June 26th to 28th I attended a ju jitsu camp arranged by my club. (I joined my family up in the mountains on the 29th, so I couldn't train all 4 days the camp lasted.) It was great! Alain Sailly, 7th dan in ju jitsu, came all the way from France to teach us. I've written about him here, so I won't be blabbing about his awesomness this time around. Though he's still amazingly talented. :) There were several other instructors present as well, all presenting different types and styles of ju jitsu. (Ju Jitsu Norway, Brazilian Ju Jitsu, fighting...) It was a lot of fun meeting and hitting it off with people again. Ha-ha. I like meeting new people and generally just experience the mentality of the training. I met my friend Veronica again this year as well. She trains Taekwondo, and we first met last year at this summer training camp. She's a Hello Kitty fan too! (Pet Hedgehog, if you're reading this: Kitty just got a new member! >:3)
I'd brought a small book along with me, where I got everyone to write a small message to me for when I go to Japan. I haven't read all of them yet - I plan to save some for when I'm there. I'm really happy for all the nice things you wrote for me, thank you so much!☆ I think this will give me the strength to keep on going even if things get a little tough at times.
To all of my friends who haven't written in it yet - you're my next victims!
In short, the camp was a great learning experience, and it gave me lots of inspiration! Meeting and training with all those people were great!☆ Still, I missed you there, Iris. :)
Some pictures for you:
The epic showdown! ...wait, I know this feeling...
They're not all that scary. Really.
Veronica
I guess this is what you call an early start...?
They were going to take the black belt test. Per-Eivind to the left is writing in my book. :)
And just to show you all how unbelievably cool I look when I'm wearing a gi, here's a picture from last year's camp (I'm a fancy blue belt now and everything):
Iris to my left. Don't mess with us. We'll make Ali kick your butt. :P
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