Happy New Year from Sensei Watanabe

Hello dear friends and colleagues,

I hope you are all doing very well and have nice projects on this very special time of the year. Few words to let you know that I have had the great pleasure and honor to speak to Watanabe Sensei on december 24th. Sensei was doing fine after a safe and good journey back to Fukuoka. He has nearly completely recuperated of the jetlag.

The weather in Kukuoka was not too cold but humidity is all around. He hopes to be able to visit his Sensei around the end of the month. You may remember that he was not able to do so last year for his sensei was very sick and was in hospital and did refuse.  

Sensei is quite busy and the day I spoke to him, he had a supper planned with former karateka colleagues. Sensei asked me to send to all of you his best regards and good wishes for a Happy New Year !!!

I will send you other news and updates following my next call to Sensei ¨ to all of you my good friends and karateka colleagues. To those who will train on January 1st, I say  ''See you then''. To the others I  say ''

See you very  soon ''

Very truly yours, HAI

News from the Sensei.

Dear friends,

I just spoke to Sensei for I called him to say good bye and to wish him a safe journey back to Montreal.I want to share with you my deepest concerns because when I asked him about his spirit, this is his answer:

"I feel bad. I feel like going to prison after a death sentence. I think about this business (the pub) beeing closed because of my fault. It is so bad"

Please take good care of Sensei when you will welcome him.See you all in two weeks time.

Very sincerely yours,
HAI

Our Shorinryu katas by Sensei Watanabe

Sensei Watanabe: the Shorinryu katas.
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Sensei Watanabe.

Sensei Watanabe was born in Fukuoka, Japan. A direct student of Master Nakano, he began trainning at the age of 13, and has not stopped since. He came to Montreal in 1966, and began teaching Shorin-Ryu Karate in Canada.Many students have trained under our Sensei, and have themselves become teachers. They have opened schools internationally, in places such as Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Grande Prairie, Alberta, and in 6 cities across Norway. Master Watanabe often visits them, teaching them and their students directly, so that the Shorin style is preserved in it's true form.

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Sensei Watanabe est née à Fukuoka, au Japon. Un élève de Maître Nakano, il a commencé le karaté à l'âge de 13 ans et n'a pas cessé depuis. Il est venu à Montréal en 1966 et a commencé à enseigner le style Shorin-Ryu au Canada. Beaucoup d'étudiants ont été formés par notre Sensei, et sont eux-mêmes devenu enseignants. Ils ont ouvert des écoles internationals, dans des lieux tels que Plattsburgh, NY, Grande Prairie, Alberta, et dans 6 villes de la Norvège. Sensei Watanabe les visite souvent en enseignant en personne à leurs étudiants pour ainsi préserver la pureté du style Shorinryu.