Dear Deshi,

We hope all is well with you and that you're enjoying the fall weather. We'd
like to remind you that the Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu membership fees for 2007 are
due by November 1 to your Shihan or Club Director. The prices remain the same:
$25 for kyu level and $145 for dan level, in either cash or a check made out
to "Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA".  Please be prompt.

If you are a NEW deshi, please include a passport photograph and information
sheet (available from your Shihan) so that a membership card can be produced
for you. All adult Deshi, Ro-Kyu or above as of November 1, are required to be
official, card-carrying members of our system.

(The card is optional for all Deshi under 18 years of age, and it is optional
for adult White Belts who have no green tips. You may choose to get a card,
even if you are not required to, as outlined in the previous sentence. See your
Shihan if you have a question.)

Please remember the privileges of the Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu card, such as the
ability to train at member dojo and clubs, to transfer to those dojo or clubs
should you move, access to the ShorinRyu.com web site and email, Techniques of
the Week, helping to offset Hanshi's travel expenses, and the ability to be a part
of the Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA system, its history and tradition.

With your help, we can continue to build our Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA
system founded by Grand Master Ansei Ueshiro and under the direction of Hanshi
Robert Scaglione. To do this, we need you to do your part and meet the above
deadline.

Domo arigato gozaimasu,
Kyoshi David Baker
Chief Operating Officer
Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA
founded by Grand Master Ansei Ueshiro
under the direction of Hanshi Robert Scaglione