April 24, 2008
Takahashi Dojo is pleased to anounce that the Martial Arts Summer Camps are scheduled once again for this summer.
Camp Dates
July 21 to 25
August 18 to 22
Students aged 7 to 16 will have a fun, action-packed camp including Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, Kendo, Self-defense, outside activities and more.
The camp is a real confidence building exersise. Through the use of marial arts at its core, highly skilled, experienced, qualified instructors will place a good deal of emphasis on dojo etiquette and discipline.
Camp hours
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Early drop off and late pick-up available.
Cost:
$170 before June 1
$180 after June 1,
10% off for extra family members or registration in both camps.
For more information:
Visit www.takahashi-dojo.com
Email ttakahashi@rogers.com
Telephone 613 828-5775
Takahashi Dojo
5 Melrose Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
April 12, 2008
Tony sensei is not going to be able to make training this Sunday so the class is cancelled for this weekend.
April 10, 2008
Tony Sensei said that they had a great weekend and everyone fought well.
Elena won gold in Masters -57 and bronze in seniors -57
Mike Cox won 2nd bronze in Masters -94
Tony won bronze in Masters +94;
Scott was 1 and 2
Bailey was 1 and 2
Ed was 0 and 2
Laura was 0 and 2
Yan was 0 and 2
Ed, Laura and Yan and Darren fought hard.
Darren was 0 and 2, but dislocated his shoulder during his first match, which affected his second fight.
Three cheers for going all the way down there to represent the dojo and giving it your all!
Dr. Yoshio Senda, 9th dan, the first Canadian judoka to attain the rank of 9th dan, will be visiting the Takahashi Dojo on Saturday, April 12th.
He is receiving the Order of Canada on Friday and we are very honoured to have him visit us during his brief visit to Ottawa.
Senda Sensei started Judo at the age of 8 and is still active at 86 years old. Mr. Senda and Masao’s family were relocated to Alberta during WWII. Masao was practicing Judo with Katsuta, Sensei in Raymond and that’s where Mr. Senda spent seven years working and teaching Judo before moving to Lethbridge in 1951. The Judo Club he started recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. His wife, Flo, 5th dan and his family are all judokas and are accompanying him on this memorable occasion
April 3, 2008
On Sunday, March 30th, 7 members of the Takahashi Dojo were successful in the Yudansha examination that took place at the Takahashi dojo:
Godan - Britt Quinlan
Sandan - Sean MacFadyen
Nidan - Patrick Nicholson
Shodan
Lam Ko Chau
Javier Gorriz
Cindy Nhan
Michel Piette
The Saturday Seminar presented by Grading Board chairman Goki Uemura, 8th dan, and members Wayne Erdman, 7th dan and Bob Zettl, 6th dan was well attended with 26 participants. Also, the key points of nage-no-kata and Goshin-Jitsu were reviewed.
Board member and Judo Canadian Hall of Fame Wayne Erdman presented an excellent Technical Seminar covering the Gokyo, Osae Waza, Shime Waza, and Kansetsu Waza.
Judo Ontario Grading Board members present at the Seminar and Yudansha Grading on March 29-30, 2008:
Chairman of the Grading Board, Goki Uemura, 8th dan
Vice-chairman Wayne, Erdman 7th dan
Bob Zettl 6th dan
Secretary Judo Ontario Grading board, June Takahashi, 6th dan
Masao Takahashi, 8th dan
Phil Takahashi, 7 dan
Chairperson National Grading Board, Tina Takahashi, 6 dan
Judo Ontario President, Charlie Formosa
Thanks to all the Ukes and Congratulations to all!
April 2, 2008
There shall be no Sunday training this weekend.
Coach Tony Sensei and a half dozen or so Takahashi competitors are travelling to Philadelphia to compete in the 21st Annual Liberty Bell Classic Judo tournament.
Good luck everyone, and have a good time.
March 25, 2008
Candidates for present and future promotions will obtain first hand knowledge of the requirements at the seminar on Saturday 2:00-6:00 p.m. The seminar shall be conducted by Grading Board chairman and members, Goki Uemura, 8th dan, Wayne Erdman, 7th dan, Phil Takahashi, 7th dan and Bob Zettl, 6th dan.
Takhahashi Dojo was very pleased and proud to have two top-ranked kata experts from Japan teach at the dojo during the 2nd week of February. Michio Fukushima from the Kodokan and Toshiharu Utsuki from the Tokyo Police Academy demonstrated and taught four kata: Koshiki no kata, Goshin-jitsu, Kime no kata and Itsutsu no kata. at the Takahashi Dojo.
The hugely successful seminars and workshops were enthusiastically attended by judo kata aficionados from all parts of the country. It was a terrific workshop and a good time was had by all!
Fukushima Sensei and Utsuki Sensei
Demonstrating Choku-zuki (Straight thrust) from the Goshin Jutsu Kata
Five hachidans. From left to right: Michio Fukushima, Masao Takahashi, Goki Uemura (chairman of the Ontario Grading Board) Toshiharu Utsuki, Hiroshi Nakamura.
Group Picture of Kata Participants
This year the Japanese Embassy is celebrating 80 years of friendly diplomatic relations with Canada, which coincided nicely with the kata seminars.
Japanese Amassador Tsuneo Nishida, and Mrs. Keiko Nishida honoured the dojo with a visit. Ambassador Nishida is enthusiastic in actively promoting Japanese culture in Canada.
In the picture below the Ambassador is seen demonstrating a kata throw (Uki-otoshi) on Charlie Formosa, president of Judo Ontario.
The Takahashi dojo shall be taking part in other Japanese cultural events throughout the year.
Note: More kata picture to be posted. Stay tuned>
March 10, 2008
Greetings everyone,
Due to the crazy snow storm that we had on the weekend, it was impossible for Tony sensei to open up the dojo for competitor training this past Sunday. Tony sensei apologies for any inconveniece that he may have caused.
Here’s what my place looked like…(click on pictures for larger image)
Snow Storm At Night
Snow Storm Morning
February 9, 2008
Here is the link for some of the pix taken at the RMC tournament in Kingston, Jan. 27-08. There are more to come.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shufflejog/
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