sanno-sensei

Honbu Dojo practice with Sanno-sensei. Just two of us as everyone else was busy putting the finishing touches on the dojo itself; got all the trim on the shihan-seki (instructors' seating area) and cleaned up the office. Still have a pile of junk in the bathroom but we'll be ok for Saturday's official opening party.
Worked on the basics with Sanno-sensei and then ran through munazukushi. I've always hated that kata, but he got me thinking about the all-important weight transfer, and moving from the hips (not the arms), and it sort of felt like it came together a couple of times.
It's actually nice to feel progress, even after only two hours.
After practice everyone pitched in 1000 yen and we bought a bunch of food and bevvies and munched in the office. Niina-gosoke talked about how he was a hoodlum always getting in fights when he was young; somewhere in the Tokyo Police Station is his name and photo, taken during the various student uprisings and demos of the '60s.

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