01/03/2007: "Mark Sterke Visit"

well once again, Jo has put together a brillant weekend of training both on and off the mat, Mark who travelled over from holland spent a incredible amount of time teaching and teaching, in over three diferent venues.
The friday was spent teaching advanced lessons for dan grades, in sho sho ryu, and iaido.
and on friday evening a grioup session was held at the Sandy dojo.
Saturday was spent at the Northampton dojo, where a full house was there to meet mark and train with Joe Carslake as well.
and Sunday saw the arrival of Mark over at Kevin Pell`s Norfolk Dojo to teach his students Sho Sho Ryu, many thanks to Nik and Luke who drove to help Jo with his ferrying around.
it was a fab weekend, with lots of teaching and lots of learning, and a great chance to see a demonstration of Koryu Jiu Jutsu.
It was also good to see Jo taking ukemi for everyone as usual however brown and blackbelts please note if jo has to go ahead with a operation on his shoulder, that means no Jo for six months!!!!, so get in there please and take the ukemi!!!. For those of you who trained for the three days well done. You certainly learned loads!!.
Vic Lucas