Hi Ken and Barb,

Hokama Sensei techniques is excellent. He is a true Karate master of
the "Old ways". Last year I stayed at his Dojo and trained and he
answered all of my questions. Very knowledgeable man, very nice
man. He is at my home at the moment staying with me. I'll tell him
hi for you. Best to you in your training.


Luis Morales


--- In gojuryu@y..., "sleek_silvia" <sleek_silvia@y...> wrote:
> Good evening ladies and gents-
> My name is Ken and my wife's name is Barb. I am currently in the
> Marine Corps and stationed in Okinawa Japan. We have been here
since
> January 2000 and this past March we finally got into martial arts.
> There are many different disciplines to choose from on base and
off,
> but when my father-in-law came to visit, he told us about a dojo
that
> his friend had gone to. And with the help of an Okinawan friend of
> mine we found the dojo that my father-in-law was talking about.
> We found the dojo in Nishihara, and after watching the first
night,
> we decided to join. So far studying Go Ju Ryu under Hokama Sinsea
> has been very exciting. We are currently the only Americans in the
> dojo. Everyone else in the dojo speaks a little bit of English,
but
> with time we are slowly understanding the Japanese language and
> culture. Everyone in the dojo is also very friendly and helpful.
> Some of the Okinawans are trying to teach us Japanese and Hogan
which
> is a little tricky.
> 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!
>
> Ken P