Early December in Meiryukan

A few pics from the last week or so...

To the left is the kids junior class on Wednesdays in Noda Shunpukan dojo.

With a few new members the energy and atmosphere has risen. Nice teamwork with the older students helping the new kids.

Following the junior class the Noda senior class get serious with reviewing at least 3 or 4 techniques before finishing with jiyu-waza.

Winter tests are next week... Are you ready? 

Last Tuesday evening at the Noda junior high school class we went though tanto soho #6-#9, then into test training.

The adult shinsa will be held Saturday the 14th at the Shimizu park gymnasium.

To the right we have the Sunday Sakado adult class working hard on behind the back techniques. We practiced ushiro ryote mochi ikkajo osae ni, ushiro ryote mochi sankajo osae ni, ushiro ryokata mochi sankajo osae ni.

Last Sunday during the bi-monthly Fukiage class held in Kumagaya we all ran through some kids orange belt techniques - katate mochi nikajo osae ni, shomen uchi shomen iriminage ni, before splitting in to groups to either work on the upcoming test or next years kagami biraki demonstration.