Our summer grading at Urayasu Chiba

Today, we had our Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo summer grading in Chiba Urayasu, and it was a fantastic event. It was wonderful to see all the Sensei from various parts of Tokyo, as well as Shihan Andrew Riley from Australia and Shihan Dr. Jeffery Henderson from Canada. Everyone performed exceptionally well, and we awarded several new belts.
Although we didn’t have an official tournament, that didn’t stop us from having a spirited group Koshiki Karate “knuckle up” party at the end, just for fun. It was an impromptu event, so we don’t have any good video footage, but trust me, it got quite exciting-perhaps a bit too exciting at times! We also saw some very promising young warriors showing great potential.
We were all privileged to receive some invaluable quality time from Soshihan Masayuki Kudaka and Hanshi Masamitsu Kudaka, who provided us with special advanced teachings on defending against the Katana and Bo. We all learned a lot and left feeling inspired and motivated.