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Here is video of Doran Sensei from 1994. He is teaching at the Cherry Blossom Seminar in Washington, DC. This is a very significant video to me (Bruce) since this is where I first saw Sensei, three years before becoming his direct student.

He was 61 years old, 6th dan, and had been practicing Aikido for 35 years at the time.

Gratitude to Susan Perry for permission to post this video. Length is 14:16

Doran Sensei asked me to tell everyone he sends his love!

Frank Doran, Cherry Blossom Seminar, Washington DC, 1994 This is an excerpt from the Aikido Today Magazine video of the 1994...

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Bernice Tom Shihan. She was a long-time friend of the Aikido West community. She will be missed.

Thank you for joining us at Aikido West for an evening of training with Saotome Shihan!