After an amazing trip to the International Chito-Ryu Karate-Do Headquarters, I have arrived home safely to my family.  It’s been a couple of days and I’m feeling very loved and in high demand.  I haven’t as yet had a chance to review/reflect my study notes as every spare moment I’ve had has been dedicated to
Up early this morning for a chat with family followed by a good stretching session. Â I’ve really been enjoying my training, but I’ve been trying to keep my stretching up in order to get the most out of the experience. Â My lower back didn’t agree with the Karate Kid training (pulling weeds) yesterday but just
Morning training with Soke Sensei to kick start the day and we had the pleasure of training with Todd Sensei again. Â Some great training and more great learning. Â I was re-united with one of the metal bo’s this morning which was great fun but let’s just say I need more practice. Â I don’t have any
I was a little slow getting moving today, but pulled myself out of bed and into the dojo for morning training. Â This morning I got to enjoy free time so I focused on having a good stretch followed by Bo and kata training. Â I’m working deliberately on a few key elements which I have picked
Today is a holiday in Kumamoto so there are no scheduled classes. Â The third Monday of September (national holiday) is “Respect for the Aged Day (keiro no hi) –Â Respect for the elderly and longevity are celebrated on this national holiday.” In many ways I’m grateful for the holiday today as I have so many things
Up bright and early this morning so I thought I’d stretch my body out and do a little bit of training.  It was a much slower pace compared to Soke Sensei’s classes, but it was nice to be up early and watch the sun rise in the dojo.  It’s been great for me to be a
Up relatively early this morning despite a late night so I spent some quiet time in the dojo reviewing notes from my training journal and had a play. Â I’ll move the main key points onto my computer over the next few days and continue to play and see if any other questions come about as
Another great morning in the dojo.  Thankfully the temperature was a little cooler today as we had Todd Sensei join us.  Todd Sensei is super fast and….. if you blink you’ll miss him.  When you have someone like Todd Sensei next to you, you know that you will be stretched and expanded out of your comfort
Another amazing day in Kumamoto and I have a very special job to complete today. Â Gift shopping for my amazing little people, Sami and Steven. Â And I’m hoping I can squeeze in a few other things as well. So here are my shopping lists. Â Ready, Set, GO!!! To get to the shops,
We started the day with a great morning training session with Soke Sensei. Â It was a very powerful session and included kihons, kata and speed training yet it was intertwined with some bo and shinai exercises throughout. On Monday Soke Sensei mentioned a couple of details and applied pressure to my stance giving me a
Page [tcb_pagination_current_page] of [tcb_pagination_total_pages]
