Bruce Klickstein first arrived in Iwama in the early 1970s as uchi deshi for the first of several long stints. He hosted Saito Sensei to his own dojo in Oakland, California, accompanied him throughout the world as interpreter, deshi, and tomo. During the mid 1980s, Saito Sensei stayed with him in his Oakland Hills home to supervise his book Living Aikido, which remains in print. He was one of the handful of groundbreakers into the new territory of aikido. I am electing to reinstate this page to acknowlege his positive contributions to aikido.

Bruce Klickstein contributed all the photographs on this page.

1985. Lake Tahoe seminar. We all trained with Bruce at the Aikido Institute in Oakland, California. Many in this group are still going strong. At last count, eight are running their own dojo and continue to inspire countless students and friends.

1972. Iwama. In Saito Sensei's rather magnificent formal garden.

1973. Iwama. Saito Sensei, okusan, and a very young Bruce. In the garden azalea patch.

1974. San Francisco. Hans Goto, Saito Sensei and Bruce Klickstein.

1974. Overlooking windy San Francisco. Bruce, David Alexander, Sensei and Bill Witt.

1975. Sweden. Uke: Lars Anderson. Bruce sits, possibly interpreting for the seminar.

1976. Iwama. From the left, Cory Geffen, Jeanie Lerner, Diana Taylor, Bruce, Sam from Sweden, ??, ??, Bernice Tom, ??, and David Alexander

1978. San Francisco. Saito and okusan by the Bay. This may have been her first visit to the USA.

1978. San Francisco seminar. Tai-no-henko. The classic.

1979. Iwama. Bruce and Saito Sensei at one of Bruce's Sayonara dojo parties on the mat.

1982. Lake Tahoe, along the very rocky shore. Sensei, Bruce, and Naito, who visited from Japan and stayed at the Aikido Institute for several months.

1982. Lake Tahoe seminar. Sensei and Bruce converse.

1986. Aikido Institute. Sensei and Bruce. A relaxed moment during the book collaboration. The kanji is "summer."