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Welcome to our Dojo Newsletter
August, 2004

Birthday Corner

Happy Birthday in August

Don Croft, Belle Wong, Craig Matheson,
Nancy B., Dwayne D., Brandon Z.


Welcome New Students

Please Welcome to our Dojo!

Bob Tompkins



Good Luck in your chosen art and discipline!


Student Anniversaries

Student Anniversaries



Sunsan Duncan, Devin S.

Congratulations on completing another year in your life long discipline!


Those Amazing Students

If 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.

Congratulations to Samantha W. of our karate class for completing her first Triathalon (Try-a-Try) in Cobourg. The swim was 400m, the bike was 10k and the run was 2k. Samantha finished 62/90 in her age group with a time of 57:38. Fantastic job Samantha!!


Heard Around The Dojo

Outdoor Karate Workout

Please plan on coming out Sunday August 22nd to Adam's Park for a morning of karate training. We will convene at Adam's Park (located at Port Union Rd and the 401 directions can be obtained by email or at the dojo) at 9am and begin our karate training. We will finish our training at noon and then go out for some lunch. We are inviting other dojo to attend and we may have guest instructors from some of these dojo.
The day is open to ALL children and adult karate-ka. You will need running shoes, hats, sunscreen, water bottles and your dogi (uniforms).


Summer Schedule Changes

For the balance of the summer the following class schedule changes will be in effect.

Monday: Jodo 7pm - 8pm
Monday: Children Aikido 8pm - 9pm
Monday: Adult Aikido 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Friday: Children Aikido 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday: Adult Aikido 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Saturday: All Karate Students 9:00am - 10:15am
Saturday: Jodo 10:45am - 12:00pm


New Web Site Format

We are working on changing the web site so it will upload quicker and will be easier to navigate around. This process will take quite some time and we are interested in hearing from you, especially if you have any suggestions, comments, complaints. Please visit the Student Page and complete the Form so we can design the web site better for you. Please not we have also changed the dojo email address on the home page.


Upcoming Events

Click on any of the upcoming events listed below to learn more:
Karate in The Park
Karate Kata Night
Aikido Hajime Class


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 August 26th


Aikido Hajime Class

On Friday August 27th 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.


Events Calendar for 2004

The 2004 Calendar of Events


Karate Promotions

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Aikido Promotions

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Jodo Promotions

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