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"After installing ourselves, we headed out to look at the town and get a snack to eat before meeting up with Osada Steve and two friends of mine who I first met at Copenhagen Shibari Dojo. I must admit there was an element of nervousness in meeting Steve, as well as meeting the other master of rope, and the master who would be teaching the evenings class. We headed towards a studio, in which Miura Takumi would give a class to Steve, the Danes called Max and Tina, and a friend of Steve's, F. At this point, I was even more happy about the lovely Danish couple being around, as they gently guided me through points of etiquette. They had already been in Tokyo for a couple of weeks, and would stay there for six weeks, studying and living in the Studio Six, following the disciple/sensei tradition. Seeing them doing this was wonderful, working hard and diligently and with such a sincere will to understand and develop their art, in the same time as they were not afraid of the occasional beer (they are Danes you know..Danes and Beer…).
Upon arrival, we removed the shoes and entered the studio. It was a spacious and calm room, one section for seating and socializing and another for rope-practice. As Takumi arrive, we were all introduced, bowed and then class starts by him speaking of different historical backgrounds of rope in the Japanese culture and religion, before moving on to the tying."
