Joe Eidson started his martial arts training while stationed in Japan with the US Army in 1959. He received his black belt in 1964 back home in Atlanta, GA from his sensei in Japan. He trained with a number of people in Atlanta including Bobby Fischer, Dudley Evans, and John Vanderwater. In 1972, Sensei Eidson, Sensei Evans, and Sensei Vanderwater started a school at Sumner Park in East Point, Ga. Terry Joyner was there in first class in 1972 and still actively training. Sensei Eidson was promoted to 7th dan in Shito-Ryu in 2007.
Roland Ouellette, Tom Turner, and one other American trained in Japan with Sensei Eidson back in 1959. Sensei Ouellette and Sensei Turner both continued training in martial arts after turning to the states for more than 30 years. That was some class back in Japan in 1959 I would say.
Roland Ouellette, Tom Turner, and one other American trained in Japan with Sensei Eidson back in 1959. Sensei Ouellette and Sensei Turner both continued training in martial arts after turning to the states for more than 30 years. That was some class back in Japan in 1959 I would say.
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