Day 5 – 05.07.08

We got in quite late last night, so we decided, well actually our bodies decided for us, that we should have a sleep in.

Once we dragged ourselves out of bed, we headed to the internet cafe at Tobudobutsu-koen station (a 2 min train ride from Wado station). I had to proof read the internship blog before it could be posted (a good rule to make sure that we look good, especially since I write diary style, there's often many grammatical errors to correct!).

Once we had checked our emails etc... we headed back home to get changed for training. The days Adult training at Shiramizu was earlier than usual 4.30pm-6.00pm because we were all helping to set up the Saitama Wadokai Karate Championships.

After training we hitched a ride with Kikuchi sensei to the competition venue. We had a bit of a wait whilst a gymnastics session finished up, it was good to see how organised the gymnastic kids were. They had the huge hall cleared away in a matter of minutes, with very little adult supervision.

The set up for the competition was pretty straight forward, their was no tatami to lay, we simply taped the perimeter of the area. The chairs; tables and of course the trophies were set up in a very short time.

We went for a meal afterwards with a few of the Shiramizu instructors.