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1990 Jeri Jeri supervised dojo construction even on the coldest of days. Woody likes to talk about the hotpot being taller than she was. She was a tough kid though and loved working construction 1990
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1999 Sayonara Dinner This Italian meal for Kaminoda and Osato Sensei was topped off by a duck. I hope to share this story elsewhere in the website. 1999
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1999 W Kaminoda Sensei Kashima with Kaminoda S. His room after hours often were instructive... if I only had eyes at the back of my head. When it comes to jutte and expandable baton, no one is more adept than Kaminoda S. 1999
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2000 Kashima 2 Doc and I were asked to do a demo for everyone. The floor had a board missing that we deftly avoided. When offering feedback, Sensei suggested that we use the center of the floor... ah well. Doc did a great job! 2000
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2000 Kashima War songs anyone! Yup, there's a story here. 2000
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2002 Aiuchi Woody and Tom practicing at the fall seminar. Woody's back hand is out from the body and the right hand appears to have a nice gyakute grip. Tom's cut and distance are excellent. 2002
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2007 Kenjutsu Kashima Tom's kamae dropped a bit with the jet lag. 2007
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2007 Oldies Collage left: Zenkachi with Doc
middle: Kuritsuke
right: Kaminoda S. correcting waka no kamae 2007
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Kashima Private Training Kaminoda Sensei discussing maai jodo
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1981 Shaman There's quite a story here. It isn't budo related per se although my senior Bruce Brown is at the center of the story. Budo borrows heavily from Buddhism and Japanese animism. This story had a budo lesson that I hope to write about elsewhere on the site. 1981
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1998 Kashima Catch a tiger by the toe.... 1998
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1980 Wedding Shot Kaminoda S. was one of the dignities at Yuri's and my wedding. I still remember getting the knife stuck in the cake and wondering if he was observing poor form! 1980