The Making of: Kokura Dojo
Kokura Dojo
500 E. Arapaho Rd. #304
Richardson, TX 75081
email: [email protected]
The Planning Stage:
Planning? Planning? We don't need no steenkeen planning!
The Construction Phase:
Here are some pictures of us working on the dojo at various stages. The pictures are sorta somewhat in order, but not really.
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More to come...
Here are some pictures taken by David Bedard. They are not in any order at all.
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Opening:
We had our opening ceremony on August 12.
Steve Duncan-sensei and several others came down from Oklahoma City to join us.
We are very grateful for their attendance, as well as the beautiful gift of the
kamidana that used to hang in the Shobu Aiki Dojo in OKC.
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Practice:
We've started practicing, despite not having our mat finished.
Right now we are practicing on temporary folding mats. Here are
some pics of our practice.
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Oh yeah, we normally practice Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to 9:30pm.
Directions to the Dojo:
From 75 (Central Expressway), exit east on Arapaho Rd.
Then proceed through 2 intersections and come upon some
railroad tracks. Just before the railroad tracks, there
will be an orange sign for Public Storage. Turn here.
(A lot of people seem to miss this turn, Don't.)
Then proceed past the first set of small offices.
There will be rows of buildings, turn into the second
driveway, and #304 is on the right, in the middle.
