Summer (July & August) Judo & Children’s Kendo Schedule starts July 3, 2007

Sun 
Mon 
Tues    Juniors and Teens 7-8pm; Adults 8-9:30pm
Wed 
Thurs  Teens and Adults 7:30-9:00pm
Fri 
Sat     Juniors 11:00-12:00am; Teens and Adults Noon-1:30pm; Children’s kendo 1:00-2:15pm

Juniors will be on Tuesdays (7-8 p.m.) and Saturdays (11-12 p.m.).

Teens schedule remains the same.

There will be no Junior/Teen class the last week in August and the first week in September. (Aug. 28 - Sep 6).

Adult class will continue and teens can attend those classes.

Adult schedule remains the same. Regular schedule resumes Sat. Sept 8.

The dojo will be closed on holiday weekends. No classes on the following days:
1 Sat. June 30
2 Sat. Aug. 4
3 Tues. Aug.28 (Juniors/Teens only)
4 Sat. Sept. 1
5 Tues. Sept. 4 (Juniors/Teens only)
6 Thurs. Sept. 6 (Juniors/Teens only)

Our summer camps will be offered July 17-20 and August 20-24.

Have a great summer and thanks for your continued support.

Zdravo! (that means Hello in Slovenian)

I hope you are all enjoying your summer so far. This will be the first of a few e-mails that I will send while I am away in Europe. I’ve been here for a week now and I’m having a great time! I arrived in Vienna last Monday, and I spent the few days I had there visting some churches, going to museums (including an ancient musical instrument museum that was quite interesting), walking around the city, and touring 2 palaces. The highlights of my time in Vienna were:

1) My visit to Schonbrunn Palace (which was the summer residence of the Hapsburgs - The Austrian Royal family that was in power for many years up until the early 20th century). It was a spectacular palace, I’d say better than Versailles because it was more furnished. The palace also had some nice gardens, a palm house, and a zoo which I went to as well.

2) Seeing the Lipizzaner stalions doing their morning exercises at the Spanish riding school. Although it was boring when they were just trotting around, the jumps they did more than made up for it. No shows were on when I was there, so that was the next best I could do.

3) I went to see an amazing Mozart/Strauss concert in the grand ballroom of Schonbrunn Palace. It made me feel as if I were back in the 17th-18th century! The hall was gorgeous and the musicians were very entertaining. Vienna is an amazing city! I highly recommend going there. I’m hoping I’ll get to see an opera at the Vienna Opera house when I go back before returning to Canada. I found out they sell standing tickets for 2-3 Euros!

After Vienna, I headed off to Celje Slovenija for my first of 2 tournaments. I didn’t get to see much of Celje because I was focusing on my tournament, but I will be back in Slovenija in a couple of weeks, so I’ll get to see the country then. But from what I’ve seen, Slovenija is very pretty.

This was actually one of the more fun international tournaments I’ve been to, although I’ve had better fighting days (and I’ve had worse as well). I had a bye the first round, and then I won my first fight against a Belgian. I lost in the quarter finals to a Slovenian girl (whom I probably could have beaten had I fought a little better). Then I lost my repechage match to a German by yuko. I think I finished 9th, and we were about 20-25 in my category. They decided to have the matches only go 4 minutes instead of 5 for the prelims because there were so many people at the tournament. I had about 2-3 hours break in between each fight, which was not fun because it was like starting the tournament all over again for each fight.

I left this morning for Sarajevo, although I missed one of my train connections and I ended up having to spend the day in Zagreb, Croatia. I think it’s one of my favourite cities so far. All of the museums are closed on Mondays, so I pretty much just walked around, but I had a very nice day. I will be taking the night train to Sarajevo tonight.

After the 2 hours of sleep I got last night (of course we all had to go out after the tournament!), and the little sleep I will get on the train tonight, I anticipate I’ll be exhausted tomorrow! Oh well, I only have a couple of days in Bosnia, so I want to do as much sightseeing as possible. I will have to have my revenge at the tournament as well!

So, that’s it for my trip so far. I’ll send some more updates about every week. And if any of you are so inclined, I would love to hear how you’re making out!

Take care, Jen

Message from Judo Ontario

Hi Everybody, Don’t forget, next weekend is the final tournament of the 06-07 year, and we’re ending it with a new, bigger and better event!

Not only is there the Shiai, but we have several guest speakers, access to a pool, a scavenger hunt and a BBQ to end the first day!

We’re now offering a flat rate of $50 for the first judoka, $15 per additional judoka or sibling member for lunch, BBQ and activities Parents you’re still free We’re also offering a discount to go and see the Science North Science Centre in Sudbury

If you’ve never been to beautiful Northern Ontario, here’s the perfect excuse to make the effort.

We’re using the Quality Inn, 390 Elgin St S, Sudbury - there is a guaranteed rate of $95 until June 15th, and after that by availability only - if you want rooms please make sure you book before the 15th to get this great rate.

Call 1-800-461-1120 and mention Judo Ontario.

Ages 7-16 years of age

A fun family judo weekend that you don’t want to miss!

Date:
June 23 & 24, 2007

Location:
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario

For detailed information contact:
Nickel Belt Budokan Judo Club
191 Cranbrook Cresent
Sudbury Ontario
P3E 2N4
(705) 662-0304
info@sudburyjudo.com
http://sudburyjudo.com/ 

OR

Judo Ontario
http://www.judoontario.ca/organization/contacts.htm
info@judoontario.ca

Justin who did judo at Takahashi’s for a bit while studying but is from a dojo in Saskatchewan is travelling around in Europe and sends some pictures and the occasional update.

If you want email copies of his updates let me know!  Perhaps he will start a blog and we can just link to it.

Cheers

t 

There will be no training this Sunday with Sensei René and Sensei Tony due to Aikido club seminars and activities.

There shall be Sunday training next week, however.

Message from Judo Ontario

Judo Ontario 2007 Annual General Meeting
Sunday June 3rd, 2007

Location
THE SAO BUILDING
1185 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, Ont.

Time
10:00am in the cafeteria 

WARNING
BOTH THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY AND DON VALLEY PARKWAY WILL BE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND - THAT MEANS COMING FROM THE WEST YOU WOULD GET OFF AT LESLIE AND COME STRAIGHT DOWN TO EGLINTON, THEN LEFT ONTO EGLINTON - FROM THE EAST YOU GET OFF AT VICTORIA PARK, STRAIGHT DOWN TO EGLINTON AND RIGHT ONTO EGLINTON - DON’T FORGET THIS WILL TAKE AN EXTRA 10 OR 15 MINUTES