Legend Mirror

 To understand what Master Kawanabe is saying  you have to understand that to execute an Oizuki’ (basic stepping punch) properly is considered to be an art form in itself.
 
Understand his words in this context
 
To often we see a casualness regarding our development. True masters continue to seek to perfect the most basic of forms.

 Dear Rick sensei and Stewart san      First of all, Here I would like to offer my congratulation for Rick’s birthday.

At a recent promotion at Shihan Carl Thomas's dojo, I was moved and touched by the symbol of the old Legend school
 
The BLACK RING

As our belts go from Black to Grey some of the Black Rings have also turned silver.
BUT THE "RING" of the Legend Black Belt is slowly slipping away.
The Ring stood for those of us privilaged enough to belong to the inner circle of our "Family"
Yes Family.
We were known as the "House of the Legend"

At a recent promotion I was asked by one of our brown belts what the proper way to wear a Hakama is? How do you properly tie the hakama?
 
The question puts the cart before the horse because there are different kind of Hakamas and different ways of tieing it.
 
The picture above is of O'Sensei Lenchus's teacher Kawanabe Sensei during a demo at the 50th anniversity of the Kawanabe Budokan. You will notice a few things that are interesting, first his method of tieing and the color of white and the type of Harkama.
 

Today is Grand Master Lenchus Birthday. Let us all wish him a Happy Happy Birthday.

Everyone can kick and punch, but not everyone can do Kata
Gogen Yamaguchi
 
 

Shotokan Sensei Andrew Jarema passed away November 24th after suffering a massive heart attack. Sensei Andy was a good friend who invited my group into his dojo several years ago when the facility we were using was condemned as unsafe.
 

This amazing picture is if the Wasada University Winter School (1952) Kawanabe Sensei (Lenchus Sensei's Teacher) is the black belt second from the right standing. Master Tsutomu Ohshima the director of the SKA  is third from the left front row.

  "Silver Star"