#079 Sergio Velasquez (Kendo) - Aruba

Sergio is originally from the Netherlands, now living in Aruba. He has been training for over 30 years and holds the rank of Renshi 7-Dan in Kendo. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talked about Caribbean vs Dutch vs East Asian culture, Kendo Competition vs Philosophy, Integrating Family and Budo, and transitioning from practitioner to leader and teacher. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This Podcast is a volunteer effort sustained through community support.  You can keep it going by: 💪 Sponsor this podcast → https://www.patreon.com/tokushikaicanada 👍 Tip this episode → https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patricksuen You can join the conversation! 👨‍🎓 Engage the community on Facebook and Instagram @tokushikai.canada 📧 Stay up to date → http://subscribe.tokushikai.ca ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Be notified when new episodes are published by subscribing to the channels: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/tokushikaicanada Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tokushikai-canada