Training with a Japanese Goju-Ryu dojo

[Wastelander]

Last week I was sent to the Los Angeles area for work, and since it was going to interrupt my training I knew I had to do something other than hotel room kata. I looked around at the martial arts schools in the area, and ended up contacting a Japanese Goju-Ryu (Seiwakai) dojo in Santa Monica. The person running the website was a student of the instructor there, but no longer lives in the area himself, so he sent me his sensei's contact information and I was able to arrange to train with them.

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Myself (white belt) with Vassie Naidoo, Shihan, and his students.

I enjoyed working with Vassie Naidoo, Shihan, and all of his students--they train hard, they are friendly, and they have strong karate. They also share their dojo with a Kyokushin group (several of the Goju-Ryu students cross-train with the Kyokushin group, as well) and I was able to meet some of them, too. I left with an open invitation to return, and I gave them an invitation to train with us if they are ever in the Phoenix area. If anyone is interested in more details about the training session itself, I'm putting it up on my blog. I just wanted to share a good experience here about karate bringing people together

[andym]

Well done the lot of you.

[sensei8]

This is why the MA is what it is; free for all to train with their fellow MAist,!!

Thanks for the picture as well!!

[bushido_man96]

Awesome stuff, it must have been a great time!