1. Class of 2009 being greeted by senior members of the Okinawa Karate Do Rengokai on their arrival at Naha International Airport, Okinawa.
2. Group photo of the Class of 2009 at the entrance to the Okinawa Prefectural Budokan.
3. Senior Instructors
Sitting, front from left: Minoru Higa, Vice-President (Kobayashi Shorin-ryu) Hanshi 10th dan Kyudokan; Isamu Arakaki, President (Kobayashi Shorin-ryu) Hanshi 10th dan Kodokan; Kotaro Iha, (Kobudo) Hanshi 10th dan Ryukonkai; Iken Tokashiki, (Goju-ryu Tomarite) Hanshi 10th dan Gohakukai; Zenpo Shimabukuro Vice-President (Shobayashi Shorin-ryu) Hanshi 10th dan Seibukan.
Standing, back from left: Ken Hamagawa, (Rengokai director); Yoshio Kuba, (Goju-ryu) Hanshi 9th dan Kenbukan Kenpokai; Yoshimasa Matsuda, (Kobayashi Shorin-ryu ) Hanshi 10th dan Myobukan; Tetsuo Shimoji, (Kobayashi Shorin-ryu ) Kyoshi 8th dan Shorinkan; Koichi Hirakawa, (Uechi-ryu) Kyoshi 7th dan Uechi-ryu Karate-do Shinkokai; Eiki Kurashita, (Goju-ryu) Hanshi 10th dan Eikikan Kokusai Goju-ryu Kobudo Federation; Kazuo Uezatomi (Goju-ryu Tomarite) Kyoshi 8th dan Gohakukai.
4. Senior Instructors
Left to right: Yoshio Kuba, Goju Ryu 9th Dan Hanshi; Zenpo Shimabukuro, Seibukan 10th Dan Hanshi; Seisho Itokasu, 9th Dan Uechi Ryu, 8th Dan (Technical Director) Matayoshi Kobudo.
5: Entrance to the Murasaki Village Karate Dojo, Yomitan, Okinawa.
6. Tsuyoshi Uechi, 9th Dan Isshin Ryu, training in the precincts of the shrine in Onoyama Koen, Naha, Okinawa.
7. Yoshio Kuba demonstrates his extensive knowledge of the applications of Goju Ryu kata.
8. Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei.
9. Seisho Itokazu Sensei.
10. Yoshio Kuba Sensei.
11. Minoru Higa 10th Dan Hanshi, Kobayashi Ryu, demonstrating kata applications at the Kyudokan Dojo, Naha, Okinawa.
12. Morio Higaonna Sensei 10th Dan Hanshi, Goju Ryu, teaching the class of 2009 at the Okinawa Budokan.
13. Minoru Higa Sensei at the entrance to his dojo, the Kyudokan.
14. Isamu Arakaki 10th Dan Hanshi, Kobayashi Ryu, President of the Okinawa Karate Do Rengokai.
2010 Budokan Seminars:
Rengokai Local Liason Officer:
Sensei Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei 10th Dan Hanshi (Seibukan)
CFA Local Representative: Ms. Miyuki Uehara
CFA Int. Representative (in Japan during seminars) Tel 81 80 3991 5610 E-mail davidokinawa0812@softbank.ne.jp
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