Osu!
This is Joseph with Daidojuku. Just a little background information. I am a Daidojuku liason officer/foreign branch conflict resolutionist/translator for Azuma Jukucho and Daidojuku. I have trained at the Sohonbu in Ikebukuro and have been with the Daidojuku organization for 5 years and currently reside in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately, due to business, I will be unable to personally assist Jukucho on his visit to New York City. I saw that this forum site had quite a bit of information on his visit and wanted to clarify the reasons for his visit to the Big Apple.
First I would like to thank everyone who has expressed interest in Daidojuku and Kudo.
His visit to NYC is mainly informational. Jukucho had received quite a few emails from martial arts students in New York who were interested in learning more about Daidojuku and Kudo. As some of you may already know from emails, Columbia is holding a Kudo National Tournament. Since he would be traveling through the area he thought it would be a great opportunity to stop by New York City and meet those who were interested in our system. He will be traveling with several senpai, including Igarashi senpai who placed 2nd in the 2005 World Tournament.
He will be showing some video clips and explaining the Kudo style and answering questions. I believe Kudo Green will be doing the translating. The question we would like answered by any of you who attend is "Are you interested in pursuing Kudo as a martial art?" Please let us know what you think once you've attended the meeting.
Let me know if you would like a proper seminar to be conducted. I'm sure Azuma Jukucho and my senpai's would be delighted to conduct one. It would be good to have a matted area though, if anybody can provide or find one. Local YMCA perhaps? (not sure what their regulations are regarding martial arts)
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns:
daidojuku@gmail.com or post a reply
Wikipedia information on Daido Juku:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daido_Juku
English home page:
http://www.daidojuku.com/eng/home/index.htm
Thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
Joseph