Daigo Sensei with SFJI

Daigo Sensei was a very good friend of Mits Kimura.

We all hope that we can still be active at Daigo Sensei's age

He is 86 years old.

Good Job Cedric and Kevin for the 3 weeks of hard training.

Sensei Daigo était un ami intime de Mits Kimura.

Nous espérons tous pouvoir continuer le judo au même que Daigo Sensei.

Il a 86 ans.

Bravo Cédric et Kevin pour ces 3 semaines d'entrainement intense.

Daigo Sensei - practising Osoto Gari.

Daiso Sensei - Practising Ippon.

We are leaving Japan - Nous partons de Tokyo.

Ils pleurent - Sniff - Sniff

Cedric & Kevin - Nara on Bicycle

Notre dernier jour - Visite de Nara.

We visited the original capital of Japan - Nara.

Cedric & Kevin relaxing under the sun

The rainy season is over - 10 days earlier than expected.

Blue skies - 35C - Ideal day to play with water and get

a tan.

Mito - the Team that we were supposed to meet

Originally we were supposed to go to Mito but because of the

Fukijima catastrophe we decided not to go to Mito High School.

William went for a one day visit.

17 athletes - only four of them are under 73 kg.

The rest are all above 81kg with 3 judoka at 110kg.

There are only 16 years old.

Nage no Kata done by kids at Kodokan

A kids' tournament was taking place at the Kodokan.

Prior to the competition, there was a Kata contest performed by the kids.

The Doctors' Judo Team from Akita University

Today, we trained with the Medical students for a couple of hours.

Visite of the Samourai Houses at Kakunodate

Un fabricant de sandalles.

De très vieilles maisons.

Notre Table au Ryokan de Yokote est réservée.

Our table was reserved - a Pantagruel dinner was served.

Yokote Judo Team

Yokote Judo Team

Visit of Yakote High School

Yakote's students

Sensei are discussing Judo technique.

Honjo High School dormitory - Hiragana Lesson

We spent the night at the Honjo High School dormitory house.

Cedric savoure sa glace.

Kevin is trying to understand the Hiragana lesson.

Honjo Diner Time

Tonight's Menu

Our various dishes

Honjo High School Judo Team

Honjo High School Judo Team

Two Japanese femal judoka are comparing the abs of the frenchies

with the Japanese one.

Honjo High School Judo Practice

Agatsuma Sensei William is in a difficult position

We are warming up with some rhythmic music

Honjo High School Dojo and the Judoka High School.

Uchikomi Practice

Conditioning exercises at the end of the Judo practice.

Honjo High School Visit

We took the train and went an hour south of Akita

to Honjo City where we spent the night at the Honjo High School.

Along with Judo, they have a very strong baseball team.

Dinner with Sannohe Sensei

Sannohe Sensei with his wife took us to a restaurant where they serve Japanese Beef.

A very fine dinner, the meat was amazingly tender.

Un superbe dinner en companie de Sannohe Sensei et de sa famille.

Une nourriture fine, une viande exquise.