> Overall we are both very glad and very proud to be apart of the Go
> Ju Ryu martial arts. Not just because of the art, but because we
> made new friends, learned some of the history, and to actually train
> under an Okinawan sinsea. Plus it is great excercise!
>
>

You are so lucky! I'm jealous!! Seriously I could not dream of a better way
to get started than the way you are doing it. The head of the style I study
is in Okinawa ( Naha ) and I hope to travel there someday to study with him.
Seminars etc. are fine but to go every day & study! I'm glad to hear that
the Dojo is so good. It is true that people who study Karate have two
families. You have your own family that you live with and such and another
family that is your Dojo family. Enjoy!

................Tom...................