The Chairman, Peter Blewett at the Chelsea Embankment Memorial to Gunji Koizumi who died on this day 55 years ago.
The Chairman began Judo in the same month and year.
The memorial is under a cherry tree that was planted in his memory in Roper Gardens. It's on the north side of Cheyne Walk between Battersea and Chelsea Bridge. A cherry tree was chosen as it forms part of the design for the Budokwai logo. The logo features, "the character 'bu' on the background of a cherry blossom. Bu is composed of two characters, one meaning spear or fighting, the other meaning stop, indicating that the aim of martial training is to stop fighting."
