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​Club's Name

Love is the key

The club was gratefully named by a Japanese friend and colleague Sensei Natsuko Mineghishi who runs an excellent club called Karyukai Karate in Melbourne, Australia,  She provided the following;

Senbukan "先武館"

Sen 先 comes from Sensei Slade’s old club, also meaning ahead, or before. Which also indicates self defence (Sen no Sen - ahead of being attacked)

Bu 武 comes from martial arts, Budo. (way of Bu jyutsu) Which indicates studies all of mixture of many styles of martial arts

Kan 館 means House, where you gather together and study martial arts.

In Japanese, the characters have 31 strike numbers and have the following meanings.

判断力 健全 円満 頭領 社交性 順風 暖風 満帆

(Good judgement, Health, Harmony, Leadership, Sociable, Smooth Sailing, Warm wind)
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