Major Robert Howells

Congratulations and well done. 

Denis Dunn has asked us to give a mention to a course that will be held in Mussleburgh on the 23rd and 24th of June. Shiomitsu Sensei will be teaching both days from 10am to 1pm,

The course is to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the club. 

George Grimes 7th Dan, Kyoshi

You can read an interview with George Grimes carried out when he visited Corin Pegden's Farnham club last year. 

George Grime's Wado-Ryu Karate Federation web site.

On the Winter Course Shiomitsu Sensei wrote down Ohtsuka Sensei's poem, Wa Ten Chi Jin no Ri Do, on the white board at one point.

I thought it would be useful to give a couple of links for those that would like a recap or further information.

Reg Kear is one of the most senior British Wadoka, under WIKF, who now resides in Australia. The article by Reg (http://www.sannoya.com/tenchijin.htm) and other excellent ones can be found on  www.sannoya.com web site.

Another article I found was on the Wado Ryu Australia web site. This article also includes photographs of Shiomitsu Sensei demonstrating with Arthur Meek so worth a peek.

There is also an article on the Wado Ryu Renmei web site of course.

The UK government is considering a ban on swords in the UK, which will obviously impact all those that practice Japanese Iaido, Batto Jutsu and so on.

The Prime Minister's office have an online petition that you can fill to show support and ask the government to reconsider.

If applicable to you, please take a few minutes to complete the Sword Petition .

Just a reminder that the Wado Academy European Championships are on during this year in Oslo, Norway - Saturday 20th of October 2007.

You can get info directly from www.eurocup2007.com or from the Eurocup advert on this site.