Day 2764: After class.

"Demura Sensei off duty": old photo, collage & digital.

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69 degree, Sunny, Santa Ana, CA

day class

After class 13 of us went to Uoko Japanese Restaurant.

Demura Sensei had a doctor's appointment, and couldn't make it.

Canada, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas & SoCal, at lunch.

FB - Throwback Thursday ...

 Greg Collier, me, Byron Fennema. Interdojo Tournament, Costa Mesa, CA, 2014

A smile for Thursday ...
 

Day 2763: They're coming!

"Demura Sensei":  photo, Photoshop filters.

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They're coming!

They are & some are already here.

Competitors & Referees are on their way from 
Japan, Germany, England, Chile, 

Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama,

 Europe, Canada, Mexico & more.

Airports, rental cars, hotels, training,

eating, shopping & more.

And the tournament!
Welcome family.

"The purpose of Karate-Do is to train for your whole lifto become the most perfect person you can be. When you reach for that goal, you feel the true value of Karate-Do. I am here to study Karate-Do, for it brings great meaning to my life."                                                  Fumio Demura

Just because ...

A smile for Wednesday ...

Possibilities are endless.

2 Gentlmen: old photo + collage + digital

I love a unique old photo when combined with collages digitally.

original old photo + digital filter

2 Gentlemen #2: old photo + collage + digital

The possibilities are endless.

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Rubber Collection: Garments Made From Knitted Rubber Bands

Rie Sakamoto is a graduating art student from Japan’s 

Tama Art University. For her thesis exhibition, she 

decided to turn her eyes to the lowly rubber band, 

a stationary item overlooked in contemporary design, 

which values functionality and scarcity.

In her studies of the rubber band, Sakamoto, who is part of the department of Integrated Design, says she realized that 

the rubber band does, in fact, have more functionality than immediately meets the eye. In addition to its texture, flexibility 

   and opacity, the rubber band is actually an aesthetically beautiful object. Sakamoto became acutely aware of this when she knitted several together and allowed the sunlight to shine through them. 

 Sakamoto’s “Rubber Collection” was on view last week in Tokyo as part of a group exhibition of graduating seniors. The exhibition has since ended but you can follow Rie Sakamoto on twitter.

FB. Throwback Thursday ...

Demura Sensei, Sakagami Sensei, Suzuki Sensei & students at the
Annual Inter-dojo Tournament, Anaheim YMCA, 1981

 

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 2686: Deja-vu big time!

Abstract C: junk mail collage.

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Tuesday was Demura Sensei's Costa Mesa Dojo 

39th Annual Jr. Kata and Weapons Tournament.

I only got a few photos, but, Kimiko Yamasaki saved 

me by allowing me to use some of her photos.

Roy Center, me, Luis Perez.

Roy Center, CM Dojo Instructor, and Luis Perez, 

Assistant Instructor, invited me for a return visit. 

Deja-vu big time.

 

Luis and Katrina

 The Annual Richard Wetts Award for the outstanding 

Costa Mesa Dojo, Adult and Junior Student for 2019.

 

 

Tournament Judges, John & Melissa Perez & Tina Forsyth

John and Eric

jacki & Luis

A lovely evening. The 2019 Jr. Kata and Kobudo tournament, followed by a potluck dinner shared between competitors, 

their families & judges.

Deja-vu big time!

Just because:

A smile for Wednesday ...