Kyokushin-kan Mitsumine Falls Camp
November 26, 2006

Above, Kancho braves the icy cold water of Mitsumine falls where Mas Oyama often practiced meditation.

Below, Shihan Okazaki takes us through three hours of kihon, ido, and kata training on the first afternoon of the camp. (More captions below.)

South Africa's Hennie Bosman can be seen here (front) practicing kihon from kiba dachi.

Here Okazaki Shihan instructs Naifanchin-shodan, an old kata that's a new one for us at Kyokushin-kan.

Above: Michael Ding Soon Ming, Branch Chief in Malaysia.

Sensei Ebete Gana is a Kyokushin-kan Branch Chief from Congo.

Sensei Nathan Ligo is a Kyokushin-kan Branch Chief from America.

Shihan Shin Tae Kyeun is a Kyokushin-kan Branch Chief from Korea.

Sensei Wandile Ncapai, Branch Chief in South Africa, just brought us 11,000 new members from the ailing Matsui group.

Above, we pay our respects before morning training at a memorial to Sosai Mas Oyama located at Mitsumine Shrine.

Here we are barely visible running at the start of our 6 AM morning training.

Kancho leads the kihon.

Shihan Shin Tae Kyeun from Korea poses here at Sosai's memorial at Mitsumine.

The interior of Mitsumine Shrine where we were visitors in a service rooted in Japan's Shinto tradition to gather strength and ask for success for Kyokushin-kan in the upcoming year.

Dinner.

We all took our turns braving the icy waters of Mitsumine Falls. Here we encourage South Africa's Shihan Hennie Bosman to persevere.

And finally, a group picture with Kancho after the hike down the mountain.