Japanese kendo master Shigeru Aoki recalls watching the torch relay for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics at age 14. Come summer, he will be the one holding the torch aloft as he runs the Olympic relay in southwestern Japan by sakmurakami Tokyo2020
TOKYO - Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of breath, bows.
Aoki, 70, an eighth-degree kendo master, returns the bow, cutting a menacing but graceful figure in his kendo armor, which hides his face behind metal bars built into a helmet. Kendo has been at the core of Aoki’s life since his mother recommended he try it at age 11. He entered the police force, where the martial art is part of the training curriculum, to continue his studies. He has taught it to local children for more than 40 years.
“It was like I was walking on clouds,” he said, reliving the moment when he learned he had passed. “I was beyond joy.”
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