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The following feedback about the TSDS Swing Sunday was written by Mr. 

Murrough OBrien, one of the students. Murrough, Thank you very much for 

your wonderful comments. 

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By Murrough OBrien 

April 29th, 2010 



I came to Japan for 3-month visit to deepen my practice of Japanese 

martial arts, but I also felt the need to start dancing, as this is 

something I - as a rule - don't do. I found the TSDS website quite by chance 

and, having been curious to try swing in the past, I thought I would go 

along and give it a go, with promises of 'English spoken'. 



I came to a class in a nicely sized studio, and was warmly received. I 

found Hiro-san to be an incredibly good teacher. I had no prior knowledge of 

dance teachers, but he has incredible body control and is very energetic, 

helpful and generous with his knowledge and experience. Personally, having a 

background in martial arts, but also having postural trouble following an 

accident, I found his technical direction helped me address the issue and 

become more acutely aware of how I use my body/musculature/skeletal 

structure. And while this sounds all very intricate, the class was lots and 

lots of fun, too! 



Yuko-san - who assists - is also very friendly and a great teacher in 

her own right. As swing is led by the man, it is quite hard to learn how to 

do anything without a patient partner. She was very patient and very 

helpful, and adept at 'leading' me to lead by being such an aware follow. 

Both of them are very patient, but will put your posture and footwork right, 

to ensure good basics which will ultimately lead to good dancing. They work 

very well together as a team, and in the brief glimpses of them dancing 

together to demonstrate technique, you can see they share great 

communication and understanding. 



I leave Japan next week, so no more of their class for me, but I will 

send people to TSDS Swing Sundays from London, and I will definitely miss my 

Sunday afternoon pastime, and all the lovely members of the class. 



Go! Swing out! 

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