Did you know that most of the old photos that were taken at Master Tatsuo Shimabuku's Agena dojo had markings similar to the one shown above.  Our research led to Master John Bartusevics and Sensei Jake Eckenrode.  

Master Bartusevics reminded us that cameras were expensive back in the day and few if any of the marines had such resources to purchase their own.   Many of the pictures he donated to the website came from Marine Crops reporters that he made use of during his stay.  He would invite such reporters to come and cover the Marine Karate-Ka as they traveled with Master Shimabuku Tatsuo during demonstrations.

Sensei Jake Eckenrode told us the exact same thing.  The notations on the attached file above came from the back of the now famous Isshin-Ryu picture of Grand Master Shimabuku Tatsuo and his American students during the demo pictured bellow.  Sensei Eckenrode was responsible for having Marine Crops reporter LCpl Panagopoulos cover the demonstration and for having this and many other great pictures taken.

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