Month: September 2013

Great News!

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We are very pleased to announce that Sensei Darren Humphries will be leading the clinic portion of our tournament this year! Our tournament, the Saskatchewan Provincial Wado Kai Karate Tournament will be held on Saturday, November 30, 2013 with the clinic taking place the night before on Friday, November 29, 2013. Both events will take place at G.F. Kells High School in Carlyle.

Sensei Darren is a Godan (5th degree Black Belt) from Calgary, AB. He is originally from Carlyle and his martial arts career has taken him to many parts of the world including some time studying karate in Japan. He is a 3-time member of the Shintani National Team having represented Canada in a number of events. He is an energetic and motivating martial artist who naturally inspires his students to achieve their best. He is also a Black Belt in the art of Hapkido. If you wish to learn more about Sensei Darren and his club you can click here to visit his club web site.

National Team Update

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The SWKKF National Team will be attending the 7th Commonwealth Championship in Montréal, QB on October 10-12, 2013.

The team members will compete in both kata and kumite. The event will be held at the Centre Pierre-Charbonneau in Montréal.

Complete information can be found at http://www.karatecommonwealth2013.com

We wish all our competitors and coaches a successful event.

Check the Harmonizer for the full story after the event.

Exciting Workout!

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Great work on Tuesday, everyone! It’s so nice to see so many karateka on the floor working hard and sweating hard! And you never know what’s going to happen to make the evening even more exciting! All’s well that ends well!

Keep up the good work everyone and try to practice at home between classes. It only takes a few minutes to work a few techniques and run some “carpet kata” at home.

See you at the dojo!

Workout Tonight!

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Just a reminder that our regular workouts resume tonight.

We’ll be trying out our new “Barcode” sign-in method today for the first time! Please be patient with us as we implement these gradual changes in an effort to better organize the operation of our club.

Just for your information… So far we have registered 80 students from age 5 to 45! We are so lucky to have a great group of karateka working together in our part of the province. Keep working hard, everyone!

See you at the dojo.

CLASSES START TOMORROW!!

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Tomorrow is the first night of karate classes for the 2013-14 season!

The “Just for Kicks” (JFK) group is from 6:30 – 7:30 pm and the regular Adult/Jr group is from 7:30 – 9:00 pm.

If you were unable to attend the “Registration Night” last week, don’t worry! You can still register tomorrow at the workout.

If you, or your student, don’t have a gi then you can simply wear sweats and a t-shirt. Plain colors are best and sweats that have elastic cuffs or do not drag under the feet are preferred.

See you at the dojo!

Great Turnout!

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What a great turnout to our Registration Night tonight! It was nice to see so many familiar faces returning to our dojo. It was equally nice to see many new faces of different ages joining our club for the first time. Thanks for coming out!

If you couldn’t make it tonight, don’t worry! You can still register at a regular class.

Regular classes begin next Tuesday, September 17, 2013. The Just for Kicks class (age 5, 6, and 7) at 6:30 and the Adult/Jr class at 7:30 pm.

See you at the dojo!

REGISTRATION TOMORROW!!

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Just a quick reminder that Registration for Session 1 of the 2013-14 karate season is tomorrow night!

Tuesday, September 10 from 6:30 to 7:00 pm at the dojo (Carlyle Elementary School gym – rear Northwest entrance). Regular classes begin on Tuesday, September 17.

See you at the dojo!