Unfortuantely, I very sure that I probably won't be able to make it to
Ubl Sensei's seminar. However, my vote's definetaly in for you
(Keeling) coming down here on Sunday.



--- In UCSCShotokan@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Keeling (JKASV)" <Jon@...>
wrote:
>
> bnolen63@... wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anyone know if visitors can watch ubl sensei's training this
weekend? I
> > am unable to train, but would love to be in the dojo watching.
>
> http://www.jkasv.com/dojo/events/subl.html
>
> A $5 donation is suggested from those there to watch.
> Believe me when I say that watching a class taught by Ubl Sensei
> is both very exhilarating and very frustrating. Actually, being in
> the class is as well... Watching, you would definitely feel
> the excitement and see the educational value of his teaching.
> But you will feel frustrated for not being in the middle of
> the action, participating in the class. (If you are in the class,
> you may feel a little frustrated seeing that a person can actually
> do what he explains we should be doing, but unable to do it
> well yourself)
>
> In case you didn't already pick up on this from Willson Sensei and
> myself already, this is the guy to train with. Remember Takahashi
> Sensei, who used to show up to teach when almost nobody else
> came to class at UCSC? Well he was nothing compared to Ubl Sensei.
> I have trained with almost all the most highly-ranked and
> highly-regarded Shotokan instructors on the planet and can tell
> you that ALL OF THEM could learn something from this man.
>
> There are people who would be more than happy to pay $200 for a
> class with him. And I have been offered $10,000 for the videotape
> of the class that he taught one evening during the Hoitsugan
> Seminars in 2004 where several of us who had spent many years
> living and training in Japan declared that the best class we
> had ever had, anywhere.
>
> Too late to plan the trip up this weekend? You will get more
> chances to train with him at the Hoitsugan Seminars in March.
> But please be forewarned that those classes will be much less
> personal than these this weekend, as there will be many more
> people at the event in March.
>
> Hope to see many of you from Santa Cruz at the seminars this
> weekend. And if you know others doing Shotokan elsewhere, please
> let them know about the Hoitsugan Seminars now, particularly
> if they may need time to arrange the trip from elsewhere.
>
> How many people would be interested in me coming down to teach
> this coming Sunday? It may be the last chance before my
> 2nd hip surgery...
>
> Blog regarding my hip condition, surgery and recovery:
> http://jon.chriskeeling.com
>
> Jon Keeling
> www.jkasv.com
>