Monday was a holiday here, 成人の日 (seijinnohi- coming of age day..) A lot of girls dressed up in beautiful kimono and go out for a day on the town to show that this year they turn 20, age of majority here. Just way to show how beautiful japanese women are, especially in kimono.
Also, it was the kagamibaraki at the budokan. The official starting day in japan for all budo. Represenitives from aikido, iaito, karate, kendo, kenpo, kobutsu (ryuha), kyudo, judo, jukendo, naginata and few others were present to give demonstrations and then participate in practice afterwards.
All of the demos were interesting. Kyudo was pretty to watch. Hombu dojo sent about 8 or so people to demonstrate aikikai hombu flavor waza. The kenpo demo was pretty intense and the jukendo was laughable. The judo demonstration was of one of the katas and a sensei from our club was uke, while technically perfect, the kata wasn’t so interesting (I forget the name..)
Afterwards, I went to have drinks with him and a few high ranking kodokan/goshin jujitsu senseis. It was an interesting time being around the guys that helped develop and spread judo throughout europe of the past 30 years. Some very interesting stories..
Pictures to come soon..
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