“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus; and you must not stay there. You must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee

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2014-15 Registration Form

Sensei Quinn and Sensei LJ were the 2014 recipients of the SWKKF Scholarships!

Here is the information from the SWKKF website:

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The Wado Kai Student Development Fund offers two annual scholarships of $1000 each. All qualifying secondary students in Canada are eligible for selection.

To qualify for selection the following criteria must be met:

1. The applicant must be involved in the Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation. If the applicant is a parent or guardian of the student, the application will be judged on the parent’s or guardian’s accomplishments in the Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation and their Sensei’s recommendation as well as the student’s admission grades.
2. The student must be applying to a post-secondary institution such as university, technological institute, teacher’s college, nursing school etc.
3. The student’s level of education must be sufficient to allow admittance to the post-secondary institution. Proof of acceptance into the institute will be required before the scholarship is released.
4. All sections of the application must be fully completed and received at the address shown on the application by midnight June 30th.

All applications are judged on three equally weighted categories:

• Academic accomplishments
• Extra-curricular activities
• Martial arts achievement

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What an honour that two recipients from Saskatchewan were chosen out of 15 applicants nation wide! SWKKF karate is alive and kicking in Saskatchewan!

We all know Sensei Quinn from our club. His hard work and dedication have made him a key member of Moose Mountain Wado Kai Karate. Many of us know Sensei LJ from Saskatoon. He regularly attends our tournament, always attends the Warman tournament, and is a member of our National SWKKF team.

Here is the official media release from the Federation. Scholarship Media Release August 2014

Congratulations, Senseis! Good luck as you begin your post-secondary studies!

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.

National_Team_2014_Media_Release

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!

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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!

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!