The 2014-2016 Shintani National Team was selected after try-outs held at the end of June.
Sensei LJ Veszi from Saskatoon was selected as one of the Middleweight members of the team. Congratulations Sensei LJ! The media release is attached for your perusal.
Have you been working on your karate during the summer?
It only takes a few minutes to run through the katas you know and go through a few techniques. You want to keep working during our off-season so that you’re ready to start where you left off when the regular season begins again in September.
You can work from the ground up. Begin by practicing your stances. Make sure they are deep and stable. Use a digital device propped up on a sofa or a fence and record yourself so you can see what you are doing. From there you can add techniques like tsukis and geris or even create your own combinations. Keep it interesting and you will stay interested!
See you at the dojo!
“One could spit on the opponent’s face to distract them” – Gichin Funakoshi, Karate-Do Kyohan
It was nice to see so many of our members at the BBQ/Potluck wind-up this week!
Thank you so much to all of our karateka for working so hard this year and giving 110% at every workout. It is a real treat for the Senseis to work with dedicated and eager students every week.
We plan to continue to try new things as we did this year. We also want to continue to encourage our students to attend other tournaments to meet new karate people and share their skills.
Congratulations to Sensei Quinn on his graduation this year! He plans to enter the U. of R. in the fall. We’ll be sure to get him, Sensei Savanna, and Sensei Andrew back in the dojo as often as we can!
Be sure to subscribe to this blog or continue checking it occassionally through the summer as content will continue to be added.
Have a great “off-season”! We hope to see all of you back in the fall. Bring a friend!!
See you at the dojo!
Tonight is our BBQ/Potluck wind up!
Come to the dojo around 6 pm with your potluck dish. We’ll have the BBQ there and burgers ready to go!
Thanks for a great season, everyone! We implemented many new things this year and tried a few that didn’t work as well. Next year will be even better!
See you at the dojo!
The Weyburn Tournament is being held this coming Sunday at Haig School in Weyburn.
Registration is at noon with the tournament beginning at 1 pm. We hope to see many of you there! It should be a fun little tournament.
This week is the last regular class of our karate season. Both groups are at their regular times.
Next week, May 27, we will be having our wind-up potluck and barbecue.
Bring your meal item to the dojo at 6:00 pm and we’ll have the barbecues ready to go!
It’s been a great year! We hope to see everyone there.
See you at the dojo!
Great work last night, everyone! Way to give those Senseis a workout!!
Next week, May 20, will be our last regular class of the season. The following week, Tuesday, May 27, will be our wind-up pot luck and BBQ dinner.
The Weyburn Tournament is being held on Sunday, May 25 at Haig School in Weyburn. Registration is at noon and the tournament begins at 1 pm. It would be great to see a number of our members attend to support this excellent event. It is a smaller tournament much like the one in Melitta in January.
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Check out the new “Words of Wisdom.”
See you at the dojo!
We just set up a YouTube channel on which we hope to post interesting videos from our club and events we attend along with other interesting martial arts videos.
There are a few videos already available for viewing. Check them out here:
Moose Mountain Karate on YouTube.
Regular Class Tonight.
See you at the dojo!
Congratulations to our members who participated in the Manitoba Provincial Wado Kai Karate Tournament over the weekend! Our members did very well and represented our club exceptionally well!
There were a number of excellent demonstrations performed at the tournament and we will share some video of them over the next few weeks.
We’ll start it off with this one:
Sensei Shannon Kaye performing Taisei no Shindo
Moose Mountain Karate 