Yasu senpai's wedding photos

By
Congratulations to
Yasu and Utako's wedding on 10 May 2008.



Hello Yasu san, It's so nice to see your wedding photos!

For those who don't know Yasunori san,
he was our club senpai during 2003 to 2005 and has helped many Waikato members and beginners.
He also made a Japanese website for us and makes us famous in Japan!

Below is the mail from Yasu senpai on 30 August.


※

Hello Sam&Marleen.

It is great to hear from you! How have you been?

I attached my wedding photos, so please have a look. I have been thinking of sending you the photos much earlier, but I was too lazy....

My wife's name is Utako, same age as me.

It is great to know that John and Emily, and Lance and Ayako had married. Congratulations! Next wedding might be Jefferry and Yayi?

My new address is: ***** Hiroshima-city, Japan

BTW, I will be a father in April next year. Hope to have a cute child like Joyce!

Thank you very much for a wedding gift for me and my wife. I really appriciate your kindness.

Lastly, please say hello to everyone in the kendo club for me.

Regards!

Yasunori Matsuura

Comments

Unknown said…
Congratulation to Yasu senpai and Utako san and to their new coming child!!!

I still remember the fast and beautiful kote from Yasu senpai.

So honeymoon to New Zealand maybe?
haha.

ご結婚おめでとうございます!
12:38 am
Unknown said…
Yasu senpai!
Congratulaions on your beautiful marriage!

We are all waiting for you to bring your new bride to NZ and visit us- Just like you promised! haha.

I hope u guys have a very prosperous married life ~

We miss you heaps!

Ruby Huang
7:00 pm
Unknown said…
Thank you! Hope to cross shinai again!

Yasunori
12:30 am
Post a comment

Popular posts from this blog

2020 Kendo Beginners information

By
Image
Our first 2020 training (keiko) starts from Wednesday 8 January! 
You are warmly invited to join us and 
start your New Year resolutions as a Modern Samurai. 
--- Information for Year 2020 Beginners ---

Starting Dates:
Class A: 1.30 – 3pm Saturday 11 JanuaryClass B: 1.30 – 3pm Saturday 14 MarchClass C: 1.30 – 3pm Saturday 11 JulyClass D: 1.30 – 3pm Saturday 10 October
Note: The Class B is postponed one week (from 7 Mar to 14 Mar) due the the current corona-virus status. 

Course Information:
No previous experience required.Regardless of gender, ages from 8 to 80 are all welcome.First lesson is your Free trial.Fees: 99.00 — 10 weeks course (equipment rental included)Family discounts: the 2nd family member is 50.00, the 3rd one is 25.00, and from the 4th one is free.Full membership after the Beginner Class
Programme Objectives: 

By the end of the course, you will be ready to put on Bogu (armour) and start your Kendo journey as a modern Samurai!





Venue:
School of Education (SOE) Gym, Gate 4, Hill…
Read more

Koboitchi – 2019 Yamagami Sensei Seminar in New Zealand

By
Image
Photo Credit: Auckland Kendo Club
Original text in Chinese by Sam Tsai English Translation by David Pan 

This is the fourth time I have had the pleasure of attending Yamagami Sensei’s Kendo seminar.
In 2016, the seminar topic was about the fundamentals of kendo: The five sections of the shinai – Jin-Gi-Rei-Chi-ShinIn 2017, the seminar topic was regarding the “heart(mind) of self-control”, namely: 克己心 / こっきしん / kokkishin: the mindset of overcoming the self平常心 / へいじょうしん / heijoshin: everyday mind 不動心 / ふどうしん / fudoshin: immovable mind In 2018, the seminar topic is 三殺法 / さんさっぽう / San-satsu-no-ho or San-sappo 「竹刀・太刀を殺す」: Kill the sword 「技を殺す」: Kill the waza 「気を殺す」: Kill the spirit

The topic this year is 攻防一致 / Koboitchi. Most kenyu probably heard of it by the more classical term 懸待一致 / けんたいいっち / kentaiitchi, a realm or level of understanding which we hope to attain one day thru training. That said, how do we actually work on this in our daily training? I think this is a question that many ke…
Read more

2019 NZ Kendo Novice Championship Results

By
Image
The 12th New Zealand Kendo Novice Championship 9-10 November 2019
Acknowledgment 
We thank Jason Oh Sensei (6th Dan) from North Shore Kendo Club for his service as the Shinpan-cho (chief judge) and running the shinpan workshop in the Novice Champ. Huge thanks also go to Ben Chin, Makoto Kuroda, Naoko Stephenson, Walt Kim, Thomas Hong, Leo Lin, Luo Wen, Eric Viola, Ren Sayer, and Yoko Maruyama for their service as a shinpan. 
Shinpan workshop led by the Yondan Senpai 
This is the third time of Yon-Dan Division Shiai as a shiai demonstration for the novice Kendoka to learn from their high grade senpai but also providing an opportunity for these junior Kendo instructors to learn from each other in a shiai situation. We appreciate the efforts from all the participants: Naoko Stephenson (AKC), Wlat Kim (NSKC), Thomas Hong (NSKC), Luo Wen (WKC), Ben Chin (AKC), Ren Sayer (AKC), Yoko Maruyama (AKC), Eric Viola (AKC) and Leo Lin (WKC). 
Lastly, we thank Marleen Charng sensei for the efforts of orga…
Read more