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Welcome to our Dojo Newsletter
Birthday Corner Happy Birthday in May
Ricardo Schvartzman, Nancy Steinhausen, Rory MacKinnon, Kelly Helliwell, Greg Ppayne, Darren Aubin, Welcome New Students Please Welcome to our Dojo! Student Anniversaries Student Anniversaries
Heard Around The Dojo `--> Film Making Day As part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Corporate Sponsorship Program, Renseikan Dojo will be having two short commercials filmed on Saturday June 9th from 8:30am - 1pm. The commercials are a 'Thank You' for us sponsoring a film through this fundraiser. It is our intention to film various aspects of all the classes. We would like everyone to attend this day so we can have good filming. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to write or call the dojo about it. Frank Baehr - 40 years in Karate-Do
Please join us Saturday June 9th at 6pm for a Pot-Luck dinner to celebrate Sensei Frank Baehr's 40 years in Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do. Many of you know Sensei Baehr and for that do not this will be a wonderful opportunity for you to meet him. Sensei Baehr started with Nagamine Shoshin Sensei and Morita Sensei and helped with the translation of Nagamine Sensei's book while living in the Nagamine Dojo in Okinawa. He has many interesting stories and will be only too willing to share them with you.
It will be a Pot-Luck dinner at our dojo followed by speeches and a presentation by Sensei Baehr of his 40 years in
Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do. Soke Shioda Sensei Clinic Plan on joining us in Scarborough for Soke Shioda's Aikido Clinic on Tuesday June 5th from 7pm - 9pm. This will be a very exciting event followed by a very important presentation to Karasawa Sensei for his lifetime contribution to Aikido by Soke Shioda Sensei. Please see the flyer in the dojo for fees and details. Please let the office know in advance if you will be attending so we can notify the Scarborough dojo of the numbers attending. Jodo Testing Results
Congratulations to Joseph Vallejo for passing his Nidan test and Brad Clark for passing his Shodan test in Guelph on the May long weekend. We will have pictures up soon. It was a great weekend for everyone who attended and the 6 top Japanese Jodo Sensei were exceptional teachers.
Dojo Work Crew Everyone worked so hard at getting the dojo open for business after we moved locations earlier this year but we still have some finishing to do. There is still some painting, wiring and building that needs done. We are going to organize a Dojo Renovation Weekend where we can work Friday, Saturday and Sunday and get the jobs done. It may take a few weekends but if we have enough people we may get it all done in one. There will be a sign up sheet (along with a list of most of the jobs that need done) in the dojo soon. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the dojo fund. We tried to think of something to get for the dojo that would be useful, needed and everyone could enjoy. We finally decided on getting flooring for the entrance, hall and sitting area. You may have noticed the boxes piled up under the weapons - this is the flooring and one of the jobs that we will be scheduling during our Dojo Renovation Weekend. Thank you all again! Grand Opening Demonstration We always held our annual demonstration in the autumn and we would like to continue that tradition. We will be starting to train for the demonstration in the coming weeks and will continue throughout the summer and kick off September with our Grand Opening Demonstration. The tentative date is Saturday/Sunday September 15/16. That means the summer will be very important for our demonstration training. Please plan to get out to as many classes as you can during the summer and of course right now as well. May Long Weekend The Dojo will be closed Saturday 19th and Monday May 21st for the Victoria Day long weekend. Please have a safe holiday. For Jodo students, this is also the weekend for our annual Guelph Iaido and Jodo Seminar. The seminar begins Friday and runs until Monday evening. All Jodo students should plan on attending part or all of this very important seminar. Yudansha Test Results
Congratulations to Rick Elwood and Lynn Elwood on their yudansha tests Sunday April 29. Rick passed his nidan (second degree black belt)in Aikido with the help of Raymond Chong and Saeed Mirafzal. Lynn passed her sandan (third degree black belt) in Karate-Do with the help of Joseph Vallejo, Rob Knox and Mark Hamlyn. Both Rick and Lynn did an excellent job and we are very proud of them. We should have more pictures soon.
Some of the Renseikan Dojo Yudansha who came to show their support for Rick and Lynn EFT Clinic Many of you have heard me talk about EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques, as a form of self help for virtually any problem you can think of. It is an easy tapping routine you learn to do on yourself which uses several key acupuncture points on the meridians. This energy healing technique was originally designed to cure people of phobias in record breaking time. Subsequently people have tried this very simple yet highly effective technique on a myriad of problems both physical and emotional. The key to getting very effective results with EFT is getting to the core issue underlying the problem. Working with someone, one-on-one or in a group, can often help you be more effective then on your own. The next EFT group workshop is on Sunday May 27th from 10am - 12 noon. There will be a $15 fee for the session. The sessions are open to the public. DVDs Now Available We now have available DVDs of all previous Dojo events, including your last kyu or dan test. Please order from the dojo or email the dojo. Renseikan Dojo Crests
The Renseikan Dojo Crests are now available at the dojo. They can be used in many ways, on your dogi it should go on the left side, over your heart. Upcoming Events
Click on any of the upcoming events listed below to learn more: May Jodo Seminar This year's Guelph Iaido and Jodo seminar will feature 10 top sensei from Japan including (Jodo side):
This is a seminar not to be missed. A tentative timetable is available here. Please pick up your application at the dojo or on-line and bring it into the dojo. On Wednesday May 30th we will be doing our "Hajime" training in the adult Aikido class. "Hajime" means to begin and we will be doing techniques rapidly on that command. It is an excellent cardio workout as well as an excellent training tool. When you must react quickly over and over to a command, you have no time to think about what you are going to do - you can only do. That is important in the martial arts. Be sure not to miss this class. After the class we will hold our Shinbokukai (Friendship event) at a local restaurant or in the dojo. Karate Friendship 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 8:45pm adult class on the last Thursday of each month. The next Kata night is Thursday May 31st. Karate Promotions Please see the Archives for past promotions. Aikido Promotions Please see the Archives for past promotions. Jodo Promotions Please see the Archives for past promotions. |
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