Mrs. Kitani, the wife of Grand Master Kitani, was an enormous help to and admirer of her husband's students. Normally wives would not be happy about sharing their homes with a number of Baduk students, but Mrs. Kitani welcomed Grand Master Kitani's students and regarded them as a gift.
It is certainly an unfortunate thing for the Japanese Baduk community that since the Kitani school was closed, no school has arisen to continue the Kitani heritage. In my opinion, an in-house school like Grand Master Kitani's probably could no longer exist because a traditional Japanese woman like Mrs. Kitani probably can no longer be found.
By next year, players from the Kitani school will celebrate exceeding a combined rank of 500-dan. As the first in-house student to become a professional, I cannot help being deeply impressed to hear it.
- by Cho Nam-Chul, 9-dan