All photos from the personal collection of Hanshi William J. Dometrich
and Kyoshi Barbara E. Dometrich unless otherwise noted.

NEWEST ARCHIVE PHOTOS FROM NKU 1973 - COURTESY OF TERRY COLLIS

PHOTO ABOVE: O-SENSEI SEATED IN CENTER, TO HIS LEFT TAKAYOSHI NAGAMINE. TO HIS RIGHT HIDEMICHI KUGIZAKI, MASAMI TSURUOKA, WILLIAM DOMETRICH.

PHOTO ABOVE - LEFT TO RIGHT: TAKAYOSHI NAGAMINE (CURRENT SOKE MATSUBAYASHI SHORIN-RYU) , MASAMI TSURUOKA, YUKINORI KUGIMIYA

PHOTO ABOVE: HIDEMICHI KUGIZAKI SENSEI

PHOTO ABOVE: YUKINORI KUGIMIYA SENSEI

PHOTO ABOVE: TAKAYOSHI NAGAMINE SENSEI (CURRENT SOKE MATSUBAYASHI SHORIN-RYU) AND KIYOSHI NISHIME SENSEI

Kyoshi Dometrich and Nakahara Sensei c. 1971

  Kyoshi Dometrich and Nakahara Sensei c. 1971

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Kyoshi Dometrich recieving 7th Dan from O-Sensei - 1971


Kumamoto, Japan 1971
Back row: Okusan Dometrich, Kyoshi Dometrich,
Sam Morris, Dennis Dickerson
Front Row: Mieko Chitose, O-Sensei, Cherie Stepaniak

O-Sensei and Nakahara 1971
O-Sensei and Nakahara Sensei bunkai training c.1971

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O-Sensei and Kyoshi Dometrich at the Sumitomo bank in Kumamoto c.1971

O-Sensei and Akutagawa
O-Sensei and Akutagawa Sensei at O-Sensei's home


O-Sensei and Kyoshi Dometrich training in O-Sensei's backyard.
Kumamoto, Japan c. 1971

O-Sensei Okinawan Dance 1971
O-Sensei performing an Okinawan dance to music
with hidden Karate movements. 1971

Kyoshi Dometrich and Gogen Yamaguchi

Kyoshi Dometrich and Gogen Yamaguchi 1971

1973. L to R Dometrich Hanshi, Robert Trias (deceased), John Pachivas (deceased).

O-Sensei NKU Demo 1973

O-Sensei performing a demonstration at Northern Kentucky University, 1973.

O-Sensei and Dometrich Hanshi 1971.

This series of photos submitted by Sensei Michael Colling of Nova Scotia taken at Peggy's cove during O-Sensei's visit there in  1973.

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