Morgan Woods obituary and a small discovery

[Chris Wissmann]

Hey, all:

Hopefully this finds you all well!

Shihan Francis told me the other day that Morgan Woods died. I’ve been looking for his obituary to no avail—if anyone does have it, please forward it to me!—but I did find this, datelined Summit, New Jersey, from the May 1966 issue of Black Belt. I thought it might interest everyone here.

Take care, and thanks!

Chris Wissmann,

Carbondale Park District

karate instructor

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[ROBERT CUSUMANO]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the article. I don’t have any information on his obituary. Bob

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Hey, all:

Hopefully this finds you all well!

Shihan Francis told me the other day that Morgan Woods died. I’ve been looking for his obituary to no avail—if anyone does have it, please forward it to me!—but I did find this, datelined Summit, New Jersey, from the May 1966 issue of Black Belt. I thought it might interest everyone here.

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Take care, and thanks!

Chris Wissmann,

Carbondale Park District

karate instructor

(618) 549-2653

<ChrisW...@gmail.com>

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[mma]

There was an obit, his full name is J. Morgan Woods III and he died at
a hospice in Georgia. Sounds as if there was no memorial, mentions
his sister and brother in law and a niece and nephew, and martial arts
people who kept in touch.

If I come across it again I'll send it on.

Marie

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[Chris Wissmann]

Thanks so much! I just needed his full name to find it, and it popped right up.

Did any of you attend that tournament in Summit? Was that at the dojo where Soke Murphy taught?

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[mma]

1966 was about 3 years before my time. I see it says "International
School of Judo", so Karate had not yet been added. Alan Good was
the owner and operator of 3 Bank St, Summit, where the dojo was. I
understood he was a Judo student at one time. Don't see Mik Healy's
name listed as Judo instructor. Some time shortly after this date
Alan would expand to try Men's and Women's Self-Defense, classes with
Watanabi (sorry for spelling, I don't want to look it up), and then
karate. I think Soke would have come on board around '1967 but not
sure. Alan Good retreated to his office to work on "Good n' Clean"
which he later sold to a larger company for a good price, and also to
found Black Belt Society with Soke.

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[Chris Wissmann]

I didn’t recognize a lot of the terminology in the rules, so I thought it might have been judo.

I’ve been trying to find Alan Good or anything about him for years. Probably I should Google "Good ’n’ Clean"!

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