1975 Gojuryu Tournament in South Africa

Here is a link to a video of the Triangular Gojuryu Karate Tournament in 1975 held in South Africa.  The event featured demonstrations and matches between Japan, England and South Africa. Japan was led my Morio Higaonna Sensei (back row, far left in the photo), then chief instructor of the dojo, while current head of Gojuryu Karatedo Yoyogi Ryushinkan, Aragaki Kancho (front row, far left in the photo), also represented Japan.   Aragaki Kancho features in the the video from 3:33 to 4:00 and again towards the end.

Watching Aragaki Kancho compete in this environment, I am reminded of a quote from Miyamoto Musashi's classic "The Book of Five Rings," translated by William Scott Wilson:

"Speed in the martial arts is not the true Way. Concerning speed, we say that something is fast or slow depending on whether it misses the rhythm of things. If someone is skilled in this Way, he does not appear to be fast...of course, being slow is also wrong. Here too, a skillful person may appear slow but he is never off the beat.  No matter what a well trained person does, he never appears hurried."