Have a Happy Holiday season, everyone! 2011 was another great year in the dojo and we’re looking forward to an exciting 2012!
Remember that there is a grading for the Just for Kicks group on January 17 and possibly for the adult/jr. group as well. Keep checking here for details.
Our first night back is Tuesday, January 10. See you then!
Tonight is our final workout before the holidays.
Be sure to work extra hard tonight so that you’re prepared for a two week lay-off! Try to find a few minutes during the holidays to work some basics like stances and techniques along with a bit of kata. The grading will come up quickly in January and you don’t want to be unprepared!!
See you at class.
In our discussion during last night’s cool-down, we discussed the “Father of Modern Karate,” Gichin Funakoshi Sensei.
He developed, and lived by, his 20 Precepts of Karate. Check out these precepts on our Words of Wisdom page.
Great work last night, everyone! It was great to see some new faces joining us for the new session.
We have 1 more Tuesday class remaining before Christmas holidays! It’s hard to believe that the year has gone by so quickly! If anyone is interested in an extra workout before Christmas, remember that you can go to BUILT FOR LIFE gym on THURSDAY nights for an additional workout. Rumour has it there may be a special guest returning this Thursday for a visit?
Grading will take place in January. Keep checking here for more information on that.
Keep working hard! Really focus this week so you go into the holiday with solid foundations so you come back the same way in January.
Only a few days left until the holidays! It’s the perfect time to really focus and prepare for your holiday karate schedule!!
That’s right… holiday… karate… schedule!
Learn as much as you can before the holiday break; ask lots of questions; get those final few pointers on your katas and techniques and then work them over the break so you don’t forget everything you’ve worked on up till now. We don’t want to come back to regular work outs in a turkey-induced stupor and start from the beginning again!!
Just schedule 2 or 3 hours over the holidays to keep your karate in shape and, when you return, you’ll be ready for your grading!
See you tonight!
“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.” – Sensei Gichin Funakoshi
See more Words of Wisdom.
Remember that the Session 2 begins today! Please bring your fees with you so our books stay up-to-date.
See you at the workout.
Session 2 begins next week, December 6. Please bring your registration fee on Tuesday.
Everyone should be practicing for the next grading. The Senseis will be talking about that a lot now and will soon give a date for the grading to take place.
See you Tuesday!
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29, is the last day to turn in your duffle bag order forms.
Here’s the form: Duffle Bag Order Form2011
We hosted a great tournament this weekend! Way to go everyone who helped out and particpated!
For our tournament newbies… it likely didn’t take long to realize what a friendly and supportive environment the tournament is. Every person in that room remembers their first tournament vividly. We were all a bit nervous and just a little tense before the kumite portion of our division started… “what are the other competitors going to be like?” Well, now that the first one is in the books, we can start planning for the next tournament we’ll attend!!
Just a couple of things…
We are MISSING a pair of Reebok running shoes, size 12. Please check to make sure that you have the correct shoes.
Also, there were some items left at the tournament so if we don’t have them in the club’s lost and found, you can check the lost and found at the high school.
Regular classes continue on Tuesday and we’ll start preparing for the first grading of the year! See you Tuesday.
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