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Welcome to our Dojo Newsletter
Birthday Corner Happy Birthday in June
Mallorie I. Welcome New Students Please Welcome to our Dojo! Student Anniversaries Student Anniversaries
Heard Around The Dojo Getting Involved I believe we have a great many talented writers in our dojo and many students with interesting questions and impressions of their past, present and future training. We would like to hear from you and so would everyone else. Write something for the Zen Living Newsletter and we eill get your questions, comments or impressions up here on this web site or on our sister blog site. Your submission should be in Word or and Text based editor or simply as part of the body or an email to us. Jodo In The Park We picked one of the hottest days to train in full jodo uniform in Adam's Park. We had a great 2.5 hours and covered basic solo movements (kihon tandoku) basic paired movements (kihon sotai) and ZNKR seitei kata (paired prearranged series of movements). We also did some koryu kata. Everyone expressed an interest in doing this again - just in a little cooler weather. Next time we will remember to take some pictures. Canada Day Weekend The dojo will be closed on Friday July 1st and Saturday July 2nd for the Canada Day Long Weekend. Please have a safe and happy holiday weekend. Remember the New schedule goes into effect Monday July 4th. New Schedule Our new training schedule will begin Monday July 4th, 2005 and is
available for download now. Kyu Tests Congratulations to everyone who passed their Aikido tests on Monday May 30th and Tuesday May 31st .May 28, 2005
Congratulations to everyone who passed their karate tests and jodo tests. Click on the above pictures for photographs from the tests. We will have more pictures soon. May Jodo Seminar in Guelph
We had another successful Jodo seminar in Guelph this Victoria Day long weekend. Renseikan dojo was well represented and Shieya Sensei (see below) was quite happy with our progress over the weekend. The seminar featured Shieya Sensei and Kuroga Sensei , both 8th dan Jodo from Tokyo Japan. There were five Jodo sensei and one Iaido sensei from Japan and this year there were more people doing Jodo than Iaido. Click on the above picture for some more photographs.
Anshin Dojo Visit On Thursday May 19th, some of the senior students from Renseikan Dojo visited the Anshin Dojo in Mississauga. We had a great class and focused on Kihon, Kata and Yakusoku Kumite. We look forward to the next visit.
Friendship Night
Thanks to all who made it out every month on Friendship - Kata Night We had a great evening of Kihon(basics), Kata, Bunkai(application of kata) and Yakusoku Kumite(Pre-arranged sparring). We also had a great time at Boston Pizza afterwards. Plan to join us next time (June 30th). New Renseikan Dojo Crests
Our New 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: Jodo In The Park On Saturday June 25th from noon to 2pm the Jodo class will be held in Adam's Park. Meet at the dojo at 11:30am and we will then proceed to the park. Students should have running shoes and water bottles. In case of inclement weather, the class will be held in the dojo. Karate 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. The next Kata night is Thursday June 30th On Wednesday June 29th 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. Karate Promotions Congratulations to the following students for passing their
karate kyu test on Saturday May 28th, 2005 and Tuesday May 31st, 2005.
Please see the Archives for past promotions. Aikido Promotions Congratulations to the following students for passing their
aikido kyu test on Monday May 30th, 2005 and Tuesday May 31st, 2005.
Please see the Archives for past promotions. Jodo Promotions Congratulations to the following Jodo students who passed their
Kyu tests on Saturday May 28th, 2005
Please see the Archives for past promotions. |
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