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For all of you who have wanted to get a specific training shirt or one of the general BBRD Club shirts, the Club's print direct t-shirt shop is now open.
You can point your browser to: http://bbrd.printup.com.au/ and have a look at what is on offer. I am intending to have more designs up there in the coming weeks, so check back regularly!
For those who may not have caught up at the dojo over the past few weeks, I just want to confirm that after three successful weekends for the later start time, Jujutsu will now be permanently shifting to a 4 pm start on Saturday.
By was of a reminder, please try to get to the dojo around 3.50 pm so that we can start on the dot of 4 pm. I am wanting to ensure that we have as efficient a set up and pack up as possible so that we do not interfere the with Holy Name church service at 6 pm.
It was great to see some long missed faces there this weekend, and I'm looking forward to the next few weeks where we will be transitioning from a focus on kansetsu waza into nage waza.
On behalf of everyone at BBRD, I'm wanting to pass on wishes for a speedy recovery to Brian Crouch, who has injured himself while playing Jugger for the Highland Dragons down in Brisbane this weekend.
Initial reports indicate a broken ankle, which will have Brian out of action on the field for some weeks. Will update with more information once we get it.
And yes Brian — it is a pity that none of the cyborg leg options come with in-build lasers!
This Sunday (18 October) is the annual Pittsworth Judo Club's inter-club Judo competition. It is a great opportunity to see young (and not so young) judoka compete, and certainly worth the relatively short drive down the Gore Highway to have a look.
As in previous years, the Toowoomba Kendo community have been invited to do some kendo demonstrations around lunch time between the junior and senior competitions.
I am aware that participation in Kendo has been somewhat depleted over recent months. However, I would ask that you consider dusting off the bogu and participating.
Given that the audience has seen a bit of what we do over the past few years, my idea would be to have two shiai "matches" — one Dan grade and one Kyu grade, with shinpan (singular or plural if sufficient folk participating) scoring the points. We could then have the audience armed with mini "flags" to see who they think scored the points.
However, in order to do this we would need sufficient kendoka to participate. Best laid plans and all that ...
We would be heading to Pittsworth after regular Sunday morning training a the PCYC, and can, of course, share transport out there to make it easier and more efficient to get to the event.
If you could please let Michael Baczynski know ASAP whether you might be interested in attending and participating, so that appropriate planning can be undertaken.
I hope that everyone has had a quiet and productive fortnight and a wonderful long weekend. With school back this week , I would like to just set a few reminders for everyone at the Club
I'm looking forward to seeing everybody back at training this week. Gambatte!
In order to provide more flexibility for Club members to purchase training uniforms, we are establishing some direct shops with two of our preferred suppliers — The Print Bar, Australia, and Grapplingstore.com This will save Michael the stress of having to collect everyone's money for these purchases, and make sure that you get your gear ASAP.
Members will be able to direct purchase Systema and Arnis training shirts, and Jujutsu keikogi without having to wait for a group order. We will also be offering some general Club wear that you can purchase, including some fashion-t-shirts.
We will be working on the launch of these two shopping portals over the next two weeks and will let you know where you need to point your browsers once they go "live"
Just wanted to let everyone know that the Club has its regular scheduled monthly Executive meeting this Friday.
We have a few items to discuss on the agenda, including the Club's shift to cashless transactions, fund raising and purchasing priorities for the next six months, and ratifying some procedural matters.
I invite any ordinary member to feed comments or queries through your discipline coordinators so that they can be presented at the meeting.
As all BBRD members are probably aware, the Seitei Iaido Kohokai group has moved its practise session to Thursday nights, commencing at 7:40PM. All is going well, with members travelling twice weekly to Redbank Plains to train at the main dojo with Kohokai instructor, Tom Johnson.
Tom is currently in Perth at a national seminar, training with Iaidoka such as Nagiyama-sensei (7th dan) and Raymond Lawrence-sensei (6th dan). James Archer is covering the 3 sessions at
Redbank while Tom-san is away.
The club recently had a full-day seminar at Moggill with Sydneysider Klara Lantay-Owens (3rd dan), who specialises in standing technique in her kata — a great day was had by all, and Klara taught some excellent alternative kata for those of us who may have trouble kneeling in seiza.
As always, any BBRD members who have an interest in traditional Japanese swordsmanship are welcome to come to the Thursday night session, and anyone interested in travelling to Redbank for training can contact James regarding times and carpooling.
Over the last few weeks we have received some enquiries about Systema and Arnis t-shirts.
We will look to make an order for shirts in the next fortnight. the 3/4 sleeve Systema shirts are $45 and the Arnis shirts will be $30 each.
Please talk to Michael this week and we will look to order them next week!
I just wanted to give a quick acknowledgement to Dylan, Sean and Tracy who came in this morning to give the dojo a quick spruce up this morning.
We've given the mats a mop and scrub, swept all the dust and grit from the often forgotten corners behind things at the MEAC and, most importantly, given the storage area a tidy.
Could I please ask everyone to take responsibility for keeping the storage area in a fit state. This means putting back things that you might use in an evening session in the place where you found it (or back where it should be if it was misplaced). This also means folding borrowed uniforms where appropriate, and zipping up the gear bags, which you can see are currently neatly stored.
Dylan has very kindly offered to help coordinate tidying after training on Monday and Wednesday, and I will do the same for Tuesday and Fridays. However, if we all chip in it certainly will not be a chore for anyone!
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