KOBE -- On the cover of the December 1979 issue of Kansai Time Out magazine, an Osaka-based foreign aikido instructor, sporting an Afro, is seen executing a throw that puts his Japanese opponent on the floor.

The article on the American, who went by the Japanese name Take Shigemichi to operate his Osaka-based dojo, is just one of countless articles that have been appearing in Kansai Time Out since its inception in February 1977.

Like all KTO articles, the story's purpose is to provide both an interesting read and practical information -- in this case to those readers interested in studying under Shigemichi.