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western students participated throughout the tournament and seminars. Itwas a great honour for SenseiVermiglio to be chosen to demonstrate theManji Saiwith the JigenNu Sai Kata at the opening ceremony alongwith seven other prominent demonstrators. Clare and Julian fully engaging in both Karate and Kobudo Seminars. Two noteworthy achievements
andCONGRATULATIONS for this dedicatedCheltenhamteamwas SenseiVermiglio’s promotion to 7th Dan Karate andClare’s first ever test at theHombuDojo in front of Sensei Akamine to 1stDan Karate.
JulianDennis (1stDan) ‘Having trained at theHombuDojo two years agowithAkamineHiroshi Sensei, the anticipation of training there again togetherwith attending the First Karate and Kobudo International Tournament, this trip could not come soon enough.We landed inOkinawa on Tuesday morning and had our first training session that evening at theHombu Dojo then out for a traditional Welcome Partywithmouthwatering food and greatOkinawan beer. The following daywe had the
opening ceremony of the Tournamentwithmany countries
takingpart.TheUK team enteredtheBudokanwith the French teamonly for us todiscover thatoneof the ladies in the French teamhad beenborn andattended primary school inGloucester, where she startedher karate, before returning toFrance. What a smallworldit
is.The Seminarswere a great experience,both karate and kobudo, andtrainingwith so manyother karateka from otherpartsof theworldwill be a cherishedmemory.’
ClareEdwards (1stDan) ‘Itwas an unbelievable opportunity to be invited to travelwith Sensei Vermiglio to train inOkinawa. Towatch Sensei participate in the
opening ceremony and go on to compete in the International Tournamentwas incredible. Imet somany dedicated Students
fromaround theWorld andwas humbled to attend Seminarswhere wewere taught byOkinawan Sensei’s. The greatest honour and privilege
was to be graded by KaichoAkamine Sensei at theHombuDojo a wonderful experience that I shall never forget.’
Karate&KobudoClasses are heldatTheCLCHealth& FitnessCentre,MalvernRoad, Cheltenham,Gloucestershire, GL502NX
Tuesday 7.30pm-9.30pm
Thursday: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Formore informationplease contact SenseiVermiglio; 07794960986;
www.facebook.com/
paul.vermiglio.5;
www.ryukyu-kobudo.com
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