• Sensei Wirth 1975

    l-to-r: Shuji Maruyama, Gaku Homma and Michael Wirth. Sensei Wirth has said that his photo was taken at the NE dojo, (on Rising Sun Avenue,) when he was a brown belt. Sensei David Nachman, of Kokikai Aikido, has the original of this photograph displayed prominently at his dojo in Tempe Arizona. (In the un-cropped version, Sensei …

  • Senseis Wirth and Pervizpour

    This photo of Sensei Wirth and Pervizpour was taken circa 1998, near the dawn of digital photography.

  • Sensei Wirth and Sempai Burkle

    l-to-r: Sempai Ron Burkle and Sensei Wirth This photo was taken at the Phoenix Fitness dojo in Allentown circa 1998.

  • Jason Drott sandan test

    Sempai Jason Drott (seated at right) at the start of his sandan test.