I HAVE FOR MANY YEARS NOW BEEN IN POSSESION OF A FIRST GENERATION HIDEO
KOTO (EPISODE, "THE SAMURI") THAT I PURCHASED NEW IN '94 AT A
HIGHLANDER CONVENTION AT THE CATHEDERAL HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THIS WAS APRIL, 1994 AND WAS PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED BY ADRIAN PAUL
HIMSELF! THERE ARE SOO MANY KNOCK-OFF'S, TOO FAT NOT ORIGINAL. I PAID
225.00 FOR THE KATANA AT THE SHOW, AND WAITED FOR ADRIAN TO SIGN IT.
ONLY SIX WERE SIGNED THAT WE KNOW OF, BY THE TIME I LEFT THE
CONVENTION, I WAS BEING OFFERED 625.00 FOR IT. AFTER MANY YEARS IN THE
MARTIAL ARTS, AND DISPLAYING IT AT ALL OF OUR TOURNEMENTS, I ALWAYS
TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO SELL, BUT NOW I AM CONSIDERRING SELLING. ANY
INTERR=ESTED PARTIES CAN EMAIL ME @ ken...@msn.com AND I WILL GLADLY
SEND PHOTO'S. ALSO AT THE CONVENTION WERE STAN KIRSCH, ELIZEBETH
GRACEN, JIM BYRNS, KEN GORD AND OFCOURSE ADRIAN, WHOM I SPOKE TO FOR
TEN MIN. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS HIRED AS A MARTIAL ARTIST WHO COULD ACT
OR AN ACTOR WHO COULD DO MARTIAL ARTS?, HE SAID NEITHER, IT JUST WORKED
OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN "HUN GAR" KUNG FU FOR A WHILE AND THEY
WORKED IT IN.