Check out the “Definition of Kara” as written by Sensei Gichin Funakoshi.

It is at the bottom of the page.

What a fun work out last night. Great work everyone!

We are extending the due date for the Duffle Bag Order Form until next Tuesday. A large number of order forms have gone out so if you wish to have a bag before karate finishes for this year you must submit your order form next week.

They are a great looking and functional bag. Show your club spirit and order yours today!

Well… should we start planning for the bad weather now?

There will be regular class on Tuesday.

Anyone wishing to order a duffle bag is reminded to hand in their order forms on this Tuesday.

Good luck to Sensei Andrew and Sempai Hannah this weekend as they travel to compete in the Alberta Provincial Wado Kai Tournament in Whitecourt!

We know you’ll do very well and be great representatives of our club while visiting Alberta.

Congratulations to our club members who travelled to Saskatoon over the weekend! There was plenty of hardware brought back to our dojo but, more importantly, everyone enjoyed themselves and felt good about their performance. Well, some of us may have felt better without the “DQ”!

For those of you interested in the duffle bag, please return your order form NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY, APRIL 5 so the bags can be ordered and received before this session ends.

Here is a link to the Duffle Bag Order Form.

We will be putting together an order for a new Club Duffle Bag. Price information is at the bottom of this post.

We decided to go with a sturdy, high-quality bag that will last a long time. So we chose the Under Armour Duffle bag pictured here.

The bag is quite large and very well constructed. It will be personalized with our club’s “fist and dove” logo and name and members can have their names embroidered on it as well.

Since karate class was cancelled last night and we were unable to display the bag, we are asking members interested in purchasing one to “Comment” on this post or to send an email to info@moosemountainkarate.com  to let us know you would like one. We are asking this to establish an approximate number of bags to bring in for the first order.

We will have the bag on display at next week’s class but we would really appreciate your feedback earlier if possible.

Cost:

$60 per bag with club logo only.
$66 with club logo and member’s name.

Unfortunately, both taxes will be added to this cost.

We tried to publish a post telling everyone that karate was cancelled tonight but WordPress was having trouble with their server and we couldn’t log in to do so!!

Sorry!

We’ll see you all next week.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE SASKATOON TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND!

Well, it’s Tuesday again and, once again, we have a weather warning!

As before, karate is still on but please don’t take any chances on the highways.

For our new or younger members not very familiar with the founder of our style of karate…

Notice how our Sandan is only slightly different from his. We can appreciate Sensei Shintani’s efforts to teach us as he was taught.

We just received the REGISTRATION information for the National Shintani Tournament.

There will be no registration on the day of the tournament so they are asking that ALL PARTICIPANTS PRE-REGISTER for the tournament by midnight on MAY 25, 2011.

The dates of the tournament are Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Brock University in St. Catharine’s Ontario.

The tournament information and registration package is here National Registration/Info 2011

The tournament flyer is here 2011 National Flyer

The Shintani Wado-Kai National Clinic and Tournament is always a great event. This year will be particularly special as we celebrate Sensei Shintani’s 60 Years in karate.

Our club Senseis will have more to say regarding the National Tournament in class.

Also, DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE SASKATOON TOURNAMENT COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND. This is an excellent tournament in a great facility… and it’s IN SASKATCHEWAN! Let’s support our local clubs! Here’s the Saskatoon information again Saskatoon Flyer 2011