Summer Gassyukku 2008 Album

 

It was such an honour to host YAGI Sensei for 4 weeks. We had a great time training, sharing stories, and of course an extra highlight of his trip was making music!!!!!!!!!
 

Did I mention this place had a view!!! After every class we would finish off with the classic Meibukai Shumatsu-undo!!
 

What a surprise it was to see Sensei Carl Wheeler and family on the Saturday of the camp. Alec and Julia have grown so much since the last time I saw them.
 

Sensei Paul Aniceto has come to PEI I think 4 or 5 times for Meibukai functions, with a pure heart and a will to succeed, Paul is the total Meibukai package!! Here Danielle Horne delivers a nice mae keri!
 

Brian Langendock first came to the 2003 PEI Gassyukku as a spectator, after a great experience, his friend Sensei Joe Puccia convinced him to try it out, now 5 years later he wears the Kuro-obi! Here he is mixing it up with our very own little BIG man, Tony Gao.
 

Saturday afternoon, we all headed to Liz and Jays house to view a showing of KURO-OBI, This is such a powerful film... For some of us, it had a deep emotional impact! Right Tim!!

YAGI Sensei is here explaining the finer points of conditioning the fore arm. Looking on is Sensei Steve Lyons and Sensei Tim Quance. Both Sensei Steve and Sensei Tim will be travelling to B.C. to train with Master YAGI Meitatsu the beginning of August.
 

Renzoku Kumite......... many students left the weekend with lots of memories and bruises. Lisa Carruthers is one of my very first students from the early 90s. She now teaches and runs the music dept for a private school in Pickering Ontario.
 

Another long-time MKD student, Margaret Horne is assisting KOHATA, Kiyoko of Tokyo, Japan. Kohata-san is inspired by the Meibu-kai teachings of the YAGI Family. Her dream she said is to have YAGI, Akihito sensei open a Meibukai Dojo in Tokyo.
 

 Dylan Chew has been with the MKD for many years, here he is seen fighting thirst, the heat and of course the bugs!!! A few weeks after this pic was taken Dylan was promoted to Shodan!