St. Louis, MO

On September 5 I drove from Omaha to St. Louis, MO. I stayed with David and his wife Stacy, and their dogs Ruger and Cheyenne. They had a nice house, and a comfortable attic room for me to sleep in.

Unfortunately, I parked under a tree, which was full of birds, which were full of bird crap.



Whenever I was in the kitchen, I could triangulate my exact latitude and longitude by looking at the positions of Ruger's and Cheyenne's noses.

On Sunday, we went out and shot some guns, including an AK and an M1 Garand. Here's a shot of me with the Garand, picking off a target at 100 yards. Notice my awesome form.

The following weekend, we had a seminar with Kaicho Howard. Mr. Mikasa came from Seattle, and Mr. Cherry came down from Toledo. We worked a great deal of kata and bunkai, and had a great time.