Most of the Iaido folk at the Club will be aware, but just in case not, we have organised a special training session with Tom Johnson sensei this Monday (16th November) night at the Pine Mountain Dojo to evaluate how we are tracking towards our grading challenges in a little under three weeks.
I will be heading in from Brisbane, and Tracy will be organising transport from the Toowoomba end. Training starts at 6.30 pm sharp, so in order to get there in time you will need to be leaving from Toowoomba no later than 5.15 pm. If you are coming, make sure that you bring sufficient water down with you as it will no doubt be a very warm evening.
One last reminder. If you intend to challenge for an Iaido grade at the seminar, you will need to get your paperwork signed by myself or Tom sensei and lodged no later than Friday. Your best bet it to either e-mail a copy with your signature to Tracy before she heads down the hill so that she can pass them on to Tom in person (and obviously, if you have passed on the paperwork at Saturday’s training, then all is good!)
The likewise applies for Kendo gradings as well. If you send through an electronic copy to me with your signature on it by Friday, I will make sure that it is signed by me and forwarded on. You will also need to deposit your grading fee(s) into the QKR account before Friday
We will be finalising accommodation very shortly, and will require you to deposit directly into the Club’s transactions account so that we can pay the AirBnB. We will be contacting folk directly vis-a-vis details for this. If you have not indicated that you would like to stay with us and intend to, please urgently contact myself, Sean or Tracy so that you can be included in our calculation of beds.