Minato Dojo had a great four days at the Augsburg, Germany, training with Morita sensei and Oshita sensei. Henry Schubert sensei and Oliver Bischoff sensei organised a fantastic event, and our sincere thanks go to them (and Henry's wife Diana). attendees were from the USA, Russia, Poland, UK, Switzerland, Holland, Finland, Italy, and of course Germany!
I am not sure who else was there, but I believe there were up to 11 countries in attendance.
The Minato team, were:
Doug Evans (Sensei)
Wayne Edgar (Senpai)
Hugh Carrol (Senpai)
Steve Edgar
Dave Bentley
Rob Sidoli
along with our regional senior instructor Anna Stone (Sensei).
We were joined by members of:
Edingburgh Genbukan (Dave McLean sensei, Dave Hickey and Matt Bielby) and
Katumushi dojo (Stuart Shireff sensei, Jamie Kit, and Femi Wood).
We also had reasonable results in the Taikai.
All in all a great weekend, and I am sure the guys road trip in the people carrier, was enjoyable, and stories could be told!
It was great to see Andy Watson sensei there assisting the Shinden people, and of course our national seniors Fay Goodman and Peter West senseis.
(Photo Courtesy of Nancy James)
