I wouldn’t quite say nice, especially at the start. To qualify to practice with the club, I had to go up against the best the club had to offer for al long stretch of time. All the while getting a solid thrashing but I would not give up. I think that is what got me in.

It must be nice to be exposed to such high levels of performance 

cryotosensei

No, they fit perfectly with the objectives of both the instructor and the students. This club turned out quite a few judo olympians and Japanese national champions. I would say the discipline methods worked very well. It is just that the bokuto hurts when you get hit with it among other things.