For many years Mike Foster and I trained and worked together. I got Mr. Foster into the Ironworkers Union in Orlando, Florida so he could work with me. We traveled all over the United States working.
During the time that Mr. Koda was in Japan and Mrs. Koda was in Lincoln, Mike Foster and I had a job in Bloomington, Illinois. I got Mr. Koda a job working with us when he returned from Japan. Mr. Koda started a dojo in Lincoln, Illinois while he was working with us.
When the job in Bloomington was finished, Mike Foster and I returned to Orlando, Florida. Yuki Koda and his family stayed in Lincoln. Eventually, Mr. Koda called Mike Foster and moved back to Orlando because there was no work in Lincoln.
After moving back to Orlando in 1968, I started work on the Disney World job as the foreman. Mike Foster and Yuki Koda came to work for me. During the time we were working on the Disney project, approximately 1968 to 1971, Mr. Yamamoto came to the United States numerous times. Also, another Japanese man named Tiguche came to the U.S. Mr. Tiguche started teaching karate in Titisville, Florida.