Christchurch Snow Storm

Here in Christchurch, New Zealand, snow is a novelty, so yesterdays snowfall (which was the biggest in 15 years) was nice to experience.The city went into lock down, so we were 'forced' to have a snow filled holiday.

With all the earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks, since last September, the funniest comment yesterday was "this is the icing on the quake"... By the way, here's a bit of `snow related' trivia. The Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu kata 'Rantai' was originally called 'Ransetsu' which is the name I still use (unless talking with others who only know of it as 'Rantai'). Ransetsu beautifully implies that the movements in the kata mimic the disorderliness of snow fall.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these chilly photos. They are dedicated to my family, friends, karate seniors, juniors and students back in Japan, who are now suffering from the heat and humidity!

OSU!

© André Bertel. Christchurch, New Zealand (2011).