Did he use a lot of tai-sabaki body movement?
HK: Yes, he used mainly fudo-dachi because he was in the line of Yoshitaka Funakoshi Sensei. Therefore he used fudo-dachi. GN: Did you ever hear stories about Yoshitaka Sensei? HK: No, I never heard many stories about Yoshitaka Sensei. GN: Did you ever see Egami Sensei? HK: Yes, yes. GN: Was he good? HK: Yes, be he was more in a different world. He was close to God. When he talked about karate or did karate he was different to us. We thought, “Is this Shotokan?” It looked different. GN: Did you know Minoru Miyata sensei? HK: Oh yes, Miyata sensei took me all over Kyushu. One day we went to the Kushinkai. I forgot the name of the instructor, but he was very strong. He sometimes came to Takushoku University and did fighting with the seniors, very good fighting. So Miyata sensei took me to the Kushinkai in Kumamoto to do kumite. I did kumite with all the black belts, then came to the last one. We took up kamae, but he didn’t move. So I thought what should I do? Miyata sensei had introduce
