On Sunday October 22nd, I was honored to perform an aikido demonstration during the Oakland Raider-Cincinnati Bengals game. It was an event called Asian Heritage Week, and the half-time demonstrations select Bay Area martial arts schools and teachers performed demonstrations honoring the spirit of Bruce Lee. I was honored as were the other teachers at a pre-game ceremony as well as doing the half-time presentation.

The whole occasion was made even more special by the appearance of Linda Lee, Bruce Lee's widow. I got a chance to meet her briefly and posed in a group photo with her.

Even though Aikido is about harmony and not a fighting art, I was also honored to be inducted into the Bay Area Asian Fighting Arts Hall of Fame by the Oakland Raiders and Executive Directors George Chung and Wayne Chang. A good time was had by all attending Aikido of San Jose members. And the Raiders scored 10 points in the last 60 seconds and won.

Ceremony

Ceremony

Field shot of the demo

Linda Lee, Jack Wada and Aikido of San Jose

Scoreboard