OIKKA Karate Camp

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="05d785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Isshinryu Karate Do, Stamford Dojo</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamford Dojo"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="id233.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminar with Master Saini"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id235.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OIKKA Karate Camp (Saturday Morning and "><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="25660603.jpg"> <div> On the first night of the camp, there was a many hour warmup followed by Kotekitei conditioning.  This would be useful later in breaking.  Sensei Michael Reeves, World Breaking Champion instructed students in the finer points of Tamishiwara.  Sensei Gagnon participated in what eventually turned out to be a competition   regarding the number of boards which someone could break with various body parts.  On a rug surface, Sensei Gagnon broke eight boards on a wobbly stand without cinder blocks to hold the stack of boards.  There were no spacers.  Dr. Gagnon won the impromptu contest.  Later Sensei Reeves remarked that "Gagnon has arms like an Oak Tree."  This was to follow Gagnon throughout the weekend.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="25660603.jpg"> <div> <B>OIKKA Karate Camp</B><B> (Friday Night)</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="b0945b40.jpg" border=0 width="581" height="436" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="b0b45b40.jpg" border=0 width="581" height="436" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="b0d45070.jpg" border=0 width="581" height="775" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="reeves"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="b0f46080.jpg" border=0 width="582" height="776" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="b1146080.jpg" border=0 width="582" height="776" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="b1347b50.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>