Zen Living Newsletter
August 2001

A Newsletter dedicated to the hardworking Karate, Aikido and Jodo students at Renseikan Dojo.

Contents
Birthday Corner
Welcome New Students
Student Anniversaries
Recent Promotions
Heard around the dojo
Upcoming Events
Archived Newsletters






Birthday Corner

Happy Birthday in August

Anthony Fredericks, Don Croft, Belle Wong,
Rochelle K, Andrew Roberts, Brandon Z., Connor L.


Welcome New Students

Please Welcome to our Dojo!

Jeffrey D., Jackson W., George Konn,
Virginia Wai-Ping, Katherine K., Rochelle K.,
Alexandra K., Ross Pyle, Colin Quelch

Good Luck in your chosen art and discipline!


Student Anniversaries

Dylan Ball
Congratulations on completing another year in your life long discipline!



Recent Student Promotions



Karate-Do Promotions

Results of the Karate Kyu tests held at the All Day Karate Camp are in. Students underwent a gruelling day of karate training and exercises at Camp Samac in Oshawa. The kyu test at the end of the day went very well and the results are:

5th Kyu: Ibad R., Spencer S., Salik R.
4th Kyu: Matthew N., Shawn B., Arjun V.
4th Kyu: Andrew Roberts
1st Kyu: Rob Knox

Click on the above picture for more photographs


Heard Around the Dojo




Martial Arts Camp


Click on the above picture for more photographs

On the August 24-26th weekend we held our Annual Summer Martial Arts Camp at Camp Samac in north Oshawa. Participants ranged from the newest student to the most senior student, all working together in classes of karate, aikido, jodo, capoiera and judo.




Labour Day Weekend

The dojo will be closed for the Labour Day weekend. There will be NO classes on Saturday September 1st and No classes on Monday September 3rd. Classes will resume on Tuesday September 4th. Have a safe and happy weekend!




Karate Day Camp

On Saturday July 21st, we held an all day karate camp. Students of all ages attended and trained very hard on basics, kata, yakusoku kumite, bunkai and more. Click on the above picture for more.




On-Line Student Manuals

The Student Manuals are now on-line!
Click on the Student Page and be sure to see the new Dojo Etiquette Section

Upcoming Events

For Upcoming events visit the Current Zen Living Newsletter or the Student's Page.


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