This weekend (Saturday, 11/6) we held a Judo, JuJitsu seminar at my new dojo location.  I invited Sensei Reno (for those of you that don't know, my sensei since I was 11, and still today some 45 years later) to join me to introduce judo to these mostly Kempo and MMA students.  We had a group of 26 show up which is a great turn out for any Judo class.The host of my new school stepped aside after introductions to let us run the class any way we wanted.  I had originally had a plan laid out, but because there were so many new students there we had to make changes.  I kidded around before we started the warm up by asking the class if they wanted me or some 72 year old sensei to give the warm up.  Did not matter anyway as I always turn the warm up over to my sensei when he visits.  Once again, pappasan sensei put everyone to shame.  Just proves that the Hoteikan sensei's and students are so much better conditioned than any other programs out there.
 
         Sensei Emilio "Reno" Claudio was having so much enjoyment that right after the warm up he got right into throwing using my students as uke's.  He did the full 2 hour class of showing a technique and then he and I would go around helping everyone out to properly execute it. The greatest compliment that was mentioned to me that day was that several students said to me that they can tell that I am a student of the sensei, because I teach the same way.  That is the greatest compliment that has ever been told to me in my 45 years of doing these arts.After the seminar I had several advanced and new students approach me about taking lessons.
 
Thank you my Sensei. 
 
Yours in Hoteikan, 
 
Grandmaster Gary Rasanen 8th Dan