Nakayama sensei-the top instructor in Japan until his his death in 4/15/87 or so, author of Best Karate books, on Shotokan kata.
Corrections, from Gil Hartl, 3rd dan, Corvallis Karate School:
Nakayama died 4/15/87
2nd photo down was taken at the old OMAC dojo on McLoughlin in Portland.
Not sure of the year. '83 sounds right. I thought Sensei Fitzpatrick
was 5th dan.
4th down was taken at the Riverside Grange hall between Corvallis and
Albany. Kevin Greene was the sensei there for a couple of years.
7th down, from left: Kevin Greene, George Clark, Alex Tong, Vince
Nistico, Greg Bryant, Ron Vance, Simon Giszter, Gonzalo Valdez, Terry
Samura, Karen Schlom. Don't know what year but it had to be early '80's
8th down, with Fusaro (who as far as I know is 7th dan), that's the 1982
nationals in Minneapolis. I'm the competitor on the right.
9th: Reed and Simon Giszter
12th: that's at U of O, year is 1982 or 1983
15: another shot at Riverside Grange
17 from left: Vern Vaden, ?, Yamaguchi, Shirai
next to last: Sensei Shirai
Monday, February 27, 2006
Sensei Fitzpatrick directing kumite, from 1983 or so. He is currently teaching in the VA Hospital dojo in Portland, and is 5th degree..., photo taken at old OMAC (Oregon Martial Arts Center) dojo in Portland.
Founder of the region, Sensei Bob Graves, 8th degree...highest rank in the organization, just behind Nishiyama Sensei. (I'm not absolutely sure of that...), retired. From left: Sensei George Clark 4th dan, in Coos Bay; Reed Wilson 3rd dan; Dave Gonzales, 3rd dan.
Susan Doyle, 3rd degree? from 1980 or so...She teaches at her Western Mountain Shotokan school in Eugene and also teaches Shotokan classes at UO. Probably doing Kanku Dai. At Riverside Grange.
Art Cherry, Sensei in Portland, Oregon;Sensei Fitzpatrick-VA Hospital instructor, Portland;Robert Graves, Regional Instructor for the northwest region, currently retired;unknown; Dave Gonzales, 3rd degree, formerly head instructor of Eugene karate dojo
Fourth from left: Vince Nistico, 3rd degree: Sensei of Salem dojo; qualified international tournament judge.; Sixth from left: Ron Vance, 5th degree. He began his training in the northwest under Sensei Graves and then moved to L.A. in 1987 to continue training at Central Dojo under Nishiyama Sensei. Photo from 1983 or so. From left: Kevin Greene, George Clark, Alex Tong, Vince
Nistico, Greg Bryant, Ron Vance, Simon Giszter, Gonzalo Valdez, Terry
Samura, Karen Schlom
Monday, January 23, 2006
Richard Hand, 4th degree, head instructor, Corvallis Karate School. Eric Siaou and Gil Hartl watching on right. George Clark refereeing
Riverside Grange hall between Corvallis and
Albany. Kevin Greene, (3rd dan?) was the sensei there for a couple of years. Fifth from left, Sue Doyle. Eighth from left, Rich Hand.
Sensei Vern Vaden, 4th degree?,from Los Angeles; Nishiyama sensei; Sensei Yamaguchi, degree unknown; Sensei Shirai, head instructor in Italy.
Vince Nistico, Kevin Greene. Kevin Greene was a teenage prodigy in Shotokan who trained at Central with Nishiyama, attained 3rd degree, returned to Oregon and became a state police officer (!). We haven't seen him in many years. He ran the Riverside Grange dojo between Albany and Corvallis for a few years in the early eighties, before my time.
