As I was travelling to France from December 17 to January 6, I had the great pleasure to meet and train with my old Budo buddies from a long time ago...
I got to train twice with the Kendo club of Friville Escarbotin .
My friend and instructor Francis Hollier, originally a Judoka, founded the Kendo club 30 years ago. I started to train with him in 1989 just back from Korea. Since then, I have tried to go train with him at least once a year...
From Left to Right : Pascal Barraud, Frederic Lecut, Abel Brunet, Francis Hollier.
The four of us were training together 25 years ago in Kendo, Tai Jitsu and Tai Chi... After 22 years in the USA, I can go back to France and meet these guys, it is just as if I had left them last week !
While I was training in Kendo under Francis, he asked me if I would like to open a Tai Jitsu class. Which I did, under supervision of Jean Luc Lemoine, who was teaching in Rouen, 90 km South of Friville. I was not a black belt at the time and could only teach under supervision of a licensed black belt instructor.
On January 3, at Jean Luc's request, I had the pleasure and honour to teach a Yoshukai Karate Class for the Tai Jitsu club of Normandie...
Everyone had a great time...
Once you have practised Budo for years and years, there should be a realization that maybe this is not at all about fighting, but rather about making peace.
Unless you are able and ready to fight, it is going to be difficult to live in peace.
Faithfull friends are part of this...
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