2013 ISKF Master Camp

[blacknebula]

Well I did it - mailed my registration for camp today! My Sensei's eyebrows about hit the roof when I told him I was going. He has only been once, when he was testing for Godan a couple of years ago. But a lot of people say that going as a kyu rank is the best time to do it because the classes are so much smaller, I really enjoyed the (different) camp I did last summer, and my husband was able to get the time off to look after the kids while I'm gone, so I decided to go for it.

[bushido_man96]

Have a good time, and make sure to give us a rundown of how it went, and what all you got to do!

[DWx]

Sounds awesome Do you know who's going to be teaching? What kind of stuff do you get up to?

[blacknebula]

I will definitely post a summary after I return.

The headlining instructors are Senseis Teruyuki Okazaki (ISKF), Yutaka Yaguchi (ISKF), Hideo Ochi (JKA Germany), Masaru Miura (SKI Europe), and Shunsuke Takahashi (TSKF Autrailia/New Zealand). However, I suspect they will mostly be teaching the black belts and the coloured belt classses will be taught by the ISKF technical commitee members - who are all 7th and 8th so pretty awesome too! I don't know exactly what we will learn, but with four hours of training every day for a week, I'm sure I will learn LOTS! There are also technical lectures in the evenings, and a tournament at the end.

[DWx]

Does sound good. Sounds like you'll be exhausted by the end though

[sensei8]

Have fun and enjoy the teachings under some of the most noted karateka's around the world!! I look forward to reading about your experiences!!

[blacknebula]

Less than a week now until I go! I am simultaneously excited and terrified.

[Wastelander]

I'm looking forward to hearing about your experience--be sure to write things down! I haven't been able to attend any camps, myself, only seminars with individual people, so I enjoy hearing about things like this.

[blacknebula]

I'm back! It was a crazy and cool experience. I trained with many different and awesome Senseis and learned so much. I tried to keep notes but even by the end of the class I would start forgetting or mixing things up. I met a bunch of really amazing people from all over the world. I have not been so tired since my children were infants and am still sore 3 days later. I attended about 25 hours of training in 7 days. I totally hit the wall on the afternoon of the 5th day but I made myself push through and for some reason day 6 was easier. The last day was a tournament and there weren't many adult female brown belts so our division didn't take very long. I make a mistake in my kata (Bassia Dai) at one point so I came in last but oh well - I'm reasonably sure I will never make that mistake again LOL. My sparring still sucks and I lost in about 20 seconds but at least I'm not afraid anymore. Not sure what else to say - if anyone has specific questions please let me know and I will do my best to answer them!

[sensei8]

Sounds like you had a blast across the board! Welcome back!