The Monster Mish Mash

Usually my blog posts are topical. 1 thing or another. Today you get mish mash of things, starting with Karate.

Sensei has been teaching the Sente Kata's. New to me at least, I'm enjoying Bossai dai and Gion. Empi is a complete mystery to me. How anyone can get good at that without training as a figure skater is beyond me. Kunku Dai is the lastest we have been working on. Simple, but long, requires stamina but its really just flexibility I'm lacking....still.

Here is a pic from the Dojo last week.
Also I posted video of a few of the kids doing Tekki Sandan. Click to check it out.

No Monster Mish Mash is complete without pics from Halloween Parties. I had 2 on Saturday. Here is a few pics from the Ohtomi group in Yaizu.

Halloween costumes are a bit different here. I was loaned a hat so I wouldn't feel out of place. We played a game while we ate food. I taped a picture of a scary person on their backs. They could ask 20 questions of yes or no answerw only to figure out who they were. It was pretty fun.

The Narita's hosted a party at thier dojo in the evening. Lots of families from the Dojo, plus a couple of esl teaches from Shimada. Kate from Pensilvania and Glen from England.

Narita Sensei wearing his Elmo costume.

Takeo Narita as Samurai with a buddy of his.

Riintaro with the peace sign.

Takeo's GF, Rema wearing the famous blue penguin outfit owned by Naoko Narita.

After I was done filming the Tekki Sandan I asked Sensei if he would do one for us. He said I'd have to pay. Well, I'm not making enough money right now to do that, so instead I have this offer to make. This picture comes down when I get footage of him doing Gitte..... Heian Shodan would be fine too.

Perhaps blackmail isn't the wisest course of action, but lets see what happens shall we? If there are no more posts on this blog it's safe to assume I'm off the coast of Yaizu somewhere wearing cement loafers trying to see how long I can hold my breath. hehe.

Sensei and I snuck out of the party early and went for beers. It was good thing, we talked about stuff that had been on my mind. Afterwards I felt better about my chances of growing the school.

We parted ways a bit later, Sensei went home, I found my way to Yakko where Taka and Ozawa Sensei were having beers. I joined them for a pint as well.

I went riding in Shimada the next day with my friend Kaoru. He showed new parts of the trail I hadn't noticed before. And I fell off my bike. It ws kinda funny. I went to put my foot down on the ground but there was nothing there. So over I went, rolling down the hill a ways in some Ocha (green tea) bushes. I got some scratches on my face I had to try to explain to everyone later. (Try doing that in Japanese, ha!) . Anyways, Kaoru was the big hero rescuing my bike for me while I was on my back like a turtle yelling "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"

A really good weekend all and all. Saw lots of my friends, drank beer, fell off my bike. Good times, good times.