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Word in from the wire— Stuart Shaw, the Club's Chinese Arts instructor has made it through to the third round of the Daqingshan International Taiji Competition.
Stuart is one of only three Westerners to go through to the fourth round. More to come through this week. For the latest, make sure you keep looking at the BBRD Facebook Page!
Just to let you know that I am teaching in Springfield on Tuesday this week as a swap for the Ipswich Show Holiday.
As a result, I will be coming in a little later to the dojo, so we will start class at 6.30 pm (so our Thursday drill). Adrian Knight should be there earlier for the regular jodo class in odrer to let folks in and set up the mats. We may have one or two new participant who may be unaware of the revised start time, so I'd ask jujutsuka could get there at the usual time to help orient them.
It is that time of year, and we have locked in 11 am Saturday 6 June to hold grade examinations for Jujutsu. Application fee for the grading is $30.
The grading rubrics for 9th-6th Kyu have been updated on the Club's Facebook group. I would ask that anyone who is wishing to present for an evaluation to download (and print out) the appropriate document and bring it with them to jujutsu classes between now and the end of the month.
Saturday sessions between now and the grading will be focussed on grading preparation, but if you have any specific questions based on the rubrics, please bring them along to evening classes as well.
Good luck everyone with your prep!
I am not sure what the Chinese equivalent might be, but I want to call out a big gambate! for Stuart who left on Sunday to compete at the International tournament in Daqingshan, China.
We all know the very hard Work Stuart has been putting into his training over the past 12 months, and expect him to acquit himself well, no doubt with tales ideas and vigour to bring home with him.
With a little sadness, myself and some of the Executive managed to catch up with Jack on Tuesday before he and his wife started their journey down to Sydney in pursuit of work opportunities.
I want to extend my thanks to Jack for his contributions to the Club over the past two and a half years. We will all miss him, wish him all the best, and hope to see him again in Toowoomba in the not too distant future.
This Saturday, 2nd May, we will be having our Annual General Meeting (between the sessions of Tai Chi and Jujutsu) at 12 noon in the MEAC.
All current financial BBRD members are welcome and invited to attend. You must be financial to vote. Have your say in the future directions in our Club!
At the AGM we elect our club executive members: President, Secretary and Treasurer, for this year. Maybe you are thinking of standing for a position? This is your chance! We also hear about the happenings of the last year and what may be coming up ahead.
Jujutsu training will follow on from the AGM, which is not anticipated to take up a great deal of time.
Hope to see you all there!
Saturday's class (after the Club's AGM) will be the first of the month, and we will be transitioning from our focus on kansetsu waza (joint locks) to nage waza (throws and take downs). I always love this month as it provides an excellent opportunity to focus on the entire "package" of jujutsu — entering, unbalancing, footwork and body movement.
We will also be preparing for gradings up to potentially yon kyu, at the end of this month. For anyone contemplating presenting for a grade, please make sure that you talk with Michael ASAP about your eligibility and the criteria for the grade you wish to test for.
Unfortunately, Michael will not be able to attend Kendo at the University on Wednesday as he has been asked to participate in an event down in Springfield that afternoon and will not be back in time.
Those that wish to practice can still use the space, and we will confirm with the Club's kendoka whether Jason Winchester will be available to direct traffic.
We will be back to usual next week, and look forward to seeing as many there as can make it.
Just a quick note to remind everyone to fill out a 2015 Membership form ASAP so that we can set up the new database, and a big thank you to everyone who has already done so!
If you haven't done so yet, could you please give your paperwork to your relevant instructor this week.
I'm just wanting to run a little bit of a social media experiment with the Club's Facebook page over the next few weeks, and would love if everyone on the Club's distribution list could help out.
First up, if you are a Facebook user and haven't "liked" the Club's Facebook page, please do so. Second, for the next two weeks, could you "like" the posts that come through on the page.
I'm hoping that we can continue to grow the reach of of the Page over the next month so that we might get more traffic both through the Club's various channels and in class. By liking things, you will see more of the Club's material come through your news feed, and more importantly, so too will your broader network of friends.
To that end we well also be putting up a new You Tube channel in coming weeks and try and re-syndicate some of the best martial arts related content that we find on the Net.
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