Guests from Australia

Today at the Meiryukan Noda Wednesday class we were lucky to have some special guests from Australia`s Shudokan dojo. Alia Sensei and her boys, Esteban and Miro came to Japan for the kids aikido tournament that was held on the 11th. Since then, they have been busy travelling around Japan, enjoying all it has to offer. 

The Noda kids, as well as their Mothers, were pleasantly surprised to have some visitors come to our regular training. It was their 2nd last day and after a full morning visiting the Sumo hall in Tokyo, they rushed out here (more than an hour on the train) to join us for just a couple regular classes.

 Our test training has started, so went through some basic techniques. But at the end of the class we also did some jiyuwaza. Both Esteban and Miro have been training for many years, and are quite talented with a nice variety of jiyuwaza. It was a good experience for the Japanese to mix it up with some new people doing some techniques they weren`t used to.

At first everyone was a bit shy, but by the end of the class, everyone was trying their best to communicate in a mix of both languages. Thanks for making the time to come and see us at Aikido Meiryukan. We hope to meet again. Osu!