New members...

Friday, November 12th was a full house at Maihama Dokokai. New members; Johnny, Atsuko-san, Makiko-san(Atsuko-san's daughter) and Takada-san were joined by 11 other guests/members including Ben West(7 week gasshuku visitor) for an hour of both basic techniques and tai ryoku training.




This being Ben's last Maihama training before leaving Ryu Dojo we thought it would be appropriate to have him do the traditional rounds of jiyu waza with all the present blackbelts. Ben survived and following the class we all went out for a Sayonara(Ben)/Welcome(4 new members)party.

Jim Dawes