UWI request

Called them back today to get some news from the head director.
OOOohhh what a mean woman that was ! She said that the Facility
Manager will take care of that and call me back. Mhhh, ok, I'll wait.

Leather for Shinai

Asked Taro if he could help provide used leather parts for shinai.
Either his own old stuff or customers leftovers...

Request letter to UWI

Wrote a letter to the Director of Sports requesting support for
establishing a Kendo program at UWI. Will drop it there tomorrow and
try to meet the person in charge ASAP

Ebihara sensei

Got a reply from Ebihara sensei in New York. He seems very willing
to help but the man seems also very busy supporting a bunch of other
organisations. Will definitely keep in touch with him.

UWI visit part 2

Went to UWI yesterday to find out more about the process necessary
to start a kendo class there. Went to the Administration building,
then the Student's Affairs building, then the Marketing and
Communications building and finally to the Sports Center... Should
have gone straight there ...

I need to write a request letter to the sports program director and
take it from there. It doesn't seem too hard, since all the classes
are non program-related. The gym is quite large, but the floor sucks
(seems like a rubber mat over concrete... aouch).

There's Karate, Taekwando and something called Martial Arts Demo !?!

UWI visit

Went today to the administration building, then the Students'
Affairs building, then the Marketing and Communications building,
and am now refered to the Sports complex to meet with someone who
could help. Not sure if it will be possible to establish an
affiliated class there. Affiliated would mean using the campus
facilities for free, advertisement,... Non-affiliated would be more
of a pain but still possible.

More to come this afternoon

Emails are out

Sent today an email to Katsura Mayumi in Japan. She might help with
the Used Bogu Program as she is involved in the Federation.

Sent email to Ebihara sensei in New York. He is head teacher of the
Kendo dojo in Venezuela. Asked him for pointers on setting up a dojo
here and federation.

Sent email to the Venezuela Kendo Federation with similar questions.

... we'll see ...

Here we go...

Will document here the process of establishing a kendo group in
Trinidad. More news to come...