![]() ![]() The only way to describe my feelings from the training session and visit, was like meeting family for the first time. Fortunately, a class was organised due to my visit and I couldn’t have been happier to attend! It was a great pleasure to train and practice with the others who were there. ![]() Since my visit was on the 1st July, this also happened to be the first official day of European summer, so classes had already broken up for the holidays. I was picked up by scooter from Roma Termini and we took a crazy ride through the city, past the Vatican and up the hill overlooking Rome and finally going past the city limits and into the suburbs where I was to meet for the first time, Sensei Alberto Evangelista and others from the Miyagi Kan family for the first time. When the opportunity suddenly came up for me to visit Rome, I could not pass through the city without at least trying to meet up with Guglielmo, Sensei Evangelista and train with the club. I first made contact with the Roman club through one of the Senseis, 5th Dan, Guglielmo Serafini, almost by chance on our club’s facebook page of Miyagi Kan Australia. This was the first time in 25 years since their last meeting. They were able to see each other for the first time at Sensei Yamamoto’s 10th Dan Celebration in Tokyo, earlier this year. Shihan Barounis and Sensei Evangelista trained together in Japan almost 35 years ago, and have remained close friends despite the geographical distance of their dojos. With the 9th Dan head instructor, Maestro Evangelista at its helm, there is a wonderful ambiance and mixture of traditional karate practice as well as sports karate links. Miyagi Kan Roma was the first member club of I.K.O (International Karate Organisation) to be established in the Western world.
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