Did you know and train in the same dojo as Wado-Ryu pioneer Sensei Cecil Patterson?
A3. – “No, I never trained with Patterson Sensei in Japan. We had different Senseis. I met Cecil in the mid 1960s when we were both regional directors for Mr. Triass USKA. I got to know him well at that time. We were in Japan around the same time. He was at Iwakuni Naval Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, I was in Yokohama. Both his Sensei, Sakura and mine, Kawaguchi, were seniors with Ohtsuka Hanshi. Mr. Patterson stayed with the Wado Ryu system for his entire life. He was the real American authority on Wado Ryu. I studied Wado Ryu for a relatively short period of time. I was with Kawaguchi Sensei for a little under a year. I had met Richard Kim Sensei at Friars Gym in Yokohama and started training with him.” Q4. – What do you feel is the main difference between Wado-Ryu and some of the other Japanese Karate systems such as Shotokan, Shito-Ryu and Kyokushin? A4. – “I am no authority on Wado Ryu. My studies in that style system were my introduction to karate. I have found out since, (the las
