Reposted from the Aikido Sangenkai Facebook page with the kind permission of Christopher Li Sensei. This article is part of the “Exploring Historical Photos” series, produced in collaboration Aiki-wiki with Aikido Sangenkai.

Shizuo Imaizumi (now of Shin-Budo Kai Aikido) at left by the window, Steven Seagal seated next to him, then Takashi Nonaka of Hilo Ki Aikido. Taken at the old Aikikai dojo on Waialae Avenue, possibly in 1972.

More about Nonaka Sensei in the article “Flow Like a River: Takashi Nonaka and the Hilo Ki-Aikido Club” on the Aikido Sangenkai blog:

https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/takashi-nonaka-hilo-ki-aikido/