Author: moosemountainkarate

GRADING

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Gradings are coming up fast. Here are the dates to remind you:

Just for Kicks – January 21, 2014

Kyu (coloured belts) Belt Grading – January 28, 2014

Be sure to practice your katas and some techniques at home. There are no rules that say you can’t practice!! Just don’t practice on non members!!

It only takes a few minutes to run through your katas. Start slowly to check your positions and then speed it up. Be very aware of your stances. We are often moving in the correct direction and making the correct movement but our stances are often incorrect which weakens the entire technique. If you have the technology, record a video of yourself and make any corrections that you notice. Be critical.

See you at the dojo.

Happy New Year!

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Welcome to 2014!

And what a way to start back to school than a -50˚ day!!

Regular karate classes resume on Tuesday. We also start a new year of tournaments and events. The first one being the Melitta Mini Tournament on January 18. You can find more information by clicking on this link or our EVENTS page.

See you at the dojo.

Congratulations Cory!

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… on being this year’s recipient of the Clinton McFarlane Memorial Cup!

This award was donated by the McFarlane family after Clinton was killed in an industrial accident at the Shand Power Station. He was a karateka from Carnduff who showed great dedication, spirit, and humility in his life and karate. He was the kind of person the Senseis wanted to introduce to Sensei Shintani. So that has become the unofficial criteria for receiving the cup. The Senseis who attend our tournament can all nominate someone whom they would “most like to introduce to Sensei Shintani”. They then vote on the nominees and the majority vote getter receives the trophy. The award can be won by any karateka who attends our tournament from any club.

Congratulations, Cory!

Cory Receiving McFarlane Trophy

New Session Fees and the Next Tournament

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Great workout tonight everyone!

Just another reminder to pay your fees for the new session that started today. Thank you.

Also, we have posted information regarding the next tournament in our area.

The Melitta Tournament is hosted by Sensei Alby Morris in the Melitta School Gym on Saturday, January 18, 2014. The morning is advertised as a “Self-Defense class focused on Female Assault”. Well, if you’ve never attended one of Sensei Alby’s self-defense classes, you really should go to this one. It IS NOT just for women!! Sensei will show you many techniques for a number of situations that leave us with no other method of escape. He is direct and the techniques he teaches are highly effective. It is definitely a self-defense clinic worth attending. The tournament itself is an excellent little tournament specifically designed to help develop confidence in tournament performance for karateka of all ages. It also provides new black belts and brown belt students an opportunity to learn to do some corner judging. It is a terrific little event and so close to us.

There are more details on our “Events” page.

New Session begins this week

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Tuesday’s workout marks the start of Session 2 in our dojo. Please be sure to pay your fees promptly.

With weather conditions changing constantly, be sure to check here for any information regarding class cancellations. Please be sure to be careful when driving to and from the workouts and to consider potentially bad weather before coming to karate class.

See you at the dojo!