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Karate In Japan
Hi All,
Im off to Japan on Monday morning, with 4 others from my Karate Club to train at the Hombu Dojo along with about 100 Karateka from around the World. Fly from Auckland to Sydney first (3.5 hr flight) then to Japan(8 hrs!), Haneda Airport- then hop on a Bullet Train to Omagari (Akita Prefecture) which takes over 4 hrs- so Im gonna be pretty worn-out by then after 16+ hours travel. My iPod is packed with music to help while away the trip. Then 3, 6 hour training sessions with Seiichi Fujiwara 8th Dan Hanshi, All Japan Karate do Federation Gojukai. A day off, then 3 more 6 hour training days. Yikes! Tough for a 52 year old carrying multiple Rugby & Karate injuries. Ive been dieting & training hard at both the gym & the Dojo to lose weight & gain fitness. Ive managed to lose 15kgs, down from 114.3kg to 98.9kgs since New Years day- used the 5:2 diet (which worked!) 1st time since 1995 that Ive dropped below 100kgs. Although I have practiced Karate for 13 years, the first 12 years was the Shotokhan Style and I graded 2 kyu Brown belt. There were major changes at my Dojo, we lost almost all the adults, so I was training with kids, a 35 year age gap- which was hopeless.. I searched for another local Dojo, and found Toukon Ryu Gojukai , and now train with 20 adults. The only trouble was that I had to start at White Belt again, as the Katas, style focus etc is very different to Shotokhan. Anyway, Ive risen to Green Belt and Im looking for to training with a master again. When doing Shotokhan, I had the privilege to be instructed by Kanazawa Shihan 10th Dan in 2010. He was amazing, being 81 years old- then and still as strong & flexible as ever. Im sure that Seiichi Fujiwara 8th Dan will be just as great as Sensei Kanazawa. See photos attached. 1st one is of me an Sensei Kanazawa, (Im the bald fella on the right) the second is off Sensei Fujiwara. Hope I don't get to badly beaten up- as its looks like Ill be the lowest ranked person there! |
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Looking good, safe travels!
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Many Thanks Ivan.
After the 7 days up at Omagari, we Bullet Train back to Tokyo for 4 days. I'll be visiting HiFiDo's Akihabara Shop in Electric City when Im there for sure! |
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