Next, Mr. T of IHI Aikido Club began introducing the club. He gave a detailed explanation about the founding of the IHI Aikido Club, the day that Shihan Seki came for the first time, past training sessions, demonstration competitions, the 2006 Hamakaze invasion (lol), and training at the Hombu Dojo. At the end, the six members including Mr. T were introduced, and the content was very rich, conveying the passion of everyone in the IHI Aikido club and their gratitude to Mr. T.
For Hamakaze, the number of participants was the largest this time, but with the support of Mr. F, who is a photographer and recorder of Hamakaze, the introduction of Hamakaze was completed without any problems.
Among the self-introductions, I was especially impressed by Ms. T from Ukraine, Mr. S from USA, Mr. B from France, and Mr. E from Serbia who gave fabulous speech by expressing their gratitude to Seki Shihan and representatives of each group and to all the members who participated in this joint training camp.
I apologize for the length of this report, which is longer than the main event of this joint training as Keyword 1.
Keyword 3: Never knock on room number 250?
After all, in such a place where many people gather at once, there will always be someone who makes some kind of mistake (laugh).
As Ms. K of Muto-kai came back our hotel room with paled face, so I asked her what was going on. She replied that she had gone to check on her friend who were staying in another room and knocked on a door several times, but no answer, so she continuously knocked on the door even harder as she expected that her friend will answer however, after a while, Seki Shihan has answered the door knocking. (laugh)
It seems that she had mistaken room number 260 for the room she should have knocked on, but called Seki Shihan, who was staying in room 250 instead (sweat & laugh).
However, this story does not end there. About 5 minutes later, Mr. T from IHI knocked on the door of room number 250 several times by mistake. After a while, the person who answered the knocking was without a doubt Seki Shihan again (tears & laugh).
He could not take a break from his training and his private life.
At the last:
After economical regulation of Covid-19 was eased, although there were some participants who had to return home at the middle of the camp, total of 33 people participated the joint training camp in 2023successfully, and no one was injured during the two days of the training. The weather was fine for the two days, and all the participants seemed to have spent a fulfilling time with big smiles on their faces from start to finish.
I really hope that this wonderful event will continue with Seki Shihan and many others for permanently.
(translated by M)
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