Extra Training

One of our students, Bruce, has been taking learning Yoshinkan style very seriously. Buying a DVD and travelling to Tokyo for the Gozo Shioda Memorial festival. On some holidays he’s been going out to Otofuke Dome and training in the mornings. It is very inspirational to know someone is working so hard. I’ve managed to get out to join him now that my foot has almost recovered from the Rugby injury that has me struggling for the last two months. We covered some really advanced training together. Going through all the Kumite and then building up a sort of Jyuwaza where we added a technique at time to a series. This helped us focus on things like moving towards uke and thinking about distance after a throw.

I hope we will get together again soon, I missed the one last bank holiday, but hopefully there will be more - good job Bruce!