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Welcome to our Dojo Newsletter
Birthday Corner Happy Birthday in July
Julia W., Corey L., Brandon W., Keith C. Welcome New Students Please Welcome to our Dojo! Student Anniversaries Student Anniversaries
Heard Around The Dojo Spring BBQ and Family Picnic Pictures We have added more pictures from the Sping BBQ and Family Picnic. Please click here for more pictures. Kyoshi Fred Christian Sensei Visit
We had a wonderful weekend with Christian Sensei, 7th Dan Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do. He is a wonderful teacher, a Gentleman and someone with the fastest hands in Karate. He trained under Grand Master Shoshin Nagamine Sensei, and his knowledge about O'Sensei is remarkable. He taught two days, Friday at Anshin School of Karate (under Sensei Steve Trombley) and Saturday at our Renseikan Dojo(under Sensei Ward Jardine). We had a fantastic two days and are making plans to have him back on an annual basis.Click on the above picture for some pictures from his visit. New Pictures have been added 7/18/06. Summer Holidays The dojo will be closed for it's Annual two weeks holidays this summer. The dojo will be closed Saturday July 22, 2006 and reopen Tuesday August 8th, 2006. We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful summer. Summer Schedule 2006 The Summer Schedule for 2006 will start Tuesday July 4th. There will not be any day classes during the week for the summer, as parents are home with their children now. We will be taking registration for both the day Aikido and Karate classes for September throughout the summer. We need a minimum number of students in each class in order to run the classes in September. There will not be any Early Start Martial Arts classes during the summer months but we will be taking registration for the classes in September. Again a minimum number of students are required to run the classes. This year the Early Start classes will focus on basic concepts and skills in Karate, Aikido and Judo. The rest of the classes including Saturday will run as usual Download the New Summer Schedule of Classes Shihan Watanabe Ikuo Sensei Seminar
Once again Shihan Watanabe Sensei visited Renseikan Dojo and gave two days of exciting Aikido. Watanabe Sensei is Chief Instructor of Ayase Dojo in Tokyo, Japan and Perth Dojo in Perth, Australia. He is also a guest instructor of Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. Watanabe Sensei has a unique style of teaching and his Aikido is both traditional like Kancho Shioda Sensei and innovative. His emphasis is always kamae posture in all techniques and the way the body moves - spiral, around, up and down, forward and back. The parties after the sessions were very informative and everyone had a chance to talk at length with Watanabe Sensei, his daughter Yuri-San and his two students who also joined him on this trip, for their first trip to Canada, Shizuka Sato-san and Shingo Konnai-san. Click here for some pictures from this event Congratulations Raymond and Saeed Congratulations to Raymond Chong for passing his Sandan test in Aikido and to Saeed Mirafzal for passing his Nidan test in Aikido on Wednesday June 14th. Raymond and Saeed were supposed to test a while ago but first a broken nose and then a new baby (see below) caused the tests to be postponed. Everyone did very well. Thanks also to Rick and Brandon for taking uke in the multiple attack. We have some pictures here. Congratulations Raymond and Malavanh Congratulations to Raymond and Malavanh on the birth of their first child Reese Chong. For more information and pictures please visit Raymond's blog. 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: Fred Christian Sensei, 7th Dan, Kyoshi at Anshin Dojo Anshin Dojo and Renseikan Dojo are pleased to present Fred Christian Sensei 7th dan, kyoshi, Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Friday July 14 and Saturday July 15 Christian Sensei will be holding two days of classes at Anshin Karate Dojo (Friday night) and Renseikan Dojo (Saturday afternoon)
Friday July 14th, 2006: Fred Christian Sensei, 7th Dan, Kyoshi at Renseikan Dojo Anshin Dojo and Renseikan Dojo are pleased to present Fred Christian Sensei 7th dan, kyoshi, Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Friday July 14 and Saturday July 15 Christian Sensei will be holding two days of classes at Anshin Karate Dojo (Friday night) and Renseikan Dojo (Saturday afternoon)
Saturday July 15th, 2006: 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 July 20th On Wednesday July 19th 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 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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