Canada Training
April 10th, 2007
As promised, we headed up to Vancouver, BC Canada to train with Mr. Johnny Ahmed 4th Dan, March 22 - 25, 2007. Mr. Mason McCauley, III Dan, Mrs. Diana McCauley II Dan and a student Mr. Chad Eggers 7th Gup were in attendance.
We were met with nothing but rain and traffic, and were beginning to wonder if we would ever make it to the hotel. We did finally make it safe and sound where we grabbed a bite to eat and called it a day.
On Friday, we headed over to Mr. Ahmed’s school where he graciously hosted a workout for us. He led us through patterns, drills and sparring.
After the workout we all met for dinner and great conversation and then headed back to our hotel for a well earned nights sleep.
Saturday we met again for another workout. Mr. Ahmed did not disappoint us as we went through lots of conditioning drills and again had the opportunity to spar. We appreciate the opportunity to train with other black belts and learn new drills and techniques.
Saturday night Mr. Ahmed, along with his friend Whitney took us downtown Vancouver to this amazing Greek Taverna named Stepho’s Souvlaki where we met up with our new friend and fellow black belt Mr. Vadim Oskolkov, II Dan. We even had our own official "Borat" waiter. The food was amazing and we all had a great time.
The weekend and training both went by way too fast and we have already scheduled another trip to Vancouver to train with Mr. Ahmed and his students. We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful friends within the realm of ITF Taekwon-Do.