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Dick Keith

6th Dan Diploma on silk

Photos courtesy of Brian Keith

Upon leaving Okinawa, begin July 1958, Sensei Shimabukuro rewarded both Dick Keith and Harold Long with 4 silk diplomas.

Dick Keith's 6th Dan diploma in English on silk
Notice: same handwriting and mistake (perticipated) as Harry G. Smith's diploma (issued May 1958)

Above: Dick Keith's 6th dan Diploma in kanji (left) & Isshinryu 8 Koan in kanji (right)