Sweden Gasshuku October 2005
Arriving in Sweden in pleasant sunshine one could feel the autumn air, with heavy traffic jams due to an incident, we went straight to the Dojo in Stockholm. Where Sensei Bjorn Johnson who is chief instructor of Sweden was our host. Upon entering the Dojo, it was as if we had been transported back to Japan.
The Dojo is decorated in the traditional style with
a calm and tranquil atmosphere, one could even say just like a Zen Do.
The first training
would see 3rd Dan and up, then it was the turn of all grades, about 80
–100 students from all over Sweden.
Saturday evening we were invited by the owner of one of the oldest restaurants in Stockholm's Gamla Stan (Old Town) - or staden mellan broarna, “the city among the bridges,” as it is more lyrically known to Swedes. It is a regular haunt of the Swedish national poet Evert Taube, also amongst the regular clientele is the Swedish Nobel prize committee, a wonderful place with an atmosphere to match.
Here are some photographs (click to enlarge) as requested by many of our visitors, enjoy them. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my assistant Linda Marchant and Sensei Bjorn for his hospitality.
George Andrews
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