Hi {{ first_name }},

I just returned from about 10 days in Japan, where I was training, teaching, and giving demos.

At one of my classes, Gabriel Sensei from Chile grabbed some video clips with his phone. (Thank you, Gabriel Sensei!)

I wasn' mic'd, so the sound isn't spectacular. But I thought...

Every year I do my best to travel to Japan to train and give a demonstration when Doshu or Dojo-Cho visit our Dojo in Kamakura, Japan.

Until his passing in 1996, it was Yamaguchi Sensei who came and gave a class and demonstration at AKI's dojo at Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura, Japan for...

Every year I travel to Japan to train and give a demonstration when Doshu or Dojo-Cho visit our Dojo in Kamakura, Japan.

I usually take some students with me. In this video, you'll see a white belt as one of my uke. He was 16 years old at the time and it was his first trip to Japan. It was no do...