Category: Bill Witt

1969. Saito Sensei with bokken vanquishes Bill Witt with bokken

1969. Saito Sensei works with a bokken against Bill Witt’s bokken. Back then, the dojo wainscoting was still blonde; now it has become dark and polished by countless daily “soji o shimasu”

1969. Saito Sensei strikes high to Bill Witt’s wrist. On the shomen is the board with O-Sensei’s ink brushing–before it was smeared by accident by a nameless uchi-deshi.

1969. Saito Sensei with Bill Witt, showing the classic Iwama hip set

1969. Saito Sensei strikes to Bill Witt’s knee

1969. Bill Witt with the kids class

1969. Jo-dori with Komatsuzaki

1969. Saito Sensei works on morote-dori with two uke, including Komatsuzaki and the spectacularly worn hakama.