prefer to have notes on his recovery remain more private than having them posted on this website.
Therefore, we have created a mailing list for people interested in receiving updates.
To join, send a message to itoupdate-subscribe@shintaido.org.
Please forward to everyone as we don’t have a formal way to contact all SOA members!
The following information is from Nancy Fukumitsu in Tokyo:
Carol Hui has just called me to let me know that Ito Sensei suffered a stroke here in Tokyo and is now in a large hospital somewhere near Nakamura Sei chan’s condominium. It is apparently quite serious and the next four days are very critical. It happened this morning (Wed.18th)–he had apparently been vomiting several times and felt unwell but had thought it was a flu’ bug.Anyways, if you would like to send a get-well message, you can email one or fax one to Carol and her husband will take all the messages to the hospital.
address: carol@eva.hi-ho.ne.jpPlease let everyone know
From: Tomi Nagai-Rothe
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:40:59 PM America/New_York
To: Shintaido@topica.com
Subject: IMPORTANT NEWS – Bulletin #1
Reply-To: tomi_nagairothe@grove.com
From: Tomi Nagai-Rothe <tomi_nagairothe@grove.com>
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:27:40 PM America/New_York
Subject: IMPORTANT NEWS – BULLETIN #2</tomi_nagairothe@grove.com>
The news from Juguro Ito is that Ito-sensei will be in the hospital for at least two weeks. He said that Ito-sensei is awake and able to speak. The hospital is monitoring him through blood tests and the most recent ones seem to show some improvement. They said the next four days are important ones.
We will send more news soon.
You can also check the SoA website at
http://www.shintaido.org
For updates on Ito-sensei’s condition
With warmest regards,
Tomi Nagai-Rothe (Pacific Shintaido board, and the Taimyo Network)
Connie Borden (Shintaido of America board, International Shintaido Federation board)
To complement the Japan Shintaido Association website in English for the upcoming International gasshuku, we have created our own web page which contains information about SOA members attending MATSURI 2004, links to some photos of Japanese Shintaido practitioners, as well as links to Japan Railways website, and the Hotel.
If anyone has more information they would like to see added to the page, please send it to Rob Kedoin.
There is an article about Shintaido Instructor Jennifer Hicks and an introduction to Shintaido appearing in the March 2004 issue of Fit Yoga magazine. You can find Fit Yoga at Barnes and Noble bookstores.
There are a number of color photos with special guests Brad Larson and David Franklin.
Jennifer can send you a copy of the article if you cannot find the magazine. She would also like to thank Fit Yoga and Susan Lebovits for their interest in Shintaido.
Dear Friends,
We are writing with unfortunate news. Ito-sensei suffered a stroke on Wednesday, February 18 in Tokyo and is in the hospital.
We have little news at this point. Apparently, he was feeling ill before being hospitalized but thought it was the flu.
We have put a communications infrastructure in place to keep people around the world informed and will send out word as soon as we receive it. Lee Seaman and Shin Aoki are in contact with people in Japan, and the two of us are acting as one collecting and dissemination point for information. If you hear any news, please forward it to us as soon as possible (at any time of day or night).
In the meantime, please put all your efforts into your thoughts and prayers for Ito-sensei, through Taimyo kata, shoko or the form of your choice. We trust you will put your sincerest efforts into your keiko on his behalf.
We promise to be in contact again soon
With thanks,
Tomi Nagai-Rothe (Pacific Shintaido Board)
Connie Borden (Shintaido of America Board, International Shintaido Federation Board)
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