February 2014 – Success Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

The February 2014 edition of the Success Newsletter is now available for download. In this issue: Parents leading the way Term 1 workshops Committed to black belt Committed to excellence New special class “SWEAT” Upcoming events Private lessons – Private lessons – small groups (flyer) Attendance recognition Monthly club shop special Student birthdays

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2014 Calendar of Events

Dojo News

The 2014 calendar of events is now available online.  As always there’s lot of stuff happening:  workshops, tournaments, seminars, social days and more.  Please remember dates are always subject to change, if in doubt, just ask. Choose your preferred way to view the calendar: Download as PDF (Term 1 ONLY, Jan-April) Subscribe to the iCal

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January 2014 – Success Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

I hope that everyone is having a great break over Christmas and the New Year period.  Enjoying family, a little bit of down time and perhaps a little indulgence. But we’re also hoping that you’re ready to kick off the year in a big way when you get back into the dojo.  And we want

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Term 4 Calendar of Events

Dojo News

It’s shaping up to be a busy end to the year.  A great opportunity to finish the year strongly.  But if you think this year has been a big one, wait until you see what we’ve got planned for next year! Here’s just some of what we’ve got planned for you: Last tournament of the

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Soke Cup Success

Dojo News

The Chito-Ryu World Karate Championships (also known as the Soke Cup) is a triennial event bringing together the top Chito-Ryu competitors from around the world and the 2013 Soke Cup held recently in Hong Kong was no exception.  Although competitor number were a bit down compared to the 2010 Soke Cup, the competition was fierce and

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2013 Japan Training Adventure

Dojo News

After two and half weeks away in Japan Sensei Sandra and Jodie are now back in Australia from their Japan training adventure.  And what an adventure it was!! For those who have been following along on facebook Jodie has been sharing a lot of blog posts about her experiences.  If you haven’t seen these yet,

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Friday Evening Entertainment at the Dojo

General

This will be my final post before going to Japan tomorrow.  The goal of this post is to share some smiles, to nail the art of adding video to a blog post and to practice adding photos to a blog post. To begin this post I would like to introduce you to our son, Steven.

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A Sneak Peek Into Sensei Sandra’s Life

General

To help get a little more practice with blogging before going to Japan I thought I’d share some of the special places where I spend a lot of my time.  Many students have asked me what I do in my spare time so here is a sneak peak.  To put things into perspective, each day

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Martin… Please Help Me???

Training Holiday

The count down clock has started and it is time to get real serious about preparing for the upcoming training adventure.  There is only one person that I can think of that can help me at this stage and that is Martin.  I approached Martin for help and he said the perfect thing, ‘try and

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You Are Going To Japan!

Training Holiday

About 2-3 weeks ago I learned that I would be going to Japan to accompany scholarship winner, Jodie Marriott. I was quite excited to hear this at first and then the reality kicked in that Martin, Sami and Steven wouldn’t be travelling with me on this trip. Training in Japan has been a life long dream

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