Day 732: It's a summer tradition ...

It's a summer tradition ...

first we designate a hot summer weekend day...

then negotiate a large local gym, 

to host over 200 karate-ka, and ...

we meet for 4 hours of hard work.

Under the direction of Demura Sensei.

See the 4 minute preview of his documentary here.

We call it ... Super Summer Seminar.

Extensive training and  conditioning ...

in kata and kumite.

An annual summer tradition.

To prove it, here we were in 1991,  23 years ago ...

Racquetball World, Demura and Nishimura Sensei, 1991

and here we are today ...

Demura Sensei, Yudansha and juniors

too many to ...

Demura Sensei, Brown, Green Belts and juniors

fit in one photo ...

Demura Sensei and juniors

And when it's done ...

Mas

you sit on a rock and smile!

A smile for Monday ...