1975-1995   Celebrating 20 years in the Pacific Northwest
In 1995, the Shotokan Karate of America dojos of the Pacifc Northwest and Candada Shotokan Society dojos of Canada West celebrated the 20th anniversary of practice in the Puget Sound area. A booklet was designed, written and produced by local area members to commemorate this event. Following are the pages from that booklet.
1 Anniversary Welcome 6 University of Washington Dojo 11 Special Training
2 Bainbridge Island 7 Goodwill Cup Tournament 12 Norman Welch - a Tribute
3 Ron Thom - Our Senior 8 Spirit of the Northwest 13 The Black Belts
4 South King County Dojo 9 Exchange Practices 14 A Central Shotokan Dojo
5 North Seattle Dojo 10 Karate on the Beach 15 Visiting the Northwest Dojos
Co-Editors: Gretchen Minton, Maryann Helferty
Design and Layout: Patrick Nopp
Cover Art: Tara Picken
Production Assistants: Mavis Roe, Eric Henry, John Gosink
Photography Staff: Kerry Copeland, Karen Perry
Special Thanks to Ron Thom, Kerry Copeland, Karen Perry, Nihad Khalaf, John Gosink, and Maryann Helferty who loaned their archives and photographs for this project.

The 20th Anniversary Web Pages were assembled and marked up into HTML by John Gosink. John Gosink is solely responsible for their content.

Copyright © 1996 by John Gosink