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Left to right: Tanaka Sensei, Warren Suenaka, Roy Suenaka, “Ike” Ikehara Sensei, at the YBA (Young Buddhist Association) hall in Honolulu; 1954

As one can imagine, Suenaka’s childhood was extremely active, with little time for the carefree play normally associated with youth. The young martial artist would rise just in time to make it to school by 8:00 am. When classes ended at 3:00 pm, and his fellow classmates would spend the rest of the afternoon playing sports or hanging out with friends, Suenaka would spend a brief time in exercise, usually running or working out in the school gym, before heading to Okazaki’s dojo to train. Once study under Mitose began, there was no longer time after school for free exercise. Suenaka would leave school and immediately walk or hop a bus the three miles or so to the Okazaki dojo in downtown Honolulu, where he would spend anywhere from ninety minutes to two hours in hard practice. Around five o’clock or so, Suenaka would dash home, staying there only long enough to change and grab a quick bite to eat before heading off for Mitoses dojo for another hour or two of study or, when his judo study began, a couple hours at the YBA. Finally, at around seven-thirty in the evening, Suenaka would return home for the day, leaving him with just enough time to bathe, eat, do his homework, and go to bed. Weekends were not much different, with his training augmented by lessons under his father. Of course, there were those rare free moments where he could relax with his friends on the beautiful beaches of his home, but in all, young Roy Suenaka spent an average of thirty hours a week in hard training, an incredible schedule for a boy barely into his teens.