January 11, 2008
Our sincere apologies for not posting the Season’s Greetings and the holiday schedule which was mainly due to a holiday technical breakdown.
We are now back to our regular schedule.
Listed below are some of the major events scheduled for the first few months of the new year:
On Sunday, January 27th, an Ontario Team Qualifier will be held in Kingston.
The Qualifying Divisions are:
- Juvenile (1992-93-94)
- IJF Junior (1989-90-91-92)
- Senior 1992 & before)
- Kata (Nage no Kata, Ju no kata, Katame no Kata, Kodokan Goshin-Jitsu)
More information is available on the Judo Ontario web site: http://www.judoontario.ca
Mr. Michio Fukushima, 8th dan from the Kodokan (Tokyo) will be presenting a Kata Clinic at the Takahashi Dojo in conjunction with Judo Ontario, on Friday, February 15th, 16th and 17th. Instructions will be given on key points of Nage no Kata, Katame no Kata, Goshin-Jitsu. and (possibly Kime no Kata and Koshiki no Kata).
On Sunday, March 2nd, the Ontario Senior Qualifier will be held at Tora Judo Club in Brampton.
This tournament is restricted to Ontario members only.
The Ontario Winter Games will take place in Collingwood, March 6-8th. Members from the dojo that qualified at the Munster Tournament on December 8th will be participating on the East Region Team
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The Provincial Yudansha Examination and Technical Seminar will take place at the Takahashi Dojo March 29 and 30.
Dan preparations are taking place during the next 12 weeks.
A really busy season is coming up and we are still catching up on some past events!
Photos of the medallists from the PanAm Master’s Kata competition held in Jonquieres on November 30th are being posted at last!
Congratulations to Gold medallists in Nage no Kata, Britt Quinlan (tori) and Ann Larouche (uke) and Silver medallists, in Katame no Kata, Ann Larouche (tori) and Britt Quinlan (uke).
Winners at the Ajax Budokan Shiai November 24th in Whitby were: Silver medallists, Adam MacFadyen (Juvenile), Torin MacFadyen (Cadet) and Bronze medallist Liam MacFadyen (Jr)
Snapshots taken at the Dojo Christmas party on December 7th at Suisha Gardens (Minister M. Tarahara of the Embassy of Japan singing “My Way” and the Karate choir)
June 28, 2007
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.
March 30, 2007
The Kendo room floor is to be sanded and refinished on Monday, April 2nd, to Thursday, April 5.
It will take 3-5 days, so Monday and Wednesday classes are cancelled.
Kendo classes will be held as usual on Saturday.
March 23, 2007
The Living in Ottawa website
The following link will take you to the day that the Kendo segment was aired. (Hintonburg was being profiled on that episode).
http://www.cbc.ca/livinginottawa/?page=segment&sid=953
You should catch it while you can, CBC doesn’t keep the episodes up for more than a week or so.
March 13, 2007
Hi everyone,
Our kendo segment on the CBC Ottawa Television "Living in Ottawa" program will be broadcast on March 20, so set those recorders! It’s on CBOT Channel 8 at 1pm.
Katherine
March 6, 2007
Hi everyone,
As St. Patrick’s Day includes the latter part of March break, Mike-sensei has cancelled the class for that day. The class on March 10 will go ahead as scheduled.
Katherine
February 19, 2007
Hi everyone,
Just a heads up to let you know that the Ontario Junior Tournament will be held on Sunday, May 27. Last year there wasn’t a lot of time between knowing the date and going to the tournament, but this year you can plan well ahead. I’ll send you all the registration information when it arrives (late April) and the tournament will be open to all juniors, including those who will turn 16 this year. For more senior members the UofT tournament will be held some time in June and there’s the University of Waterloo anniversary tournament on July 21.
Have a great day!
Katherine
Hi everyone,
Here’s a tentative schedule of local and not-so-local tournaments for the next 6 months or so.
Detroit Tournament: February 17-18, Saturday/Sunday (can enter this one into our club calendar for future events as taking place third weekend on February)
Cleveland Tournament: April 14, Saturday
Vancouver Tournament: April 28, Saturday
Ontario Junior Tournament: May 27, Sunday
UofT Senior Tournament: some time in June on a Saturday
University of Waterloo Anniversary Tournament: July 21, Saturday
Hopefully there will be a Quebec Open taking place May/June. The Canadian National Iaido Championships will be taking place here in Ottawa in July so it will be a good chance to see some high level iai.
Cheers,
Katherine
February 13, 2007
Michael Attard and several others from Tateyama Kendo Club wil be visiting us next Wednesday, February 21. Please come out if you can and help provide a warm welcome to our neighbours. Going out to the Royal Oak after practise is an option and should not preclude our usual beer night on the 28th.
Katherine
February 12, 2007
Hi everyone,
Ryan from the adult class sent me some information regarding an upcoming seminar in Kingston that you may be interested in attending. It takes place on Saturday, March 10. It’s a combined all-day seminar for iaido, jodo and kendo and will be attended by Kim Taylor (6th Dan Renshi-iaido, 4th Dan-jodo), Stephen Cruise (6th Dan Renshi-iaido, 5th Dan-kendo) and Goyo Ohmi (7th Dan Renshi-iaido, 6th Dan-kendo), with the possible addition of Matthew Raymond (5th Dan-kendo, Nito practitioner and Team Canada member). The amount of time dedicated to each discipline will depend on how many people sign up for each type. I haven’t received a lot of information so far but I think this should be open to bogu folks 12 and up as the Yoshida-sensei visit worked out pretty well with a few younger members participating.
Kim Taylor, Sei Do Kai (University of Guelph) http://www.uoguelph.ca/%7Eiaido/iai.kim.html
Stephen Cruise, Etobicoke http://www.etobicokekendoiaido.com/instructors.shtml
Goyo Ohmi, JCCC http://www.jccciaido.com/
Matthew Raymond, U of T http://www.uoftkendo.com/club.html
Please let me know if you would be interested in attending and which discipline you would like to sign up for (can be any or all of: iaido, kendo or jodo). I think you’ll be at least allowed to watch the other disciplines if you choose not to participate and there’s no extra charge for attending more than 1 type. I have a bokken with saya and sageo that someone can borrow if they want to try iaido. Cost of the seminar is $30 and includes lunch. I haven’t received any information regarding a deadline to get a combined list of all interested members from our club sent to the organizers so I’ll make up an arbitrary one to get people going. Please let me know if you will be attending and what discipline(s) you’re interested in by Monday, February 19.
Katherine
PS Thanks, Ryan!
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