Classes Start Tomorrow!!

Regular classes begin tomorrow night at the dojo! (Carlyle Elementary School Gym)

If you weren’t able to make it to the Registration Night, don’t worry! You can still register at a regular class.

Class Times:

Just for Kicks (age 5, 6, 7) – 6:30 pm

Jr/Adult (age 8 up) – 7:30 pm

See you at the dojo!

Great Registration Night!

Thanks to everyone who came out to register tonight! What a great turn-out!

Don’t worry if you didn’t make it tonight. You can still register at our regular classes. 

Classes begin next Tuesday, September 16. Just for Kicks (age 5, 6, and 7) at 6:30 pm and age 8 and up at 7:30 pm.

See you at the dojo!

Registration Night and First Day!

The registration night for this year will be on Tuesday, September 9 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at our regular dojo in the Carlyle Elementary School gym.

Classes will begin the following Tuesday, September 16. Just for Kicks (age 5, 6, 7) from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, and the regular class for ages 8 and up from 7:30 – 9:00 pm.

Here are some important dates to put on your fridges:

Saskatchewan Provincial Wado Kai Karate Tournament and Clinic – Carlyle, SK – November 21 and 22, 2014.

National Shintani Memorial Wado Kai Tournament – Simcoe, ON – May 23 and 24, 2015. 

We will be discussing these events in our first class.

See you at the dojo!!

The 10 Precepts of Anko Itosu

The following post was borrowed from the web site of Sensei Iain Abernethy.

Check out the entire post on our Words of Wisdom page.

Anko Itosu (1832-1915) was one of karate’s true innovators; he was the creator of the Pinan kata and was responsible for introducing karate onto the Okinawan school system. To make karate suitable for children, Itosu watered down the karate he taught to them. As part of this, he started teaching kata without their applications so that the children could gain the physical benefits of kata training without irresponsibly giving them knowledge of the violent and brutal methods the kata were created to record…