Sensei and the Kenseikan team,

Kudos again to you!  The demonstration held on April 14, 2007 at Winston Churchill was a huge success. 

Like always the eager and dedicated individuals whether they were white belts or black belts made the event enjoyable and entertaining to watch. Everyone did a wonderful job and I was just in awe as to the response from the audience was. As soon as Kenseikan came on to stage, the audience and many people who were outside the auduitorium came rushing in to get a glimpse of the  amazing demo.  It is always the most popular item at the function.  Once again, WELL DONE! 

Rafika Pathan.

The Demo Kristian did for the 334th Toronto Brownies took place on Wednesday April 13th at St Pauls United church where the Brownies hold their weekly meeting. He wanted to do something to get news about Karate Do Kenseikan out to a wider audience and since Rachel is a member of this Brownie group he asked the leader if he could do a Demo for them. There is about 20 girls in the group ranging in age from 8-9 years. He began the Demo by telling the girls about Karate and about where Kenseikan originated.He then told told them about his own experience and the sequence in which he had obtained his belts, he passed the belts around so the girls could see and touch them .He explained that Karate teaches confidence,respect and discipline. He also explained that Karate is not a way to pick a fight but is to be used only to defend yourself.Kristian is himself very modest about his Karate and made the girls understand that no matter what level you are at all deserve respect etc. a Black Belt does not make you better and that a black belt still bows to a white belt. Then came the fun part!! He did a Kata for the girls and at the end they clapped and asked him to do another which he did with good humour. After that he broke 2 boards which were held by the Brownie leader.

The girls thought this was great and each wanted him to break a board for them which he promised to do if he got his Black belt,i guess i better start buying wood now!!!!

After this he took questions from the girls and answered them with his usual wit. At the end of the Demo he was invited to return should he get his Black Belt and the leader said it would be great if he could return each year when they get a new batch of girls. The comment which stuck out most was that from watching and listening to Kristian the Leader could tell that Kenseikan was not a "Canadianized Dojo which gave away Black Belts, but that they had to be earned". She herself had had some exposure to Karate in earlier years and knew of such Dojos. All in all the experience was one that everyone enjoyed and Kristin is looking forward to returning to show them his Black Belt and to thank them for helping him in some way to achieve this goal.