Jodo demonstration 28 Oct.

Glen Henry Sensei and students will be making the trip up the hill to demonstrate all things related to Jodo (jo, ken, tanjo, jutte and kusarigama) on 28 October.  Come and see how dynamic and effective this Koryu art can be.  For a taste see the posting by Sensei Adrian Knight on the BBRD Facebook page on 3 July of him and Glen Henry Sensei doing the jo kata group Gohon no Midare.

This event will be open to the general public.  Time and venue to be announced in the Budo Blog...stay tuned.  This event will also be marked in the calender.

Eric

 

Jodo training times

Hello All,

For this Monday (9 Oct.) Jodo will start training at 1930 hrs (7:30 pm).  It will resume its 1900 hrs (7 pm) training time next Monday (16 Oct.)

Eric

No training at the MEAC this week

I have spoken with a number of you over the past week, but just to let you know that we will not have access to the MEAC this week as Holy Name Primary School will have it set up for their annual Art Show.  

This Sunday, as part of the festivities related to the Arts Show Carnival, the Club has been asked to do some formal demonstrations over the lunch period. We are scheduled to do a 15 minute slot at just before 12 pm and another around 2 pm, though we will have the marquee set up on the oval and conduct some free-form practice from 11 am. This is an excellent opportunity for the Club to formally engage with the school community, so they can get a little more accurate idea of what the "karate guys" do in their school hall of an evening!

There are still some details to be nailed down, and I will put out a separate "Special" Budo Bulletin with an update mid-week. 

We will do our usual spread of disciplines based on the availability of members to lend a hand, and what the weather has in store for us on the weekend. 

In memorium

I would like to again express condolences to Sian and Mark Carlyon on the passing of Sian's mother Jean. Jean passed on Wednesday in peace, after a short decline that saw her receive hospice care for a brief period.  

The funeral service will be at 10 am Thursday at St James Anglican Church, corner of Mort and Russell Streets.  

I know I speak on behalf of the membership when expressing sympathy for Sian, Mark and their extended family, and to say that we are eager to do what we can in the coming days and weeks ahead to do what we can to practically assist them.  

AUG Kendo and Judo — That's a wrap

Just a quick update post on the weekend just past. I'm still feeling the effects of a long and involved weekend of providing support to the AUG Kendo competition, and am looking forward to getting a little more rest in the coming week.  

This year was the first time that the three martial art competitions were held in the one venue. The newly built Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre was a fantastic venue to hold the event in, and we might be down there again in December for the QKR seminar if Tamura sensei gets his preference. 

I wanted to thank all the folk who came down and did the Club proud with the assistance they provided on the weekend — Jack, Kateena, Matt G, Sian, and Tracy. These weekend away are always a great opportunity to spend time with wonderful folk, and I do very much look forward to them as opportunities. 

I also wanted to thank David Fitzgibbon, the event manager, for his excellent organizing of the weekend. Many hours and late nights went into ensuring that the competition ran as well as it did, and it was an absolute pleasure to contribute to.  

It was wonderful to be able to spend some down time with friends from Kenshinkai, including Isaacs sensei, Shigeoka sensei, who is visiting from Japan, and it was really good to catch up with Randy Le-Bherz and Ryo Atsumi (we miss your presence at Toowoomba training sessions!)

Congratulations to Jack who fought well in the Judo. Making weight was a significant task successfully accomplished by an intense cardio session after spending a day on his feet helping with the Kendo. Congrats to friend of the Club John Taylor who took home Bronze in the Judo for USQ, to Anna Opertowski-Marshall from the Kenshinkai for her Bronze in the Women's Kendo Dan competition, and to all the competitors in the martial arts competitions held on he weekend. Whether achieving a place or not, there was an enormous amount of good will, respect and learning had by all!

And so we will start planning for next year's event, which will again be held on the Gold Coast. With 12 months of preparation, I'm sure that we can build o this year's achievements and field more USQ athletes, as well as provide support for the events. 

Australian University Games this weekend

AUG is here! This year, we have one Club member competing in Judo, and a swag of us going down to support the running of the Kendo competition. As a result there will be no Jujutsu or Kendo training this weekend.  

I want to wish Jack the best of luck in what will be his second ever Judo competition, and for the rest of his week where he will be lending a spare arm to round out the USQ lawn bowls team.  

No FlexiFit this Wednesday

I've always loved the etherial sounds of Tuvan throat singing, so I'll be taking the opportunity to go and see the by Equus at Artsworx this Wednesday. 

As a result, we shall cancel this week's FlexiFit class. However, I hope to see you there next week!

Change of Go time

Starting this week, the Club's regular Go session in the Refectory will be changed to 12.30 pm of a Tuesday. This will hopefully make it a little easier for some folk to make the session an place a few stones.  

I have also recently been contacted by Horatio Davis, who is the President of the Queensland Go Society (of which BBRD is a Chapter member). Horatio has indicated that he is keen to take a trip up the Hill before December to run a Go tutorial and meet the local players.  

I will pass on more details as they firm up, but it will be great to have some input from a Dan-level player to help sharpen our own strategy! 

Lunchtime training today (Monday 18 September)

If anyone is interested in getting in an extra session of jujutsu today, Matt G and I will be training at the MEAC from around 12.00–1.30 pm today. 

I will be there from around 11.00 am to do a small tidy of the dojo space to set it up for the school holiday period, so anyone who is free is welcome to join me in exchange for some Dojo Dollars.