Thailand is good for me.... not good for Wado Ryu as far as having an instructor here. We are trying to get Takamasa Arakawa here next December for a workshop. I hope it works out.honoluludesktop wrote:Hi Mike, I did see his schedule. There are now 2 Wadoryu dojos in Honolulu. Sensei Guy and I were in college together, but I see that Shiomitsu is now associated with the new instructor. When Guy broke away from Hirano, he went to Japan, trained with Ohtsuka, and registered with Wadoryu. I will ask him when we meet.
How is Thailand working out for you?
Mr. Shiomitsu was conducting workshops for JIKC in the past. Will he not be doing that now that Mr. Hirano has passed on?
I would also suggest trying to glean as much as you can from this forum. As has been mentioned, there are some people with lots of knowledge. Finding out who they are is not easy because of nicknames, etc. Once you find them they can be helpful. Kind of like Grasshopper and Master at times, though.
I don't know how much it would help, but Pat Nakata also trained under Ohtsuka Meijin in Japan before changing to Chibana's system. You could try and contact Mr. Nakata and ask him.
Good luck with it.
Mike