Following is a brief report by Tony and Mary Anne Orlando on their
visit to England:
We were fortunate enough to have been able to
travel to England to attend a seminar taught by Yamada Sensei. The seminar
was held in a multi purpose building in a suburb of London. We were
delighted to see that the mats were similar to the mats we are accustomed
to in the States, not like the rock hard tatami mats we saw (felt) in
Japan! The workout, however, was very similar to the workout we
experienced with Yamada Sensei in Japan. It was a non-stop aerobic workout
from start to finish. Techniques were first demonstrated by Yamada Sensei,
who executed each with perfect body movement. The movements from which he
generates his power was the focus of the seminar ; the strong natural body
movements developed through the Judo Taiso exercises. Yamada Sensei
demonstrated how all properly executed techniques are made possible
because of correct basic initial movements. We then worked on the
techniques while John Waite Sensei and Yamada Sensei helped each of us.
The seminar ended with the higher ranked students executing techniques
individually. Everyone that we worked out with were enthusiastic, friendly
and very dedicated to their Sensei, John Waite. We are also very grateful
for the help, counsel and guidance Sensei John and Pepi Waite have
graciously provided us with over the years we've known them. |
