Dojo Memories

[pboylan]

Every dojo is special, but which dojo that you've trained in stand out? The first dojo I trained in had a huge green, canvas tarp to cover the mats. It left everyone's gi with a green tint, so you could spot our people at any seminar. I wrote some of my memories here http://budobum.blogspot.com/2018/04/dojo.html What special dojo memories do you have?

[cxt]

Good read, thanks for sharing.

Brought back some memories of places I've trained that I had not thought in quite some time.

[Oliverio]

Couldn't agree more, every dojo is unique and special. Especially if you spend a lot of time and get to know it really well. At least that's what I feel like.

[Joshua015]

It doesn't exist in the list, but its name is instant knockout reviewed

[James F Sorrell]

I have seen other dojos but I am partial to the one I started training at and am still training at in Covington, Kentucky. William J Dometrich was with the Airborne during his tour of duty in Japan. He fell in love with a Temple he saw in Japan and copied it onto its present site. It has traditional entrance gate, high walls, a foot path over a small arc bridge to the front entrance. The dojo contains a main training deck, a supplemental deck, a courtyard, a kitchen, locker rooms, and an upstairs guest apartment. It may be the closest I will get to Japan. I feel I am on sacred land every time I bow onto the property and through the front door.

[P Goldsbury]

It has traditional entrance gate, high walls, a foot path over a small arc bridge to the front entrance. It may be the closest I will get to Japan. I feel I am on sacred land every time I bow onto the property and through the front door.

The description fits a number of shrines and temples here. Do you know where it was located?

PAG