1972. Tokyo. The first party. This one in David’s 6-mat apartment in Nuke-benten near the Honbu Aikikai dojo where Saito Sensei had been teaching Sunday classes which always included buki-waza (jo and bokken training). Not long afterwards, David moved to Iwama for the next ten years.
Left to right: Lars Andersson (Sweden), Morihiro Saito Sensei, Takeji Tomita (Sweden), and David Alexander
Photo: David Alexander