San Francisco Visitors Guide

Introduction
[1966-67]

I was a green belt back then; –the belts go, white, green, brown, purple and black; –or so they did in St. Paul, in San Francisco, there was no such thing as a ‘Purple’, belt. In any case, several times I got thinking and talking to Jim about traveling to San Francisco —-where Gosei Yamaguchi opened up his Karate Studio in the early 60’s. He was the oldest son to Gogen Yamaguchi, the Cat, and was putting together an International,