Today is a final Budo Blog for the year. We had our last official class yesterday, with our online Flexifitters gathering for a final formal stretch, and last drinks for Kendo, Iaido and Jujutsu on Saturday afternoon. It seems fitting that today is the summer solstice, which for me always marks the beginning of the transition into a new year, and signals an opportunity for a pause from the usual hubbub of life.
We now go on a formal break for a fortnight, returning for keiko hajime on Tuesday 5 January. We are hoping that this year we will be able to beam in the wider Club diaspora on the 5th to participate in our formal start to the year. We would love to have friends and supporters join the event, and you can do so by using Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88519597219?pwd=MXgyU09kMEpYNnFteDBEUDBKaXhxQT09
Meeting ID: 885 1959 7219
Passcode: 339468
We will be kicking things off shortly after 6 pm Toowoomba time, starting with some formalities and then demonstrations of a number of the arts that the Club supports. Join from the start, or if you like, pull up with some of your own sushi, mochi, tea and/or sake and share a light meal at the end of the demonstration sessions (which ought be around 8.45 pm Toowoomba time).
I hope that everyone finds the time to rest and recharge over the next two weeks. 2020 has been a year of change, resilience, and adaption as we have all been forced to deal with the random hand presented us. The year coming will not be with out this own challenges, but i think that the enduring lesson from this year past is that individually, and with the collective support of our community, we are certainly more than capable of rising to meet it.
Take care everyone, keep up your own individual practice over the next fortnight, and I will look forward to seeing everyone in the new year!