Jodo Gasshuku in Bourgogne
21st and 22nd of May 2005
21st and 22nd of May 2005
After an interruption of 5 years, we resumed our gasshuku in Bourgogne with Alain Robert. 17 people participated, coming from Lyon, from Bourgogne of course and a small group from Switzerland (including Coco and Michel).
Training took place outside on Saturday afternoon with 2 groups, starting with Omote and above. It started raining exactly at the final salute and this continued until next day which forced us to continue training in the Dojo (quite small for the number of participants). Sunday was mainly dedicated to basic exercises as well as to several Uchi Komi. At the end of the gasshuku, an Embu was organized to make the less advanced participants familiar with the Ryu.
All together, we had meals with tasting of some regional wines and some home-made beers. We promised to meet again next year, hopefully with better weather.
Sylvain Creuzet, from France
Fédération Européenne de Jodo / European Jodo Federation