Local Shotokan Instructors & Students:

I just wanted to make this one final announcement to remind you
that March 3 is the deadline for the discounted rates on seminars.
If you can get your check in within the next couple days, I can
offer you the discounted rates. But you must reply by email
BY MARCH 3 with names of participants and # of sessions to attend
to secure the lower rates. No need to decide in advance exactly
which sessions you will attend. And you can always pay at the
door for additional sessions once you see for yourself what
an amazing opportunity these seminars are.

I have been having some great conversations with some of the other
instructors recently. The history of Sensei's Cruz, Friederich,
Yabe and Ubl are amazing. And of course other very highly-regarded
instructors will teaching as well. This is going to be one of
the highlights of Shotokan training anywhere, ever. I urge you
to take full advantage of this event taking place so close to
you.

Please consider who is planning to attend, not as event instructors:

*We have a senior black belt coming from the UK to participate.
*We may have someone planning to come who competed against some
of the top JKA instructors in the World Championships in the
early 1970's.
*We have several people who have themselves trained in Japan for
anywhere from a few months to several years flying in from
various locations across the US.

Please note as well that this event is endorsed by some of the
seniormost Shotokan instructors in the world who have lived in
Japan and had wanted to join us but could not due primarily to
scheduling conflicts. Regardless of rank and years-in
experience (which in itself is impressive) the collective
knowledge of the instructors at this event is truly beyond compare.

Those of you who have already taken advantage of the Hoitsugan
Seminars I event here in 2004 and/or past individual seminars I
have arranged including those with Senseis Yabe, Ubl, Amos,
Berger and more, know that every effort should be made to
attend as many sessions as possible.

If you are an instructor, it goes without question that you
are going to attend this event.

If you are a student, please discuss with your instructor(s)
which sessions seem like they might be most beneficial for you.

Please note that the fees for these sessions is DRASTICALLY
less than you should expect to pay normally for access to
such instructors, as they are all paying their own expenses
for this event and not requiring their usual minimum fees.

And also please note that sessions 15 and 41 by Hoopes Sensei
are open to non-martial artists as well, as his focus in these
sessions is primarily on stretching, breathing, etc. If
there are parents bringing their kids to this event, they
may want to consider attending these sessions themselves.

Please note: I am sending this email out to only a limited
number of people. So please forward this information to your
dojo and anyone else you know who might be interested. I
am sure that they will be happy you did. I do not want to
hear dozens of people again this time tell me they would have
loved to attend this event if they had known about it in
advance...

Please see below and the website for additional information
and let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Jon Keeling
JKA of Silicon Valley

Jon Keeling (JKASV) wrote:

> (Please see the bottom of this email for updated comments if you
> have already seen this announcement)
> ----------------
>
>> =============
>> "The ULTIMATE Shotokan Karate training opportunity!"
>>
>> Would you like to go to Japan to train at Shotokan's source?
>>
>> Don't speak Japanese? Too expensive and time-consuming?
>>
>> If you could roll together the best of training in Japan over the past
>> 50 years and have it described, explained and demonstrated to you in
>> English, how interested would you be in that?
>>
>> For the third time, a total of over a dozen instructors, all of whom
>> lived and trained in Japan, will come together to teach as a
>> collective unit. This event will involve 14 to 16 instructors teaching
>> a total of 47 seminars over a 5-day period. Many of these instructors
>> trained directly with Nakayama Sensei prior to his passing in 1987.
>> Most lived in Japan for many years and have gained experiences that
>> may be invaluable to your own training. The Hoitsugan Seminars have
>> set a new standard of excellence. This event is a MUST for all those
>> serious about improving their ability in and understanding of Shotokan.
>>
>> Some of our Elite Instructors Include:
>>
>> Richard Amos • Michael Berger • Vincent Cruz • Gary Friederich •
>> Aaron Hoopes • Steve Ubl • James Yabe
>>
>> For more information, please see the attached flyer and the
>> following web page:
>>
>> http://www.hoitsugan.com/hoitsuganseminars3.html
>>
>> Additional reading about the Hoitsugan Seminars:
>> http://www.theshotokanway.com/hoitsuganseminars2005.html
>> http://www.artofzenyoga.com/skm.htm#art-5
>> http://www.wayoflifekarate.com/hoits05.htm
>>
>> Want a preview? Please see the following for information about the
>> DVD from the 2004 event:
>> http://www.hoitsugan.com/hoitsuganDVD.html
>>
>
> Please note that the deadline for the seminar prepayment
> discount has been extended to March 3. If you are a
> full-time student, you can take advantage of a triple
> discount if you send in your payment now for 4 or more
> sessions. The best deal, though, is signing up for the
> entire event. Imagine training with so many instructors
> who have devoted so much time and effort into living
> and training at the source in Japan, in up to 30
> different seminars. There really is nothing else to
> compare to the Hoitsugan Seminars...
>
> http://www.hoitsugan.com/hoitsuganseminars3.html
>
> Every serious Shotokan practitioner within driving distance
> should be at this event and many are flying in from as far
> as several thousand miles away to attend this. Please do
> not miss this amazing opportunity.