Jundokan Gassuku

This great event „Jundokan Gasshuku“ is organized every year at different cities in Europe and every 5th year in Naha, Okinawa. In Europe in the past e.g. in Paris, Leeds, Catania, Warsaw etc..

This year we had got the great honour to organize it in the nice city Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, with about 12000 inhabitants.

The preparations started one year before in August 2018 and there was a successful cooperation of a number of very experienced Karateka.

It was great, that we have been assisted by the Government of Lower Austria as well as by the city government of Hollabrunn and the staff of the sports hall of Hollabrunn.

In fact, the most important help we got from the head of the Higher Technical College in Hollabrunn by graduate engineer Wolfgang Bodei and his team and the head of the Sport – and Seminar Hotel Mag. Karl Schörg and his team.

All participants stayed at the famous Sport – and Seminar Hotel throughout the event and the food served was always great.

The well known carshop FORD Sauberer in Hollabrunn assisted us in a very helpful manner with a medium-sized bus for the daily transportation of our okinawan trainers from the hotel to the sports hall.

In addition to that we wanted to serve our guests from 4 continents and 19 countries with some cultural impressions.

One important impression is the production of wine in Austria, especially in Lower Austria. So one evening after the training, in co-operation with Manfred Breindl, we have organized the opportunity to visit some wine cellars nearby the Sport- and Seminar Hotel and to get best information from included specialists in the wine production. After that we met at a „Heuriger“, which is usual for sitting, eating and drinking together and listen to the local music. The catering was carried out by “Catering Karl Rohringer – Göllersdorf”. The music came from the “Star Company – Stockerau”.

Our guests enjoyed this evening very much.

Another interesting cultural point in Lower Austria is the production of wine itself.

In Unterretzbach, a small village in the region „Retzer Land“ which is very famous for Austrian vine production, there are the vineyards and the beautiful old wine cellar of the family Raab. Since 1634 this family produces different sorts of wine and since a few years also „Frizzante“ .

Especially for our guests in our “bed and breakfast” we are offering a tour through our wine cellar with explaining the wine production and the history. Afterwards you have the possibility to enjoy a traditional Austrian

„Heuriger“, meal with homemade spreads and sausages from the village.

Of course you can taste through the different sorts of wine and the tastes from dry wine to a sweet one.

Visit us on our website www.raab-retzbach.at  or contact us directly through

e-mail to [email protected].