"Chitose Tsuyoshi could generate a great amount of power for his size. He had total body control and had developed vibration ability (not to be confused with hip snap) It seems he could move his internal organs to increase his power while his outside body moved hardly at all."

"Peter Urban Sensei was a bull, stocky and really developed. He was fantastically strong and Goju is a very rooted and fundamental style. Don Nagle Sensei was tall and lanky so he had more distance and speed concepts during fighting."

"Someone asked about having women in the black belt divisions and the tournament director said 'well women rarely make Nidan and if they did they would not get Sandan'."

"One evening while we were out at a bar relaxing after class Kise Fusei said to me 'tomorrow we go see my teacher'. At the time I was thinking he meant Maeshiro, but it wasn’t to be Maeshiro at all, it was Grand Master Hohan Soken."

"Master Odo in particular had a warmth and openness about him. I always think of him like a bright light in a dark room. He opened his arms to us and we were very thankful for that."

"I had won my fair share of tournaments and lost some matches too. But I had never received an ass whooping until I went up against Victor Moore."

"The trap some individuals fell into was that they believed they were skilled and knowledgeable karate men. I do not see how anyone, in just a year or two, can gain the knowledge required to come back to the USA and create a karate organization."

"When I was stationed in Iwakuni, Japan, and teaching next to a senior JKA Shotokan instructor - Hakayama, Sensei - he was clearly resentful of the fact that an American was teaching karate in 'his' gym."

"The Japanese weren’t used to black people at that time. They used to turn my hand over and over because it was light on one side and black on the other."