Aikido shinsa Japan - Most of my Aikido 2dan test in Kannami, Japan (Dec 2007) squeezed/edited into one aikido waza clip - aikido tsuki, shomen & yokomen uchi, ushiro & suwari waza, tantou, bokutou, jou & shite waza. Kato san (an awesome aikido-ka) is uke.???????????????? ????(????????????
November 2000 - part of my 3dan test in Hamamatsu, Japan. Takashi Ikeda (unfortunately not in video, yet still current head of Musou Jikiden Eishin-ryu - 22nd master under Hayashizaki Jinsuke) was judging. I did Maegiri, Zengogiri, Yaenaki, Tsukekomi, Nukiuchi. Test was all day including written - in Japanese ugh! This is the final portion. ???????????????????? ?
???????????????A big ass kabuto mushi we found when leaving an onsen resort in Lake Motosu (one of the Fuji 5 lakes of Mt Fuji). Sora didn't mind touching it a little; cousin Kanta wasn't too sure what to think of it; Kei wanted to know what it tasted like... "GET IN MY BELLY!!!"
For stress and fatigue-free traveling in Japan, ride on your visiting guest's luggage whenever possible. ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ????
A few clips mushed together - Mt Fuji & Suruga Bay over Numazu city from atop Kanuki-yama, sunrise over Washiyama and Mt Fuji from the beach in Shige, Numazu with with the wonderful miss Shizuka san and boy Sora.
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Thought I'd show the home viewers in the States what the boys are up to lately. Yes it's another one of my amateur iMovie creations, be warned. A kinda scary older brother body slam moment caught on tape, but thanks to poor aim and tough little brother no internal bleeding or anything as far as we can tell.
March '08 - just a little clip thrown together (so easy to do on a Mac!) for all the family and friends who made our first family of 4 trip to the States so wonderful, thanks everyone!
