I had a great time in the class. F. is a lot of fun, very kind person. At first I was a little bummed it was not swords, I have already done quite a bit of that. Serendipity stepped in i ended up with a lefty for a partner. Here is where I screw up the name, (I am horrid with names)My partner was Raberta, we had a good time working with each other. When you work right handed it is an terrific challenge to rethink things on how they would need to be adjusted to deal with the moves on the left. i had a great time playing with that. thanx Raberta! 

F was one of the sword masters for the series. He also has a lot of great stories and is happy to share them. I was lucky to run into him at the bar one night and hear some of his tales. 

We met a couple of them, very nice group of people.

The woman in pink was my partner. you meet so many people from around the world over the weekend, it's really hard to keep them all straight. 

I really enjoy hanging out with everyone but i loved the different events and workshops this time. 

Mary sheparded us to a really good steakhouse one night, we promptly repaid her by loosing her on the way back. 

Some of us who were still around the next week were invited to come watch their friday night fight. the students get together to spar. Durring the evening we could not use flash for obvious reasons. It made for some cool shots in my opinion.

I gotta figure out a way to fit in getting back to the dojo. So much to do so little time.