All photos from the personal collection of Hanshi William J. Dometrich
and Meiyo Hanshi Barbara E. Dometrich unless otherwise noted.

O-Sensei and Okusan Chitose
O-Sensei and Okusan Chitose visit Mt. Aso


Kyoshi Dometrich and Shihan Isamu Katoh.
U.S. Hombu Dojo 1984


L to R: Kyoshi's Yuki Kyoda, William J. Dometrich, Mamoru Yamamoto.
Dothan, Alabama, USA


O-Sensei's birthday, October 18, 1982. U.S. Hombu Dojo.


L to R. Shihan Shane Higashi, O-Sensei, Kyoshi William J. Dometrich,
Soke Yasuhiro Chitose.
Signing of O-Sensei's Will, Sept. 25, 1982, Toronto, Canada

O-Sensei on test board

National test board, U.S. Hombu Dojo, 1982.
L to R: Shihan Stephen Wilhelm, Shihan Joseph Hedderman, Kyoshi Dometrich, O-Sensei, Shihan George VanHorne.

Nagamine Okinawan dance 1986
Nagamine Shoshin performing an Okinawan dance to music
with hidden Karate movements. Nagamine Dojo, Shuri, Okinawa 1986

Signing of the succession document, Toronto Canada, September 1982.  L to R Hanshi Shane Higashi, O-Sensei, Soke, Hanshi WIlliam J. Dometrich 

Charles Hayhurst, Hanshi Dometrich, Robert Smith  1984

O-Sensei and Yasuhiro (Soke) Chitose, Ludlow, KY, USA 1984

Toronto, Canada 1982.  Front Row R to L Shane Higashi, Soke, O-Sensei, Hanshi Dometrich

O-Sensei and Sherry (Dometrich) Kembre 1982

O-Sensei 1980. Photo courtesy of Y. Kugiyama.