JUKF VISIT TO BOSTON SEPTEMBER 8 - 14, 2022
Arrival to Boston: September 8 3
JUKF delegation arrives in Boston at Logan Airport. have a welcomingdinner at The Mad Monkfish. The schedule the week approvedKarate training Boston sightseeing. Check the Kendall Hotel.
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5 Trip to Museum of Science in the morning where we saw the vaccine projectas well as exhibitions showcasing NASA, nautical engineering, the prehistoricdinosaur fossils, and the exhibition on mathematics in nature. DAY 2 - FRIDAY 9/9
6 Experiential Learning with the Arctic Adventure Exhibit: You're not simply toldabout the Arctic, you'll feel it! Also saw the astronaut experience with the Lunar Module Exhibit.
Establishing
the official partnership between Karateka in Boston and the Japan University Karatedo Federation (JUKF) at Fogo de Chão. 7
Karate training seminar for Dan exam students with Yamaguchi Sensei at MIT T-Club Lounge. Osada Sensei, Vice Chairman of JUKF helped explain tostudents the Dan exam details and requirements.8
Dinner with Karate students at Shy Bird in Kendall Square, followed bymoonlight sailing at the MIT Sailing Pavilion and a tour of the history of theboats and their engineering at the pavilion.
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Outdoor Karate seminar with Yamaguchi Sensei at Killian Court of MIT.DAY 3 - SATURDAY 9/1010
Lunch at Boston Burger Company in Harvard Square and tour of Harvard Yard. 11
It's a tradition to touch the foot of John Harvard's statue for good luck at Harvard Yard.
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Tour of Wellesley College and their student clubs fair on campus.
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14 DAY 4 - SUNDAY 9/11JUKF Promotions at MIT T-Club Lounge for Shodan, Nidan,Sandan students led by Osada Sensei.Yamaguchi Sensei and Nobukawa Sensei taught kata bunkai.
Nobukawa Sensei taught the Shito ryu version of Bassai Dai.Celebration lunch at The Mad Monkfish in Cambridge.
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Visit to the Aquarium in the morning, and visit to Plymouth Mayflower II to learn about this piece of US history. DAY 5 - MONDAY 9/1216
Discussion about Ikigai over lunch with Komine Sensei and Osada Sensei atPlymouth and understanding how to continue to learn and be a student nomatter what age you are in life. Discussion about differences between Karateand Karatedo, and how to create more ‘Karatedo-ka’ in the future, not justKarateka.
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DAY 6 - TUESDAY 9/13 18 Karate seminar at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Met with former Wellesley Karate Club President Ayusha Ariana. She is also the niece of the Peace Nobel Laureate 2006 Muhammad Yunus (the world's banker to the poor).
19Red Sox vs Yankees baseball game at Fenway Park.
20 JUKF delegation returns to JapanDAY 7 - WEDNESDAY 9/14
21Celebrating our friendship with gift exchange.
22 Yoshiaki Nobukawa Sensei Takashi Yamaguchi Sensei OsadaYoshiyukiSensei Hiro Komine Sensei When you look at life think in terms of karate.But, remember that karate is not only karate - it is life.-Gichin Funakoshi (Founder of Shotokan Karate-do, father of modern Karate)
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