Ashihara dojo above the polecircle

[Azimuth]

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Who knows any other dojos in odd places ?

[vapor]

Hope the dojo is heated!!

vapor

[ksan]

Originally Posted by vapor

Hope the dojo is heated!!

vapor

Me too... would be nice to go there for some sessions though Osuksan

[Nix]

Neat-o! I had no idea there was a dojo that far north. Is Sensei Per Backman their official branch chief, then? As of their website, they travel to Tierp for their graduation. Which is nearly 1200 km (745 miles). Did someone say dedication?

I big osu goes out to our fellow karateka in Kiruna!

[Azimuth]

Just saw they organize a wintercamp ....

[nzproud]

How cold is it going to be o_O?

Here is a swedish ashihara karate website.
ashihara-karate.se | index

[smoothsake]

Don't let that video fool you... that's sunny Los Angeles, not the Arctic Circle.

[Martin H]

Kiruna in the winter is cold! Very, very, cold! I think the record there is about -50 C (-58 F). -30 is common.
But heating and house insulation are good :-)

Interesting trivia. they are going to move the whole city over a couple of years. They want to expand a mine under its current position, so they are building a completely new one a few miles away, tearing down the old.

They have a shin-kyokushin dojo there too.

Living in the north of sweden (middle actually, but tell that to the people in the south), and having roots not that far away from kiruna, I dont find it all that exotic :-)
Tromsø in norway is actually even further up north than kiruna, and there is a kyokushin dojo there.

I think I heard my shihan said something about him maybe going as a guest instructor to that camp in kiruna. Not sure. I may mix up the camps.

[jolut]

Osu,
@martin. If your shihan is Nygren, he's going to a camp in the end of october to Boden. Only 200 km from Kiruna
Kiruna is nice if you like snow. They usually get a lot of it.
In Kiruna they do Kyokushin, judo, Ashihara (2 dojos, NIKO and sabaki-do) and jujutsu.

[Martin H]

Originally Posted by jolut

Osu,
@martin. If your shihan is Nygren, he's going to a camp in the end of october to Boden. Only 200 km from Kiruna

That was it. Well, you know how it is, we are talking northern sweden so 200km are nothing. easy to get it wrong :-)

[jolut]

only a half a days trip to buy a hot dog

[Nix]

Actually, when the temperature goes below a certain degree (I'd say -10 C/14 F) it doesn't feel as cold anymore. The reason for this, is that the air get's "dryer", because the water in the air freezes - thus you are not exposed to the cold waterr in the air. Something like that, it's a long time since I had physics, but I know this from my own experiences.

Translation of the invitation above:

Kiruna Ashihara Dojo hereby invite all full-contact styles to the open Ashihara Karate camp. Sensei Per Backman, branchchief of the Tierp and Kiruna dojo, will be the competence of the camp (?).

December 7, 2007: Grading
December 8 - 12: Camp
Price: 350 SEK (54 USD/38 EUR)

Accomadation will be in the clubs second dojo for a small sum of 150 SEK/night (23 USD/16 EUR)
Payment must be made on giro 993 167 983-2 clear no: 8201-6 no later than November 30.

If any of you Swedes have a better translation, feel free to correct me.

[Dreaz]

There is 2 more ashihara above the arctic cirlce; Wolverine Dojo (Jokkmokk) and Kiruna Ashihara Karate (Kiruna) I have a to low postcount to post links but will add links as soon as I get enough.

[Azimuth]

Dear Dreaz -san , it was Kiruna dojo we were referring to ; )


:: Jokkmokk Karate - Ashihara Karate Sabaki-Do ::
Here the link to Jokkmokk unfortunately only in swedish .

[Dreaz]

There are 2 Ashihara dojos in kiruna, one Sabai-Do and one NIKO.