Sensei Miyazato - International Tour 2023
Sensei Masatoshi Miyazato - 10th Dan Hanshi - has many responsibilities as the Director of Miyazato School; he represents the school not only in Argentina, where the Hombu Dojo is located, but also wherever he goes. Sensei Masatoshi Miyazato represents the entity in those countries where the school is invited to participate in special events, at the school's Dojos around the world, and to visit close friends who Sensei Miyazato has deep ties of affection and respect, as his family friend Sensei Seikichi Iha 10th Dan Hanshi.
Next Wednesday, August 2, Sensei Miyazato will begin an international tour focusing on the USA and Canada. He will be accompanied by a delegation of senpais: Mariano Montedoro, 8th dan; Danilo Gonzalez, 8th dan; Masashi Miyazato, 7th dan; Marcelo Sassi, 7th dan and Osvaldo Sauco, 5th dan.
The trip will last approximately one month and have multiple objectives that the Executive Committee of the Miyazato School has carefully planned.
Strong Bonds
Sensei Masatoshi Miyazato and his family always remind us of the strong bond of friendship that existed between Sensei Shoei Miyazato and his dear friend Sensei Seikichi Iha since their youth in Okinawa and as great practice partners at the Miyahira Dojo.
This bond of friendship has been so strong that today Sensei Masatoshi Miyazato is still as close to Sensei Iha as his own family. In this way, many students from the Miyazato School and the Beikoku Shidokan Association have learned what the teachers taught, generating many sincere friendships between the members of both institutions.
National Training Seminar 2023
In the USA, the institution led by Sensei Seikichi Iha organized the National Training Seminar, and the delegation of Miyazato School will participate in the NTS 2023.
The event will take place on August 4 and 5 in Lansing, Michigan and like every year, it will have guests from different parts of the world.
It is an excellent opportunity for the participants to learn Karate-Do and build and consolidate friendships.
Visit to the Dojo Alcobendas (CAN)
While Sensei Miyazato is in the United States of America, he will dedicate his time to interacting with the members of Miyazato School in that country. He will do the same when he goes to Canada, where he will visit the Dojo Alcobendas directed by the instructor Melisa Alcobendas, located in Milton - Ontario (CAN). There will be a series of training and integration activities during their stay.
Although this Canadian dojo is newly opened, it already has members of different ages and is characterized by the fact that, supported by the teaching program of the Miyazato School, it seeks family integration.
A clear example of this aspect is that Instructor Alcobendas enjoys teaching and practicing Karate-Do with her husband, Pablo Lamberti, and their little children.
Sensei Miyazato's trip to the northern countries will include many other activities related to institutional strengthening and, of course, the practice of Karate-Do Shorin Ryu Shidokan.
It will be a journey of several days in which those of us who could not accompany him personally will do spiritually through practice in our dojos. Here we will wait for his return, which will be just in time for the National Meeting of the Buenos Aires Zone that will be held in San Isidro on August 26 and 27, a reunion in which surely, apart from continuing to learn, we will be able to listen carefully to all the anecdotes about what Sensei and our colleagues experienced in this new international experience.
Until then and have a good trip!
Sergio Martinez – EMKD Instructor.