Saito Sensei's senior student in the U.S., will be making his seventh visit to Richmond for a seminar October 20-21, 2001. The Sunday morning weapons practice will take place in Bryan Park, near the intersection of Bryan Park and Westlake avenues.
Overnight accommodations are available.
Smoking and nonsmoking are available. Click here for directions to Mekong Restaurant, Tim Sheldon's house and the Bryan Park outdoor training site. Witt Sensei discussed the student-teacher relationship, recalling his own tutelage under Morihiro Saito Sensei in Iwama. He recalled how he participated in the translation and production of several of Saito Sensei's books during the early 1970s. Witt also reviewed the fundamentals of ikkyo and shihonage, demonstrating the techniques from several different attacks.