From the editor, Hans Menck:

My last update was about a year ago from the Shaolin temple region in the Song mountains in China. Due to lack of time, internet connections and the loss of my laptop, my updates for the busy year gone by had to wait till now.  My current update is for the period from March ’09 till Jan ‘10 and covers my training and journey in Japan, China and France,  my return to South Africa  and the birth of Freedom School.

This is also my last personal update, from now on the weblog will be mainly for Freedom School activities!

This update covers the following:

Aikido training in Japan

Backpacking in Kyoto mountains and Iwama training

Second shaolin gongfu training at the Wugulun school

Backpacking in the Song and Wudang Mountains

Swimming dragon sword in Changsha

Bagua Zhang training in Beijing

Aikido with Christian Tissier in France