▁entr usted ▁his ▁dis ci ple ▁Mas am ichi ▁Nor o , ▁who ▁by ▁that ▁time ▁had ▁received ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁dan , ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁supporting ▁the ▁enthus ias m ▁and ▁training ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁and ▁African ▁pract ition ers . ▁So , ▁he ▁was ▁pushed ▁by ▁Mor ihe i ▁U es hib a ▁to ▁emb ark ▁toward ▁the ▁West ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁" O fficial ▁De legate ▁for ▁Europe ▁and ▁Africa ". ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁noted ▁that ▁from ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁ren ounced ▁all ▁dan ▁above ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁to ▁him ▁by ▁his ▁master . ▁He ▁followed ▁the ▁sea ▁route ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁passing ▁the ▁S uez ▁Canal ▁and ▁the ▁Py ram ids ▁to ▁land ▁at ▁Marse ille ▁on ▁September ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁The ▁beginning ▁was ▁difficult . ▁The ▁art ▁was ▁new ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁teaching ▁it ▁very ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁way ▁it ▁was ▁taught ▁in ▁his ▁master ’ s ▁do jo . ▁Everything ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁constructed , ▁understood ▁and ▁made ▁accessible ▁to ▁the ▁western ▁body ▁and ▁mind . ▁Mas am ichi ▁Nor o ▁deployed ▁his ▁initial ▁energy ▁in ▁sout he astern ▁France ▁and ▁in ▁Italy ▁where ▁J udo ▁teachers ▁had ▁invited ▁him ▁to ▁en rich ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁their ▁students . ▁The ▁spirit ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁mut ual ▁assistance ▁and ▁pleasure ▁in ▁the ▁study , ▁following ▁the ▁wishes ▁of ▁J ig oro ▁K ano , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁J udo . ▁Then ▁he ▁was