Mesmo em criança apercebi-me, pela atmosfera à volta dele, que era um homem especial. Costumávamos todos fazer a vénia a partir do momento em que Saito Sensei, meu pai, ia buscar O´Sensei, e ficávamos prostrados até que O´Sensei chegasse, com Saito Sensei logo atrás. Finalmente, erguíamos a cabeça para podermos fazer uma vénia perante o santuário do Dojo. Então, começávamos o treino com tai-no-henko. ###
Even as a child, I realized from the atmosphere around him that he was a great man. We all used to bow our heads from the moment Saito Sensei, my father, went to fetch O-Sensei, and remained prostrate until O-Sensei arrived with Saito Sensei following along behind. We finally raised our faces in order to bow with O-Sensei before the dojo shrine. Then we started training with tai no henko.
Even as a child, I realized from the atmosphere around him that he was a great man. We all used to bow our heads from the moment Saito Sensei, my father, went to fetch O-Sensei, and remained prostrate until O-Sensei arrived with Saito Sensei following along behind. We finally raised our faces in order to bow with O-Sensei before the dojo shrine. Then we started training with tai no henko.
Aikinews #113 (1998)Interview with Hitohiro Saito, by Sonoko Tanaka, translate into portuguese by Pedro Escudeiro
