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It is certainly going to be a busy week coming, with Aiki Kai Winter School, Jodo Week at the MEAC and the QKR seminar and grading on the weekend.
As per usual, the seminar will be over both Saturday and Sunday with a 9 am sharp start at the Collingwood Park Recreation Centre. There will be an election for new office bearers of the QKR.
Please let Michael Baczynski know ASAP if you are intending to head down for one or both days so that we can organise sufficient transport for everyone.
'Tis the first Sunday of the month as we will be practising seitei iaido after kendo training at the PCYC. If people could be ready for a 10.30 am start (sharp) we can do a little more practice before the QKR Seminar next weekend!
Adrian Knight will be hosting a week long introduction of Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo at the MEAC beginning Monday 7 July. Assisting will be Humberto Heyden, a SMR Jodo practitioner from Chile. Humberto is a practitioner of Shotokai Karate, and started SMR Jodo with Nishioka Sensei in 2006, making regular training trips to Japan.
Over 4 nights we will cover the basic handing and use of the sword and the jo (128cm staff). Adrian and Humberto will also demonstrate kata, the main tool of transmitting the technical and psychological aspects of a one on one duel with weapons. In this week the students will be encouraged to have a go and learn as much as they can absorb!
This will be followed by a weekend seminar, which will feature senior practitioners such as Glen Henry Sensei, and menkyo kaiden holder Katsuhiko Arai Sensei.
There will be no jujutsu or iaijutsu classes next week and all of those students are strongly encouraged to participate next week. Please let us know by Friday if you are going to participate so that we can source sufficient jo and bokken.
Jodo Introduction
6:30-8:30pm, Monday to Thursday, July 7-10
Jodo Weekend seminar
Saturday 12 10am to 5pm
Sunday 13 9am to 2pm
Price
$30 for four nights Jodo Intro
$30 for weekend seminar
$45 combined price
The MEAC will be hosting an open seminar organised by RAW Combat Toowoomba on Sunday 22 June from 12-4pm.
The Seminar will feature Adam Martin from RAW Combat Melbourne and cost $50 for the session.
Bring water, comfortable training clothes (or Gi if preferred, towel), focus pads and training knives if you have them. Some spare equipment will be available on the day. The seminar will be for ages: 15 yrs and over (due to edged weapon training)
New comers to experienced practitioners welcome. For more information, please contact Rob Schyff on (07) 46353086 or 0405687582.
I just wanted to say a quick word of congratulation to Dave Johnson Sensei for the inaugural Kyokushin Dojo Open day. It was great to see some of the regular faces come out to support on the day despite the awful weather!
Thanks particularly to Sian and Maaike for their very able Kendo demonstration and to Stuart for running a Systema mini-workshop. It was also wonderful to see Dave demonstrate the Primal Move and kettlebell work he does. Plenty of thoughts for supplementary exercises in class!
I'll make sure that a full list of Dave's upcoming workshops are posted up, so please check the Club calendar for more details.
The inaugural Taekwondo gradings to be held at the BBRD will be on tonight (Monday 26 May) at the Mort Estate Activity Centre from 6pm.
If you are free, please come and consider supporting the students, some as young as 5, who will be attempting to grade!
This Sunday is the first of the month, and we will be practising seitei iaido kata at the James Street PCYC straight after regular kendo practice. We will notionally be starting at 10.30 am, but if you can, please try to be there a little earlier.
In addition, if you are interested in undertaking iaido and need to borrow a bokken and/or saya, please let Michael know ASAP so that sufficient can be made available.
Thomas Banhazi and the Aikidoka have now made the move across to the Clive Berghoffer Recreation Centre, Baker Street and will be commencing classes from this Tuesday in the Group Exercise Room (upstairs). Classes will be from 6.45–8.15pm Tuesday and Thursday. Training may vary depending on the ability for Thomas and/or Adrian Knight to be available to instruct, and it would be a good idea to ensure that you are on Thomas' e-mailing list to avoid the disappointment of turning up to a cancelled class.
We currently do not have full payment details yet, but I understand that all people who attend class will have to pay a casual rate of $5/6 (USQ student/all others) to reception downstairs. It is also a timely reminder that in order to train in Aikido and be covered by the Aiki Kai Australia's insurance you must be a current financial member, and that these memberships are due for renewal at the end of June.
Please contact Thomas for any further details either by phone on 4631 1191 or e-mail Thomas.Banhazi@usq.edu.au
I just wanted to write a quick work of congratulations to all who came on Saturday to participate in the Jujutsu gradings.
First up I would like to thank Steve Witney sensei for forming the grading panel with me and providing that vital set external eyes to benchmark and validate the gradings that everyone received.
I'd also like to thank Brady Albrand for helping the candidates make their last minute preparations before the grading commenced.
As for the grading itself I want to commend everyone who participated. The level of resilience, determination and technical competence shone through and everyone impressed both Steve sensei and myself. To the results:
9th Kyu
Wayne Frith
8th Kyu
Maaike Stehouwer
Tony Schirmer
7th Kyu
Aaron De Smet
Dylan Green
Lauren Ole
6th Kyu (and hence progression to blue belt)
Daen Fryar
Well done everyone!
The next seminar and grading opportunity will be at the Collingwood Park Sports Facility on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of July.
On this occasion we will be offering Kyu gradings in Kendo and Iaido and Dan gradings to Shodan level (if a candidate for Nidan is interested, they need to contact Kevin Humphries urgently at president@qkr.asn.au so he can confirm whether a grading panel can be found). Some of Queensland's senior members will be attending gradings and/or seminars in Japan during that weekend, and we wish them the very best for their Shinsha opportunity.
All other arrangements for the weekend will be as usual, cost is set at $10 per day attended for all participants and QKR standard grading fees will apply.
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