Karate-Do Federation (IOGKF) World Budo Sai Festival.

The festival consisted of intense training under IOGKF Chief Instructor Master An'Ichi Miyagi and Master Shuichi Aragaki, both of whom are students of Master Miyagi Chojun, the founder of Goju-Ryu Karate.

Highlight of the event was the gathering of participants at the Martial Arts Hall to celebrate and commemorate the 110th birthday of Master Chojun by taking part in a tournament and demonstrations.

Sensei Smith demonstrated various self-defence techniques and spent the last week of his trip getting weapons training from Sensei Loukopoulos, a defensive tactics specialist from the US Military in Okinawa. He also furthered his skills by training at the school of the late Master Shinpo Matayoshi.