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June 2008 |
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Karateka,
NEWSLETTER June 2008 |
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Kaizen Academy's email update on forthcoming events.
Shihan Ben's Trip to New York for Training Shihan Ben will be away from the Dojo for two weeks starting from Saturday 31 May 2008. While Shihan is in New York he will support Shuseki Shihan Andy Barber and Renzie Hanham, from Nelson and Christchurch, as they grade to 8th Dan Black belts. Following this Shihan will spend a week training at Honbu, our head Dojo in New York, and will also attend the Annual Black Belt Clinic and Meeting. Shihan Ben should be back taking classes from Saturday 14 June 2008. First Wednesday of the Month Next Wednesday, 4 June 2008, is the first Wednesday in June. This combined class will run from 6pm to 7:30 pm and will be followed by Pizza and drinks. All Black Belts, Kyu grades and beginners are invited to attend. Shihan Ben would like you to invite your friends and work colleagues to the First Wednesday of the Month class. So "Bring A Friend". Stripe Testing Next week, Monday 2 June 2008 to Sunday 8 June 2008, is stripe testing week. If you wish to be tested for one of your stripes, please talk to your instructor before class so they know you need to be tested. Black Belts - If you can assist with running classes while the class' normal instructor is stripe testing students it would be appreciated by the instructors. New Class - Creche Class A new class has been added to our training timetable on Thursday mornings. The class is designed primarily to cater for training members who are mothers with pre-school children, but other members are welcome. The class will run from 10am to 11am and people attending the class will take turns, during the class, to provide supervision for any children prescent. Beginners Classes From the start of May 2008 Beginners Classes will only count towards the number of classes for gradings for White Belts (Beginners 10th and 9th Kyu grades). [Previously this restriction applied to Green Belts and above.] This change applies to adults and children. The change is being made to encourage people to attend classes applicable to their grade, rather than using the Beginners Classes to build up the number of classes required for gradings. June Kyu Grading The next Kyu grading for adults and Green belt and above children is in June. (Kids grading for those below Green belt is on 26 July 2008) Saturday 7 June 2008 for adults, and all green belts and above. Checkin 8:30 am. Grading starts 9:00 am. You will need to have achieved ALL Three Stripes before you are eligible to grade. Your Training Fees will also need to be up to date. June Nidan Grading The Nidan promotion for Senpai Yvonne Van Velzen, Bronwen Dickson and Julie Herron is on Saturday 28 June 2008 starting at 5am. ALL Black Belts are requested to attend. ONLY Black Belts can attend this grading. June Shodan Grading The Shodan promotion for Zak Murdoch is on Saturday 28 June 2008 starting at 9am. ALL Black Belts and Kyu grades are invited to attend. There will be NO normal classes in the morning of Saturday 29 March 2008. Afternoon classes will run as normal. July Kyu Grading - Kids The next Kyu grading for children is in July. Saturday 26 July 2008 for kids below green belt. Checkin 9:30 am. Grading starts 10:00 am. You will need to have achieved ALL Three Stripes before you are eligible to grade. Your Training Fees will also need to be up to date. August Seido North Island Tournament Over the weekend of 9/10 August 2008 The Kaizen Academy will be hosting our third Seido Karate North Island Tournament. Saturday 9 August 2008 will feature Individual and Team Kata, and Points and Semi-Contact Sparring for people aged over 16. Sunday 10 August 2008 will feature Kata, Tag, Sumo and Points sparring for people aged 6 to 15. Plan on making this a good weekend by beginning your training for these events now. Lost Property If you have lost any clothing, please look in the lost property box located by the shoe rack and claim what is yours. Photos on Website A selection of photos taken at the March Shodan and Kyu Gradings are now posted on our website. If you are interested in purchasing copies of these photos please email webmaster@seidokaratewellington.co.nz . Kaze The March 2008 issue of Kaze is on our website. If you have not managed to collect a dead tree edition from the Dojo, please download one from our website. File size is 2.3 MB and requires Adobe Acrobat to view. See www.adobe.com to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat. We are always looking for articles for Kaze. If you are interested in sending us a testimonial about how training in Seido Karate has changed/affected your life, we would be pleased to receive them. Please email them to admin@seidokaratewellington.co.nz . Seido Karate Books If you want to know more about Seido Karate and the techniques that you are learning we have a number of books available for purchase. Karate Kyohon Karate Kyohon is an illustrated book by Kaicho, the founder of the Seido style of karate. It contains all the information you need to get to Green belt level, and then a bit more. Heavily illustrated, it covers stances, punches, blocks, kicks, kata, self-defense and kihons. Price $60 - Currently sold out. New copies are being brought back from New York by Shihan Ben. The Human Face of Karate The Human Face of Karate - My Life, My Karate-Do is the auto-biography of Seido's founder Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura. It recounts his early life and karate, his move to New York to set up Kyokushin Karate in America, his splitting from Kyokushin and the founding of Seido Karate. New Stock has just arrived from New York. Price $60 - New copies in stock now Technique and Spirit Technique and Spirit is Kaicho's first book on Seido Karate. It includes much that is in Karate Kyohon, but also covers weapon techniques and more about Kaicho's philosophy for Seido Karate. Price $60 - New copies in stock now. Black Belt Manuals Black Belt Manuals for Shodan, Nidan, Sandan and Yondan are back in stock. Price $60 - New copies in stock now Timetable of Classes and Events Remember to check the Training Timetable for our classes and the Events Calendar on the Seido Karate Wellington website for any changes. www.seidokaratewellington.co.nz Regards Chris Stone Seido Karate Wellington Kaizen Academy NZ Limited Phone: 04 471 2822 |