No Go this Tuesday

Unfortunately, I will not be in a position to run a Go session on Tuesday as I will be engaged in final preparation for my exam on Wednesday morning. We shall be back to normal next week though!

Jodo Demonstration by Glen Henry sensei, 1 pm Sat. 28 Oct.

Hello All,

This Saturday (28 Oct.) Glen Henry sensei and students will be coming up the hill to give an extensive demonstration in the various arts associated with jodo.  This will include the arts of kenjutsu (Japanese long & short sword), tanjo-jutsu (walking stick or club) and jutte-jutsu (truncheon) in addition to demonstrations of advanced jo techniques (and possibly a demonstration kusarigamma-jutsu, the sickle with chain & weight).

It would be good to see the practitioners of the sword arts come as well (those of you in kendo and iaido); these demonstrations involve a vast number of sword techniques (the sword is used throughout jodo) and watching someone as skilled in the sword as Glen Henry can be very enlightening. In addition, anybody involved in the use of the short staff (jo) would find these techniques interesting, so it would be good to see people from jujutsu and kendo practitioners of ZNKR seitei jodo come as well. I would also encourage anybody in the club who are interested in the Japanese weapon arts to come along, this should prove to be an energetic and exciting demonstration.

This is a free demonstration and is open to the general public. It starts at 1 pm (1300 hrs) at the MEAC.

Hope to see everybody there.

Eric

End of Semester 2 is nigh!

I just wanted to wish everyone preparing or exams and finalising assignments all the best as we count down to the end of semester. Training ought to be broadly back to normal this week, including a functionally clean MEAC to train in (thanks to Tracy and Kateena for their help on Saturday).  

We still need to do some more work over the next week and a half to make the MEAC look its best in preparation for the Glen Henry sensei seminar and public demonstration, as we are hoping to achieve some media coverage of the event. Therefore, could I urge as many folk as possible to come to the Saturday cleaning session 3 pm this week, so that we do not have to do as much hard work the following Friday when we set the dojo up. 

So stay dry and safe this week folks, and I'll look forward to seeing you in at the dojo! 

Date claimer Friday afternoon 27 October, Monday morning 30 October

I'd just like to ask that if we could have Club members available on Friday 5 pm of the 27th and on Monday morning of the 30th in order to help with picking up and dropping off of extra training mats for the SMR Jodo seminar and public demonstrations.

Thomas Banhazi has very generously offered to support our event by loaning his mats to add to ours. As he will be overseas at the time, we will need to arrange to pick them up and drop them off. Kateena has offered the use of her ute. However, we will need to move them from (and on Monday, to) their position in the Q block theatre, and more hands will make for much lighter work. 

This includes setting up the dojo for the following day, including cleaning the toilets, tidying the main hall, and giving the floor a mop down on Friday. Please let Michael know ASAP is you are able to help.  

QKR December seminar and grading

The date and place for this year's December seminar and grading has been announced. Unfortunately, Toowoomba missed out this time despite putting in a strong bid, and we will look to make another attempt to host the seminar in 2018.  

We will again be heading to the Gold Coast for the 2nd & 3rd of December, and be training in the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, Carrara, where this year's Kendo competition for the Australian University Games were held. It is $60 to attend both days of the seminar, or $35 for a single day. Family groups of three or more 

Gradings will be available up to and including sandan for both Kendo and Iaido. Grading applications and receipt of payment for the grading must be received by the QKR president no later than 18 November. Remember that your grading form must be signed off by myself for Kendo or Tom Johnson sensei for iaido as part of the registration process. 

We will be heading down on Friday 1 December and arranging to stay Friday and Saturday night as customary. Please let me know ASAP if you would like to stay in the group accomodation so that we can get the best deal for the size of group we have.  

Australian Kendo Team fundraiser

The World Kendo Championships is on next year, and Australian squad members for the women's and men's teams are in active preparation for what is building to be an intense competition in Korea.  

Sending teams is an expensive process, particularly for proper amature teams in niche sports, and the Australian Kendo Renmei is hoping to do some fundraising to help with these costs. The first cab off the rank are supporters t-shirts and tenugui. I've been asked to coordinate the Toowoomba based order by no later than the 20th of October. 

Have a look at the designs, and let me know what you would like to obtain. Pricing is:

  • T-Shirt & Tenugui Package - $40
  • Individual T-Shirt price Adults $25 / Kids $20
  • Individual Tenugui $20

Jodo demonstration 28 Oct.

Glen Henry Sensei and students will be making the trip up the hill to demonstrate all things related to Jodo (jo, ken, tanjo, jutte and kusarigama) on 28 October.  Come and see how dynamic and effective this Koryu art can be.  For a taste see the posting by Sensei Adrian Knight on the BBRD Facebook page on 3 July of him and Glen Henry Sensei doing the jo kata group Gohon no Midare.

This event will be open to the general public.  Time and venue to be announced in the Budo Blog...stay tuned.  This event will also be marked in the calender.

Eric

 

Jodo training times

Hello All,

For this Monday (9 Oct.) Jodo will start training at 1930 hrs (7:30 pm).  It will resume its 1900 hrs (7 pm) training time next Monday (16 Oct.)

Eric

No training at the MEAC this week

I have spoken with a number of you over the past week, but just to let you know that we will not have access to the MEAC this week as Holy Name Primary School will have it set up for their annual Art Show.  

This Sunday, as part of the festivities related to the Arts Show Carnival, the Club has been asked to do some formal demonstrations over the lunch period. We are scheduled to do a 15 minute slot at just before 12 pm and another around 2 pm, though we will have the marquee set up on the oval and conduct some free-form practice from 11 am. This is an excellent opportunity for the Club to formally engage with the school community, so they can get a little more accurate idea of what the "karate guys" do in their school hall of an evening!

There are still some details to be nailed down, and I will put out a separate "Special" Budo Bulletin with an update mid-week. 

We will do our usual spread of disciplines based on the availability of members to lend a hand, and what the weather has in store for us on the weekend.