Goofing off

Sensei Sakurai has been absent from the last couple of training sessions. I'm not sure where he is but I guess he's busy being a pilar of the Karate community somewhere. Sensei's Osawa and Adachi have been filling in for him. At friday nights B&B, Ikki let us through some pretty hilarious warm up excersises like this attempt at a 3 legged race across the floor.
Takumi here got his Nidan a few weeks ago. It was nice of him to pose for this goofy looking pic. I quess he's still just a kid afterall. - maybe we all are?

I was taking part in this relay race in the dojo before I realized I should stop and get some pictures.

I found myself wondering if I would look back on this trip as a chance to relive my childhood. If all that is expected of me while I am here is to relax and goof off with the kids when Sensei isn't around then I think I can handle that just fine. I wish there was some way for me to convey to my readers just what great kids these are. But words fail me for the time being at least.

Anyways, for those of you who think that I should be more serious in my pursuit of Karate excellence, here are some pics of actually training.

Team Empi in mid-flight

Team Empi, not in mid-flight.

Adachi Sensei prosides over some Ippon Kumite before Sensei Sakurai arrives on Thursday.

The fujieda story blog has a new post up. Check it out. Its just a few pics from the fireworks in Yaizu last month.

In the crappy news category, the news I was hoping to share didn't happen this weekend. I'm not going to share what it might have been, only hope that next weekend I have better luck. Lets just say that Japan and Vancouver have a common trait when it comes to the timing of rain fall here. I think my friend IFO would feel right at home, if not a little grumpy, here in Fujieda.

Take care Vancouver.