Roots

Suddenly, we are hip deep in high-level instructors. At least within the next few weeks.

Keep in mind that we are a club with three Black Belts, but all are 1st Dan.

First up, on Friday, a friend of Bolognese Sensei will be dropping by. He is a 4th Dan. Two weeks from today we have a 6th Dan coming to do belt exams.

At the end of June, 9th Dan Yaguchi Sensei will be in Vancouver and 7th Dan Cline Sensei early in July.

The short time we have with these people is really too brief to do any deep, profound learning.

We can pick up a few specifics. Maybe we can pick up a move, or interesting combination, and bring them into our club's routines. Maybe not.

Sometimes, we can be astounded. Not always.

What we can always get, is a sense of community greater than just our own little club. We are doing fine, but it's nice to feel the roots going deeper.

Yaguchi Sensei has been training in Karate since before anybody in our club was even born. Talk about roots.