Sometimes you've just got to kick back and have a little fun with the people with whom you usually just kick and punch. The Annual Seido Karate Black Belt Dinner is such an occassion. It was originally an opportunity to honor our grandmaster before his actual birthday. And I understand it was quite the spectacle in the old days. Apparently bottles of sake were the order of the day. Even today, it is often marked by the curious Japanese custom of embarrassing attendees by insisting they sing! Karaoke anyone? But this year's seemed to be very civilized, and at least at the table I was fortunate to be sitting at -- one heck of a good time with good friends.
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