Summer Camp and other things.

Summer Camp has come and gone again. Nice to see a whole crop of younguns. Way to go Kristine and Koburo Dojo. Kristine was officially made the head of the Club with Sensei Bob Cussler taking on a more of an adviser role. Congrats to you both.

Saturday began with a run breakfast and Nerf Football. Good Times! My gi is officially retired after suffering giant tears. The big boys clobbered each other and the younguns scored the goals. This was followed by Sensei Bob taking us through some Aikido basics. Sensei Rheinhard followed with some elemental Jits. Hanshi of course ran everyone through a spirited basics class. Sensei Michael was awarded his San dan and Tao experienced his first camp as a karate ka.

Kingston is planning a November Tournament this year so keep training hard.

Promotions

Congratulations to Haley , Michael and Tsuyoshi. Brown belts well deserved. Keep up the hard work!

Fight Club and Olympic Lifting

Just a reminder that we will be hosting an Olympic Lifting seminar on Feb 6th. As well as our 2nd Fight Club get together on the 22nd of Feb. Both will run from 11- 1 pm.

Returning Sensei

Just a quick note to let you all know that Sensei's Chris Ahlers, Yondan, and Sensei Jim Blanchard, Nidan are back and training again. Welcome back...you have been missed!

Welcome to 2009

Greetings all,

Well we are embarking on a new year with new goals and challenges. Some news of note. Senpai Albert has been promoted to first kuy and is preparing for his shodan test. No confirmed date but it will happen sooner rather then later.

We are looking for more Adult members...so if you know of any please send them our way.

The kids classes continue to grow and thrive. We now have orange and yellow belts in the junior class and Haley, Tsuyoshi and Michael are closing in on brown belt promotions.

Good luck to you all in the upcoming year. may all your strikes hit their mark.

Sensei Mike

It has been a while

Well the last year has certainly been exciting. We have relocated to a dedicated space, survived floods and cold. Thanks to all of you who have endured with us.

We have a number of recent promotions to share. Senpai Al promoted to 2nd kyu brown belt, Blake promoted to green belt, tracey promoted to orange belt, Les promoted to yellow stripe. Welcome aboard Austin and Brian

On the kids side (intermediate class): Haley Michael and Tsuyoshi all promoted to green stripe, Chris to green belt. Santiago, Elsha and Chad to orange belt.

Junior kids: Madeline and Colin to orange belt, Mathew and Gavin to yellow belt. Welcome Breadon

Congratulations to you all. Well deserved and well earned.

Promotions

Congratulations to Tsuyoshi, Blake and Albert, promoted to Green Belt, Yellow Belt and Orange Stripe. Well deserved all of you.

Sensei

Summer Camp

Summer camp has come and gone. Thanks to Sensei Bob and all the rest of the Sensei for hosting a great camp. Guelph was well represented with 9 karate ka as well as Sensei Wolfgang making an appearence.
We want to congratulate Hanshi Douglas Roberts on his promotion to 9th dan as well as Sensei James (Ottawa) and Sensei Mike (Guelph)who were recommended for 4th and 3rd dan.
Summer camp this year taught us much about commitment and determination with Hanshi Douglas Roberts leading the way.
Next on the agenda will be Kingstons tournament scheduled for November 3.
See you all there and keep training.

Sensei Mike