Photos and Links

of Friends who have influenced me and places I have visited and trained at.

	Saito Sensei teaching weapons class at the 1988 West Coast Seminar.
	Saito Sensei executing Irimi Nage at Sunset Cliffs Dojo 1988 West Coast Seminar.
	Saito Sensei demonstrating another form of Irimi Nage with Kayla Feder at Sunset Cliffs Dojo 1988 West Coast Seminar.
	Sensei Seikichi Odo promoting me to 2nd Degree black belt in Okinawan Kenpo Karate Kobudo Early December 1990. This is in the Gym at Camp Foster on Okinawa. During the two week Tech-Pub Library school I went and practiced at Sensei Odo's dojo as well as at the Marine base.
	Nishio Sensei teaching at Fukaya Dojo 1991. This was in a suburb/village west of Yokohama. Sensei taught there on Thursday nights until it was forced to close in the winter of 1993 due to road bridge construction.
	Nishio Sensei and Aikido Friends on bridge of the USS Independence.
	O'Sensei's house and dojo in Iwama. The wide doorway is the main entrance into the dojo portion of the house.
	Raking the Aiki Shrine grounds across the street from O'Sensei's house and dojo in Iwama.
	Hitohiro Sensei's Yoyogi Uehara dojo class in Iwama for a weekend seminar in O'Sensei's house and dojo in Iwama.
	Hitohiro Sensei's Yoyogi Uehara dojo class in Iwama for another weekend seminar. This was taken at O'Sensei's outdoor dojo in Iwama. The two waterfalls just to the left of the group were built by O'Sensei.
	Hitohiro Sensei's Yoyogi Uehara dojo class in Iwama for a weekend seminar in O'Sensei's house and dojo in Iwama. This is outside the Saito family yamabiko across the street from the Aiki Shrine. I was newly promoted to shodan through Nishio Sensei.
	Toyama Ryu Hon Iaido Battoh practice in the Tokutomi family dojo in the village of Toyama about 1995.
	All Japan Good Deeds "Zenkokai" award (for the promotion of Japanese sports), December 1996. There had only been 780 of these given to non-Japanese foreigners since 1955. That’s about 19 foreigners per year.
	Testing Day party for Toyama Ryu Hon Iaido Battoh tests. Sensei Tasaboro Tokutomi, 10th Degree Iaido master, in the white shirt, was about 79 here. He started learning Iaido from his father when he was 13. The man on the left is a sword polishing master. Erica and I were both tested and promoted to 3rd Degree black belt.
	45+ Aikido friends who attended my retirement ceremony in the hanger bay of the USS Independence. This includes friends from six different dojos both Nishio Style and Iwama Style: Yokohama Aikikai, Okamoto Dojo, Warabi Dojo, Misakiguchi Dojo, Tokutomi Dojo and Kurihama Aikikai. (A huge retirement compared to normal. )
	Nishio Sensei and Tom Huffman after Iaido practice in Santa Cruz, Ca., June 1999.

New Practice Times (1.5hr. classes)

Sundays..............................Weapons.......................................................2:00-3:30pm
Sundays .............................Empty Hand...................................................4:00-5:30pm
Sundays .............................Advanced Empty Hand...................................6:00-7:30pm
 ................. (Must pass 3rd proficiency test to participate in advanced class)
Mondays & Fridays............ Aikido After Noon.........................................1:00-2:30pm
Mondays............................Empty Hand....................................................7:30-9:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays....... Aikido for Kids................................................4:00-5:30pm
Wednesdays .....................Empty Hand......................................................7:30-9:00pm Thursdays.........................Open(Weapons Take-aways, test practice, etc.)..7:30-9:00pm
Mondays & Wednesdays ...Iaido (Japanese Sword $10 per class)................6:15-7:15pm