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height=200 valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"> <br> <span style="color:red"><b>About us</b></span><br><br> <ul TYPE=none> <li><a class="pagelink" href="#belgianbranch">The Belgian Branch and affiliation with the Sohombu dojo</a></li> <li><a class="pagelink" href="#guy">Guy Buyens</a></li> <li><a class="pagelink" href="#senior">Senior members</a></li> <li><a class="pagelink" href="#teachers">Our most influential teachers</a></li> </ul> </TD></TR> <TR><TD height=500 valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"> <a name="belgianbranch"></a><br> <span style="color:red"><b>Belgian Branch and affiliation with the Sohombu dojo</b></span> <br><br> We are a member of <b>HONTAI YOSHIN RYU</b>, a traditional jujutsu school. <br><br> The current headquarters of the school, the Sohombu dojo is located in Nishinomiya, JAPAN, where <b>INOUE Kyoichi Munenori</b>, the 19th generation headmaster, lives and teaches. <br><br> Official site: <a class="pagelink" HREF="http://www.hontaiyoshinryu.com">www.hontaiyoshinryu.com</a><br><br> Today, Hontai Yoshin Ryu has a family of students both in Japan, and around the world. The <b>overseas dojo</b>, officially acknowledged by the Sohombu dojo in Japan are in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Italy, UK and USA. <br><br> <TABLE border=1 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse" width=460 rules=none BGCOLOR=WHITE> <TR><TD height=10> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=10></TD> <TD width=440><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"> The <b>Belgian Branch</b> was created in 1990 by Guy Buyens, upon his return from Japan, where he received the authorization to teach Hontai Yoshin Ryu from the Sohombu dojo.<br> The first to join Guy was Alain Berckmans (who already trained with Guy in Japan), soon to be followed by Frederic Roncioni, Roger Bissot and Alain Missorten. <br><br> All senior members have, since the early nineties, been continuously working to realize the ambition of the Belgian Branch.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD height=10> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </div> <br> In <b>2010</b> the Belgian Branch celebrated its <b>20th anniversary</b>. The setup, with presentation of the participants and the decoration of the hall was organized by Frederic Roncioni and was inspired by similar events in Japan.</i> <P STYLE="margin-left: 15px"> <i>The event started with a <b>Taiko (Japanese drum)</b> performance by the group  Tawamure followed by the demonstration itself, which started with members of the <b>Belgian branch of Hontai Yoshin Ryu</b>, followed by <b>kendo</b> (by members of Meibukan) and <b>iaido</b> (Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu), the more recent Japanese sword fighting arts. Nevertheless the presenting groups still have strong ties with Japan, ensuring a traditional approach of their art. <br> <b>Karate</b> was also presented since the founding members of Hontai Yoshin Ryu in Belgium all have a  karate background. In addition there was a demonstration on the use of traditional weapons from Okinawa. <br> After that we returned to the arts that originated in mainland Japan, with the demonstration of 2 of the most prestigious schools of Japanese fencing: <b>Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu</b>, the oldest historically traceable fencing tradition of Japan, and <B>Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu</b>, the school founded by the famous sword master Musashi (born in 1587). <br><br> The demonstration was concluded by the 19th soke of Hontai Yoshin Ryu, grandmaster <b>INOUE Kyoichi Munenori</b>, who came specifically for this occasion to Belgium to conduct a seminar for his European students. <br> </P> <br><a class="pagelink" HREF="about.html">Back to top</A> <TR><TD height=150> </TD></TR> </TD></TR> <TR><TD height=1200 valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><a name="guy"></a><br> <span style="color:red"><b>Guy Buyens</b></span><br><br> Guy Buyens started martial arts (<b>Karate</b>) in 1971 (at the age of 10). In his youth he participated in several Karate events including the European championships in Paris in 1984. Later he also got interested in traditional Japanese martial arts, becoming a member of a traditional jujutsu school (<b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu</b>).<br><br> <P STYLE="margin-left: 15px"> <i>Guy first met <b>Inoue Soke</b> in Italy, in 1983, during a demonstration tour of martial arts (including Sumo, naginata, karate, iai and jujutsu) in Italy. At that time, he was participating in the demonstration of Shito Ryu Karate with Ogasahara and Nakahashi sensei. Together, as part of a larger company, he travelled from Milan to Sicily where he staid several days in the same hotel. He was very impressed by the way members of Hontai Yoshin Ryu approached Budo.<br> <br> After finishing his medical education, Guy started to become more and more interested in the traditional aspects of the art and in 1989 (he was at that time working for the University of Brussels), he took a 1-year sabbatical to study Shito-Ryu karate with Mabuni-sensei (son of the founder) in Osaka, Japan.<br> Since Nishinomiya is very near to Osaka, Guy decided to also study bojutsu and iaido with members of the Imazu dojo. The introduction was easy since he could refer to his time in Italy and he was lucky to get additional classes from <b>Inoue Kyoichi</b>, the son of soke, later to become the next soke.<br> <br> Guy received most of his early iaido training, from the late Kurishima Sensei (at that time one of the most senior Hontai Yoshin Ryu teachers and an expert in Toyama Ryu Iaido). It didn t take long however before Guy was completely absorbed by the martial wealth the school could offer and he started practicing all aspects of the school. Since he staid in Japan with a cultural visa to study martial arts, Guy could train a lot during the day as well as during regular evening classes. This is how he ended up accompanying Soke when he was teaching Hontai Yoshin Ryu to junior high school kids in Imazu. In return, Guy received private training from Soke and also spent a lot of time at his house between different classes.<br> </i></P> <br> During his stay in Japan, his friend <b>Alain Berckmans</b>, came over to train with Mabuni sensei for 1 month. Guy took the opportunity to introduce him to Kyoichi sensei and as expected Alain also got passionate about traditional Bujutsu. Upon his return in Belgium, Alain and Guy have been studying Hontai Yoshin Ryu very intensively and went back to Japan, nearly on an annual basis. Some other senior members of the Karate school (<b>Frederic Roncioni, Roger Bissot and Alain Missorten</b>) immediately got interested, and from that time on they have been forming a small but devoted group following Guy s path. <br><br> Today, Guy is still a member of the <b>Imazu dojo</b> but he is also responsible for the Belgian Branch of Hontai Yoshin Ryu.<br><br> <P STYLE="margin-left: 15px"> <i>Guy has been mentioned in several articles of  Budo , the official magazine of the Nihon Budokan (in Japanese). For the April, 2006 number Guy wrote an article reflecting on his participation in the 16th Isukushima Enbu Takai (Japan) on 27 November 2005 in Miyajima. Guy also wrote articles on Hontai Yoshin Ryu for koryu.com. In an embu, organized for Mabuni s 90th aniversary (2008, Corsica, France), Guy performed Hontai Yoshin Ryu s Nage no kata together with his student Sami Mech Mech. Together with Frederic Roncioni and Alain Berckmans, he participated In February 2009 in the 32nd embu and 30th anniversary event of the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai in Tokyo.</i><br><br> </P> <br> Guy s grade in Shito Ryu: is 6th Dan (Shihan, by Mabuni Sensei). He currently holds a <b>6th DAN in Hontai Yoshin Ryu</b>, in which he is <b>Chuden</b>. Although very passionate about <b>teaching</b> traditional jujutsu, Guy likes to be considered as a (senior) student involved in bona fide teaching.<br> <br><a class="pagelink" HREF="about.html">Back to top</A> </TD></TR> <TR><TD height=1000 valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><a name="senior"></a><br> <span style="color:red"><b>Senior Members</b></span><br><br> Hontai Yoshin Ryu was introduced in Belgium after <b>Guy Buyens</b> came back from Japan (1990). From the beginning a small group of friends, all black belts in karate, started to train intensively and also travelled frequently to Japan. For several years, no new students were allowed, ensuring the basis of the senior members to be solid enough before to start to transmit the art. <br><br> Belgian senior members:<br><br> <b>Guy Buyens</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1961</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">MD, Managing director of a general hospital</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started Karate in 1971; current grade in Shito Ryu: 6th Dan (Shihan)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Introduced Hontai Yoshin Ryu in Belgium in 1990, after he returned from Japan, where he lived for 1 year</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu 6th Dan, chuden</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>Alain Berckmans</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1957</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Engineer, specialized in Telecomunication</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started Karate in 1974; current grade in Shito Ryu: 6th Dan (Shihan)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started to study Okinawa kobudo with Nakamoto Sensei (Bunbukan, Okinawa) in 2002; current grade: 3th Dan</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu 6th Dan, chuden</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>Frederic Roncioni</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1966</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Senior Accountant</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started Karate in 1985</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Current grade in Shito Ryu: 5th Dan</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu 5th Dan, shoden</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>Roger Bissot</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1950</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started Karate in 1978</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Current grade in Shito Ryu: 3rd Dan</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu 4th Dan, shoden</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>Alain Missorten</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1966</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">PhD in Economics</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Started Karate in 1983</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Current grade in Shito Ryu: 2nd Dan</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=30></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>Hontai Yoshin Ryu 4th Dan, shoden</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <br><a class="pagelink" HREF="about.html">Back to top</A> </TD></TR> <TR><TD height=800 valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><a name="teachers"></a><br> <span style="color:red"><b>Our most influential teachers</b></span> <br><br> We have always had the opportunity to work with incredible people and to be guided by wonderful teachers. We can not mention all of them but the profiles of our most influential teachers have been posted here. <br><br> <b>INOUE Tsuyoshi Munetoshi</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Born in 1925, Inoue soke started to train in  Kodokan judo at a young age but has been also very active in other gendai budo like kendo and especially jukendo, in which he obtained excellent results (member of the best team in the Japan national tournament and twice second place in national individual competition.He also mastered several iaido styles, and other kobudo.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Inoue was a direct student of KANAZAWA Ichizo (one of the most distinguished students of the 16th soke, Kakuno Hachiheita). who later sent him to train with MINAKI Saburo (17th soke). Inoue received Menkyo Kaiden in 1971, and in 1982 he was designated successor to Minaki soke.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">He established the Imazu Juyu-kai in 1948 and later succeeded to unite different budo schools to form the Imazu Budo-kai (which still exists). He has always made it his priority to motivate the youth of the Imazu district in Nishinomiya city and he also opened the school to Western students.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">In 2005, INOUE tsuyoshi Munetosh, 18th soke, commissioned his son the soke status.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b><i>We are grateful to INOUE Tsuyoshi Munetoshi, 18th soke, for all his advice, his devotion but also his example of true budo spirit that we consistently had the chance to observe throughout the years.</b></i></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>INOUE Kyoichi Munenori</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Inoue Kyoichi was born in 1949, as the eldest son of INOUE Tsuyoshi Munetoshi (18th soke). He started training in  Kodokan judo as a child and later became judo instructor in the Imazu Juyu-kai. Inoue Kyoichi also trained in other gendai budo like kendo, jukendo and karate.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Like his father, he was a direct student of Kanazawa Ichizo and Minaki Saburo and received Menkyo Kaiden status under his father.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">He inherited Soke status from his father in 2005, but he likes to consider him as the school most senior student, indicating that the long journey in kobudo is endless.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">INOUE Kyoichi Munenori, 19th soke, lives and teaches in Nishinomiya, Japan. He also regularly instructs in Europe.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b><i>INOUE Kyoichi Munenori, 19th soke, has accepted us as his students from the early days on, long before he was soke. He has continued the work of his father but has also made sure that the teachings of Minaki soke got remembered by all of us.</b></i></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>KURISHIMA Kukio Sensei</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">KURISHIMA Kukio was born in 1940 and was also very skilled in karate, kempo and kendo. He obtained his Menkyo Kaiden from INOUE Tsuyoshi Munetoshi</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Kurishima Sensei was known as a great Iaido teacher with a great sense for perfection. He was Guy s Iaijutsu teacher when he lived in Japan.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Together with the 18th soke, he succeeded to put Iaijutsu higher on our agenda, first by teaching us Toyama Ryu Iaido, later by finalizing the Hontai Yoshin Ryu kata with soke.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b><i>The late KURISHIMA Sensei has been a remarkable example for all of us. His attitude was true budo. Nevertheless he was also admired as a teacher, with an enormous patience when introducing the iaijutsu basics. We regret that he passed away too soon.</b></i></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br> <b>SATO Kimimaro Sensei</b> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">SATO Kimimaro was born in 1936.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">He received Menkyo Kaiden from Minaki Soke and for a long time he has been one of the most senior members of the Sohombu dojo.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">Besides Hontai Yoshin Ryu, Sato Sensei was also a remarkable teacher of Mugai Shinden Mugai Ryu Iai Heido and a collector of Japanese blades.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">He was one of the most skilled teachers of kodachi in our school.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt">SATO Kimimaro Sensei passed away on 25/2/2007</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=20></TD> <TD><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><i><b>The late SATO Kimimaro Sensei contributed a lot to the school but we are very grateful for the considerable time he spend in teaching us kodachi. We regret that also he passed away too soon.</b></i></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br><a class="pagelink" HREF="about.html">Back to top</A> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> </TD> <TD width=20></TD> <TD width=200 align=center valign=top> <!----FOTOS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <TABLE border=0 STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD height=220> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=180 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about1.jpg"><br>Dojo in Nishinomiya 2002<br>Cleaning of the dojo, a tradition and part of the education</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=220 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about2.jpg"><br>INOUE SLKE teaching in Belgium (in 2006)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=200 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about15.jpg"><br>20th anniversary of the Belgian branch (ENBU in Brussels)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=320 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about16.jpg"><br>SLKE during the European taikai in Brussels 2010</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=255 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about3.jpg"><br>Guy Buyens & Inoue Kyoichi, in Engyôji (Himeji, Japan) in 1990</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=255 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about4.jpg"><br>Guy in Imazu in 1990. Also on the picture: Kanazawa, Sato, Inoue Kyoichi and Mitsuyasu</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=255 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about5.jpg"><br>Karate (Kata) by Guy Buyens & Alain Bercmans, Japan 1990</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=435 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about6.jpg"><br>Guy with Alain, Roger and Frederic in Inoue soke s house (18th soke and his son, later to become 19th soke), Japan 2002</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=280 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about7.jpg"><br>Senior members in Ise, Japan From left to right: Alain Missorten, Guy Buyens, Frederic Roncioni, Alain Berckmans, Roger Bissot</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=230 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about8.jpg"><br>Guy Buyens (left) and Alain Berckmans in Myajima, Japan</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=500 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about9.jpg"><br>Senior members in Myajima, Japan From left to right: Guy Buyens, Alain Berckmans, Frederic Roncioni, Roger Bissot, Alain Missorten</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=230 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about10.jpg"><br>Grading of Guy and Alain by the 18th soke (in presence of his son and Sato sensei)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=320 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about14.jpg"><br>Father and son Inoue at the Ceremony of SOKE Succession0(2005)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=260 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about11.jpg"><br>Soke with Guy, Alain and Frederic together with our friend Irie san from the sohonbu dojo</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=240 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about12.jpg"><br>Kurishima Sensei in seisa next to soke. Also on the picture Alain, Guy and Inoue Kyoichi</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=50 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><img border="0" src="afbeeldingen/about13.jpg"><br>Guy Buyens and Alain Berckmans together with Sato sensei and Inoue soke in Kumamoto in 2007, just before Sato Sensei passed away.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width=140></TD> <TD width=20></TD> <TD width=460 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>HONTAI YOSHIN RYU BELGIUM</b></TD> <TD width=20></TD> <TD width=200 align=center valign=top><font FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:10pt"><b>COPYRIGHT 2011</b></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>