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On Sunday 4 May, the Club will be hosting a special training session with Aiki Kai Aikido's Graham Morris Sensei, QLD Shibucho.
The even is open to all current Aiki Kai financial members, and will be held in two session: Morning from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm and afternoon from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
Please contact Thomas.Banhazi@usq.edu.au for further details.
This Sunday will be the first time the combined Toowoomba kendo dojos will be staying on after kendo keiko and spending some time with the Seitei Iaido kata.
We have agreed that the first Sunday of each month is a great time to come together and run a study group to increase the numbers of people practising Seitei Iaido. Over coming months we hope to entice one or more of the Sensei from the South East Queensland region to help us polish our understanding and practice.
Must say that I am a little excited that the number of people wanting to practice seitei iaido in Toowoomba has hit a "critical mass". Let me know if you are intending to come along so that we can arrange for sufficient obi and bokken with saya. So come and join us at the PCYC, James Street!
Komei Juku Australia are currently raffling 2 shinken (cutting swords) amongst their clubs.
Adam Brannigan Sensei has already sold some tickets amongst current Toowoomba KJA members, but has a few more available to BBRD members, if anyone might be interested.
The raffle is in two rounds. The first round winner gets first choice of the two blades on offer. The second round winner gets the remaining blade. Attached are some photos of the blades; note the black blade, and note the furnishings which reflect the Komei Juku aesthetic (bamboo leaves of the tsuba and menuki).
Tickets can be purchased from Adam, for $10.00 a ticket, during Iaijutsu class times or by directly contacting him (mob: 0407 236 994). Very few of the first-round tickets are left. Good luck!
Images courtesy of Komei Juku Australia
With School Holidays still on and gradings coming up, we will be having a few extra sessions for training. Tuesday I'll be at the dojo at 11 am for anyone who would like to do some Jujutsu training (for instance if you were wanting to do some sharpening up before gradings coming up soon) and on Thursday at 4pm.
Would be great to see you there
Just wanted to put out a word of thanks to all who participated in the Club demonstration today at Hall-Thorpe Sports. We had over 80 children at the event and all seemed to have fun, particularly with Jack and the re-breakable Taekwondo boards after the main demonstration.
Thanks to Aaron, Adam, Cody, Damien, Greg, Jack, Jason, Maaike and Michael for demonstarions of audience participation in Jujutsu, Taekwondo, Iaijutsu and Kendo.
And of course a thanks to Hall-Thorpe Sports Holiday Care Program for hosting us!
We'll put pictures up as they become available.
The Club has been asked to provide a demonstration of what we do at one of the Club's members' workplace. Damien works with primary school aged children as an after school and holiday care facility. There are approximately 70 children who will be there, and they are already looking forward to the display.
We will be doing it either next Monday or Thursday as 10.30 am Could I please get a )very quick) indication of availability for either of those two times so that we can finalise details tomorrow.
If anyone is free on Tuesday 8 April at 10.30 am, we'll be having a tidy up and clean up of the MEAC storage space and the mats. Come along and lend a hand if you can. The more there are, the quicker we can attend to this important maintenance!
The Easter school holidays and USQ mid semester recess are over the next two weeks and we will have an opportunity to have a tidy up at the MEAC, as well as lay down the training surface today and pick it up again next Thursday night.
All classes will be as normal over the next fortnight, including Kendo at the CBRC Wednesday afternoon, Kendo Kata Thursday lunchtime at the Japanese Garden and the full compliment of classes at the MEAC. If in doubt, please contact the relevant instructor.
We've created a new feature in the Club's website so that you can pay for your monthly training contributions, courses, seminars and merchandise. This includes the new Club t-shirts (Dojo Daughters and Sons of Susano-o), our standard grey Club shirts and the new 3/4 sleeve Systema training shirts.
All you need to do is to point your browser to the Pro Shop. We are accepting both Visa and Mastercard.
Also, we have recently changed our banking details. While the old account will continue to operate for the next six months, we are wanting to phase all of our dealings through the new Heritage Bank account. If you are wanting to arrange for direct transfers to the Club's account, you can find the relevant details here.
Last weeks Taste Tester session (Jujutsu) slotted well into the MEAC, sharing space with the regular Tai Chi and Iaijutsu classes. While the rain has been very welcome, I'm sure that it acted as a mild discouragement to some who might otherwise have come.
This Wednesday will be Systema. General Club members are very welcome to come along and participate (usual training contributions apply).
If you are just starting with the Club it is not too late to join up! You can do so through the Club's Pro Shop, or just turn up on the night.
Remember, if you need a lift out to the MEAC, make sure you contact Michael.Baczynski@usq.edu.au as he will be heading from Kendo at the CBRC around 5.50pm. And if you are at the colleges, make sure you arrange for a late dinner.
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