ICEHOT 2 :-D

Jaujau..... Icehot 2 is over, but the feeling of something very special remains. We arrived on sunday the 10th, unfortunatly without Steve Ubl sensei. He came a day late after a string of bad stuff on his flight. Good thing he was so awesome that he made up for the day he missed, many times over. His karate is so beyond anything i have ever seen from a shotokan karateka. The power, the way of applying techniques, the fluid and fast motions, the creativity of the bunkai, his politeness. All very impressive.

Richard Amos sensei was as usual impeccable. The trainings all in all was balanced and very, very informative. Add to that great weather, fabulous pasta, good location, beach-training, a decent tan and you understand why i am so excited. (Yes, i have decided to forget about the mosquitos and the crappy breakfast)

Other than that we need to find the handsome guy that talked the teachers into coming and made the superduper schedule........ (And give him a raise....... hihi)

;-D

Makotokai

Well, i am impressed.

The Makotokai (truth group) main dojo that i am visiting in Trieste is really impressive. Great facility, friendly people and excellent trainings. And whats even cooler: They will all fight and even small girls hit pretty hard.

I am taking notes and will definatly incorporate some of their drills into our classes. Looking forward to see a bunch of you guys on sunday. (Hopefully my tan will be better than the present by then, though)

:D

What smurf are you? (hihi)

Share your results when you are done.

ICEHOT 2 :-D

Our bi-annual gashuko in the sun is coming up shortly and i am very excited now.

Not only are we going to place that looks greener and more fab than Calpe, but this time we also have imported a worldclass teacher. NO!!!!! *TWO* worldclass teachers!!! :3D

Most of you guys met Richard Amos sensei last november and probably understood very well why i have travelled to train with him many times. This time he also brings the technical director of his organization. Steve Ubl sensei trained with Nakayama sensei in the early 70-ies. Ubl sensei is creating quite a buzz among the people who has trained with him, so i cant wait for this opportunity to train with the guy that i have heard described as "probably Nakayama sensei`s best student, ever..." - High praise coming from a japanese karate-instructor........(!!!)

This gashuko will also have visitors from as far away as Tanzania, California and Norway..... And for the first time, we will have a separate dangrade class. Exciting times, indeed. And for all the kyugrades: Keep the pedal to the metal and join in the dangrade class as soon as possible. Room for anyone at the top that is willing to do the work required.....

I am off a week early to get a fab tan and to train with an italian group in Trieste....

:-)

Handy?

Yeah, my new apartment is shaping up. Thanks to my extreme interior decorating skills i am dazzled with my layout of it all. And the new shelf...... Very impressive indeed. I enlisted Maggi to help me install it to perfection and it turned out perfectly. However, its the last time anyone should make anything from scratch. (The price of not shopping at Ikea is rather obvious, and we all question how they can make money with their great prices)

And now onto the more pressing issue...... (I am running out of dishes...... hihi) So, if u know anyone that can be trusted to install a dishwasher, i am all ears.... It needs to have the hoses routed through some cupboards and connected to the water in and out under the sink.

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NEW APARTMENT!!!

Wow!!! Do i ever feel adult now, or what??? (Atleast when i think about that i bought an apartment......hihi) Its a little bit on the small side (42 sqm) but in a decent location and it has a proper oven, shower, cabletv and finally i am getting seriously connectted to the net again. All good.

Moving, though..... Not my favourite thing in the world...... Ohwell, the stuff lives at my new place and i am off to New York for almost 2 weeks.

:3D

Countdown....

Weeee.......

1st of may i am off to train at the WTKO Honbudojo.

3rd of june, off to Trieste to train with Koike Yutaka`s hero, Paolo Bolaffio.

And on the 27th of june, 10 icelanders go and make Norway unsafe.

All good. (feel free to help me count down, btw..... hihi)

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