April 2003
Zen Living Newsletter
April 2003
A Newsletter dedicated to the hardworking Karate, Aikido and Jodo students at Renseikan Dojo.
Contents
Birthday Corner
Welcome New Students
Student Anniversaries
Recent Promotions
Those Amazing Students
Heard around the dojo
Upcoming Events
Archived Newsletters
2003 Calendar of Events
Birthday Corner
Happy Birthday in April
Colin Quelch(1), Shannon Berrouard(13), Dean E.(14)
Sonia B.(14), Matthew T.(20), Corey F.(28)
Welcome New Students
Please Welcome to our Dojo!
Juliann S., Donnie S., Jorge Capucho, Duncan Ashworth,
Blair Brown, Robert B., George Christidis, Samantha C.
Good Luck in your chosen art and discipline!
Student Anniversaries
Rick Elwood, Terrence Kissoon
Congratulations on completing another year in your life long discipline!
Recent Student Promotions
Karate Promotions
Congratulations to the following students. More pictures will be up soon!
Gaetano D. Nicole I. Connor L. Francesca D. Colton B. Jason Mike Greg Payne Sean Bradshaw Brandan Z. Kristin H. Ben C. Sharon Flanigan Terry Kissoon Arjun V. Dean E. Tim W. Andrew Roberts
Congratulations to the following Aikido students:
Hayley M. 9th Kyu Matthew N. 9th Kyu Chris Naraine 8th Kyu Daniel M. 7th Kyu
Those Amazing StudentsIf you know something amazing about one of our students - please contact us with the details so we can share this with the rest of the Renseikan Dojo Community.If you have pictures or clips that we can use, submit them too.
Kristin H. (karate) placed second in the Pickering Rotary Music Festival for Piano Solo, List A, Grade 3 for her piece entitled Musette by J.S, Bach
Corey H. (karate) placed second in the Pickering Rotary Music Festival for Piano Solo, List B, Grade 2 for his performance of March of the Goblins by Boris Berlin. The adjudicator announced that the children playing in this category received the highest marks that were handed out to date and the audience should give the students a well deserved standing ovation. Of course, everyone did!
Kristin H. (karate) also received first place for her piece entitled Clowns by Dmitri Kabalevsky in the Pickering Rotary Music Festival for her Piano Solo, List C, Grade 3. Well done!
In addition to all the musical talent, Corey H.(karate) has been playing Minor Atom Hockey for the Scarborough SHA Hockey Association. On Monday, he and his team won the finals and are now the 2002-2003 playoff champions. Maybe the Maple Leafs should leave room for an extra defenseman!
Last week Sean Mc. (aikido/jodo) placed First in the Pickering Rotary Music Festival. Sean placed First in Solo Poetry 12 years and Under. Great Job Sean!! Good Luck in the Peel Region Music Festival.
Hayley Mc. (aikido/jodo) also entered the Pickering Rotary Music Festival. Hayley placed First in the Canadian Poetry 10 years and Under. Fantastic Job Hayley!! Good Luck in the Peel Region Music Festival.
Also Gale Wood (karate) did Fantastic in the Hamilton 30km Run. She had a time of 2:57:52.3 which is an incredible pace of 5 minutes and 56 seconds per kilometer. (Don't forget she ran this pace for 30 kilometers!!!) Great work Gale and good luck as you prepare for your first full marathon race in May (Ottawa).
More drama news.... Sean Mc. and Hayley Mc. entered the Peel Region Music Festival and placed Third in Under 12 Years of age Duologue (two person monologue). Congratulations Sean and Hayley.
And the Oscar goes to..... Yes, there is more exciting News on the Drama Scene. Congratulations once again to Hayley Mc. (aikido/jodo) as she placed First in Poetry - 9 and Under at rhe Peel Music Festival.
Hayley Mc. was very busy at the Peel Music Festival and also placed Third in Drama - 11 and Under. Excellent work with all those older children.
Congratulations again to Sean Mc. (aikido/jodo) as he placed First at the Peel Music Festival in Poetry - 11 and Under. Great Work Sean!!
Heard Around the Dojo
Jodo Seminar in Pickering
On Sunday April 6th Renseikan Dojo hosted the last CKF Jodo seminar before the big May Seminar in Guelph with Namitome Sensei from Japan. The seminar was led by Sensei Kim Taylor of the SeiDoKai in Guelph. Students covered the kihon (basic movements) and kata. The emphasis was on using the hips in strikes and thrusts.Click here for more pictures. There are also more pictures up on the CKF web site here.
Seimeikan Annual Demonstration
Seimeikan Dojo held it's final demonstration on Saturday March 15th, 2003. The demonstrators included students from Seimeikan Dojo, Renseikan Dojo, Stephen Ohlman Sensei from Hiryukan Dojo in Barrie and Watanabe Ikuo Sensei and some of his students from the Ayase Dojo in Tokyo Japan. The day's final demonstration was Seimeikan Dojo's founder, Karasawa Sensei. All the demonstrations were both entertaining and educational. Seimeikan Dojo closed March 31st, 2003. Karasawa Sensei will be coming out to Renseikan Dojo from time to time to teach his remarkable Aikido. Video tape copies of Seimeikan Dojo's final demonstration can be ordered at the dojo.
Watanabe Sensei Visit
Watanabe Sensei and three of his students joined us for the Wednesday March 12 class. We will be making a video to send to him shortly - watch for more details at the dojo soon.
Children's Aikido
Children's Aikido classes are Monday 7:00pm - 8:00pm and Friday 7:00pm - 8:00pm. The classes are starting to grow. If you are interested or know someone who might be interested, invite them out to try the class. Remember parents can can do the class with their child and enjoy all the same benefits of the martial arts.
** T-Shirts - Sweat Shirts**
Order your very own Renseikan Dojo T-shirt! We are taking orders now. The shirts are available in a variety of colours and all sizes. We have added a new design which is martial art specific.
Order yours now!
Go to the Order Page (just print it, fill it out and bring it in to the dojo)
Kata Night
We would like to invite any karate-ka who practice Matsubyashi-Ryu to join us for the last Thursday of every month. After a good warm-up of kihon (basics) we start kata practice and sometimes also add Bunkai (application) and Yakusoku Kumite (pre-arranged sparring) practice to the evening. Our dojo is open to all, regardless of rank or associations. This is a non-political dojo and a fun night of training together in the true spirit of Nagamine Shoshin Sensei's Karate-Do. If you are interested in joining us please contact us for directions and times or feel free to drop in for the 8pm adult class on the last Thursday of each month.
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