1975-76? Sweden. First visit? Uke: Bruce Klickstein.
Photo: Bruce Klickstein
Sweden
Author: david_yoshinaga
Après Keiko Games
1975. Après keiko games. Who are the two (losing) on the left?
Photo: Bruce Klickstein
Hawaii Hochi
1974. Hawaii Hochi sports newspaper, Tuesday, October 15,1974 announcement for Saito sensei’s one day seminar on their way back from California to Japan. Held at the Honolulu Aikido Dojo.
David Alexander, Saito Sensei, and Shigemi Inagaki. In back, the dojo owner in a suit, and two aikidoka in Hawaiian shirts.
Photo: David Alexander
San Francisco Seminar
1974. probably from the first visit. Saito Sensei in San Francisco seminar with Terry Dobson and Bill Witt
Photo: Bill Witt
Golden Gate Bridge
1974. San Francisco. Saito Sensei in front of the Golden Gate Bridge
Photo: Bruce Klickstein
Overlooking San Francisco
1974. Overlooking windy San Francisco. Inagaki, David Alexander, Sensei, and Bill Witt
Photo: Bruce Klickstein
San Francisco Airport
1974. Saito Sensei’s first trip out of Japan. He travels with a large entourage to California and Hawaii. At the SF Airport, Corri Geffen discovers you just can’t nikkyo Sensei.
Entourage includes Shigemi Inagaki, Hans Goto, Jeanette “Jeanie” Lerner, Tom Everett, Bill Witt, and David Alexander.
Photo: David Alexander
Double Nikyo
1974. Tom Everett gets his double nikyo & “uisuki” farewell present. Fumiko pours, Saito Sensei grabs his right and Shigemi Inagaki grabs his left. Rumor has it that David Alexander is responsible for coming up with this “tradition”, which has been “enjoyed” by many ever since.
Photo: David Alexander
Saito Sensei at the Waterfall
1973. Saito Sensei at the waterfall
Photo: Mary Bartlett
At the Waterfall
1973. On a hot, unbearably humid day, thoughts of bicycling through the rice fields to the famed waterfall (taki) proves irresistible. Looks like Hans Goto, Mary Barlett, Ulf Evanås, Darrell Bluhm, and probably Narita-san.
Photo: Mary Bartlett.