Yuzuru Katagiri was my first mentor in Japan. Now 82, Yuzuru is the Godfather of Alexander Technique here. He invited in the first foreign Alexander Technique teacher, administrated the first training school in Kyoto, and has translated more books on the work than anyone else to date. I was lucky to have him advising me as I stumbled about, in a strange land whose language I could not speak, trying to get a business going. I didn’t know it was a “business” then, Tom taught me that.