Shinseidokan dojo

(photo courtesy of Garry Lever)
An Okinawan beach & the East China Sea...but it could be Western Australia.
This is the final public post...my public blogging days are done! Six years and 600 posts, it's been fun, mostly! For me the best thing to come out of the experience has been the contact I've made with some great people. People I have been able to learn...

Almost time to go, but before I do.....
Writing this blog has been a good learning tool. It has helped me focus my thoughts, put forward my opinions, and, at times, vent my disappointment. But it has had it's day in the sun, and now it's time to move on. So the post following this will be...

(photo borrowed from okkb webpage)
Nothing better to do than dress up and make a spectical of yourself?
After thirty-years, I stopped travelling to Okinawa in 2013. My sensei had passed away in December 1999, but I continued to visit the island. I still had many sempai and friends there, and besides, I love the food, music, and the geography of the place...

Miyazato Eiichi sensei with some of his American judo students in Okinawa
A few years ago, I received an email from someone who had practiced judo in Okinawa with Miyazato sensei. In case you didn't know, Miyazato sensei was not only a karateka, but a judoka also. The email had a couple of old photos of 'our' sensei attached...