I teach and take lessons in the Martial Arts at a dojo which happened to have my last name in the title. I found out after I joined that it is owned by a distant relative. This was about 5 or 6 years ago. I still attend the school, even after shaky times when I really wanted to leave. Now I'm actually starting to develop a sense of family, now that my Sensei's daughters are helping at the dojo. [Two of them anyway, One is out pursuing her own ventures while the other, less reputable is "staying out of trouble"] We will have to see just how long this bond can hold up.


I hope it does. More musings later.