27 November
2000
Osu,
Another year has come to an end and we would like to thank all parents
and students for their support throughout the year. Well done to all the
students that took part in the tournaments, especially the S. A. championships
in Durban. You have done us proud.
To all the students who received Natal colours this year, a big WELL DONE.
Sensei Dave, this year, brought back two gold medals from the South African
championships and was awarded the trophy for the A Grand Champion for
S.A. and he achieved international status as a kumite judge, WELL
DONE!!
Recently sensei Dave received a certificate of commendation from the Margate
TLC for his special achievements in karate for the past 30 years. We are
privileged to have him as our sensei .
Xmas
is around the corner and we are having our annual Xmas party again.
Where: Old Mac Donald's Farm
When: Sunday 3rd December 2000
Time: 9h30 for 10h00 What:
Bring and Braai for the whole family.
(Remember costumes)
The
holidays are upon us too and karate for the junior classes will end 6
December 2000, and the senior classes will end 7 December 2000.
Our classes will resume next year 16th and 17th January 2001 respectively.
After careful consideration we have decided to introduce extra classes
for the juniors and seniors to enable them to develop their karate skills
to their fullest potential.
Our new time as from next year will be:-
Mondays and Wednesdays: ( Junior classes)
Beginners to Orange belts 16h45 to 17h30
Green belts and above 17h30 to 18h15
Tuesdays and Thursdays: ( Senior classes)
Beginners to Blue belts 16h45 to 17h30
Purple and above 17h30 to 18h30.
Please feel free to discuss these times and dates or any other suggestions
with myself or with sensei Dave.
Yours in Karate.
Nidan Christien
Club Secretary
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January 2001
Dear Parents and students,
Welcome back to all our new and old students. It has been a long break
and I'm sure all of you are looking forward to get back into training.
There are a few exciting things planned for this year, fundraising will
be one of them and we will keep you informed as more details become available.
If anyone have any suggestions, feel free to discuss them or put it in
writing and deposit it in our suggestion box.
There are a number of championships scheduled for this year, our S.A.'s
are going to be held in Cape Town. We are hoping to send a team of karateka
to take part . TRAIN WELL!!! We will you inform you of the dates as soon
as they become available.
We will also be giving trophies at the end of the year (at the prize giving
/ Xmas party) to students who have excelled and worked well during the
year. Sponsors for this will be welcomed.
Floating trophies to be given for:
1. Most improved student for the year.
2. Endeavour and spirit.
The following students to get a permanent trophy and certificate:
1. Any student who receive Natal colours for karate.
2. Any student who receive S.A. colours for karate.
3. Attendance. We have had notification that the affiliation for this
year will be R 70.00 per student.
Registration forms have already been given to each student for this year,
please fill them in and have them back by the end of March.
The training fee structure, per student, had been set as follow: - R150.00
per term, paid at the beginning of each term OR A monthly payment of R
70.00 per month, paid at the beginning of each month February to November.
For more info contact myself or sensei Dave.
We regret to advise that students who=s fees and affiliation are not up
to date will not be allowed to grade or take part in any tournaments.
A incentive have been introduced, when you introduce a friend who join
our club, you will receive a R50.00 reduction on your fees for that month/term.
Provided that their fees for the term is paid up to date. Spread the word
and save on your fees (or you can accumulate it toward a new gi).
Remember our class times:
Mondays and Wednesdays: ( Junior classes) Beginners to Orange belts 16h45
to 17h30 Green belts and above 17h30 to 18h15
Tuesdays and Thursdays: ( Senior classes)
Beginners to Blue belts 16h45 to 17h30
Purple and above 17h30 to 18h30. If any of you have any ideas or can help
with anything, please let us know.
Yours in karate.
Christien (Tel: 082 927 1278)
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The last couple of months of 2000 saw a few changes at karate. The most important are:
- Joining Shukokai World Karate Union in Japan.
- The new WKF rules came into effect.
All these
are positive changes, and we are in a position to make the most of them.
Guys you must be proud of your dojo. Your sensei has got your interest
at heart, his students come before himself.
We are very fortunate to have Sensei Dave as our sensei. At his Third
dan grading, in 1978, he undertook to develop himself to enable his students
to be developed to their fullest.
He wrote:
"By doing karate and studying 'the way' it made me realize that nothing
of real value could be achieved without determination and a great deal
of effort. You get out of karate what you put into it. The only way to
improve is through constant practice and spending many many hours of training
and sharing in the dojo, developing mind and body.
Children, through their innocence, determination, energy and concentration
have over the past years given the incentive to improve my own level of
karate.
We
teach by example, therefore there is a great deal of responsibility attached
to self development, so that I could set examples to others.
I try to develop relationships with those above and below me within the
discipline.
Sensei Dave
is one of the highest qualified people in the country, as an international
referee. Denise, his wife is the only qualified tournament official in
Natal. Now that I think is something to make us all proud. When we enter
tournaments we know what is expected from us and we know how the new rules
work, and Sensei Dave is making it possible for us to excel at championships.
How many other clubs on the South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal do you see entering
championships?
Lets make use of the opportunities that come our way, lets train hard
and give a little back of what we get out of karate. By training and having
enthusiasm with a positive attitude, makes it worthwhile for our sensei
to give us more, then he knows that we appreciate him.
1 July 2001
Hallo All,
This was a term full of exiting happenings. On the 2nd June there were a brown and black belt grading in Durban. Congratulations to the following students who had passed their grading.
a. Hylton
Rosenberg 2nd Dan Black Belt
b.
Pieter Tosen 1st Dan Senior From Jnr.
c. Izette Fourie 1st Dan Junior Black Belt
d. Shannon Mayne 1st Kyu Brown Belt
e. Nadine Aron 2nd Kyu Jnr Brown Belt
f. Max Aron 2nd Kyu Jnr Brown Belt
g. Rayn Mayne 2nd Kyu Jnr Brown Belt
h. Marnus Robertze 2nd Kyu Jnr Brown Belt
A
gusshuku was held at T.O. Strand for all Black belts in our organization
in South Africa. This was a very successful event. Sensei Masuyama from
Japan attended and we were very fortunate to have him at our club on Tuesday
12th June. Some of our brown and black belts also attended the open sessions
at T.O. Strand. We thank all our students for attending these classes
and for your very well disciplined behaviour. Sensei Takeshi was very
pleased with our club and students, we were proud to accept the complements
on your behalf.
Also a big thanks to all of you who were there, the Thursday before, to
help spring clean the dojo. You make us very proud.
At the gusshuku, on Friday and Saturday, there were gradings held.
Friday was 1st to 5th Dan grading, Sensei Masuyama awarded Christien her
3rd Dan.
Congratulations.
Saturday Sensei Dave went for grading (6th Dan), but his results will
only be available in September at the Tournament.
There are changes on some of the kata, which we will be working on.
Classes during the holidays will be as follows:
Monday and Wednesdays: 17h00 to18h00 for all juniors.
Tuesday and Thursday: Normal time.
The tournament in Cape Town will be held on the 28th and 29th September
2001 and we would like to send some of our students to participate. Any
student can enter for kata or kumite or both. We have started fundraising
events to help subsidize these students, as this trip could be expensive.
(We will be travelling either by bus or by plane). We are waiting for
information from Durban.
Guys, think about it, speak to your parents and most important - SELL
THOSE RAFFLE TICKETS. It is big prizes we are raffling and we could make
a substantial amount of money that will help toward our expenses for this
tournament. If we do go by bus, we will have to leave the Wednesday before
school close for the holidays. If we fly, we will have to leave Thursday.
All participating students will be given letters to school to explain
that this is a national event and would be good for the school too if
their pupils bring back medals.
Our Sensei had set the example by winning gold medals for both kata and
kumite the past 2 years, if he can do it, why can't we try?
Sensei Takeshi Masuyama is bringing a team from Japan to participate in
this tournament.
We have the following important dates:
7 July 2001 12h30: Demonstration by our club, at the Hibiscus Mall,
Margate
Dates available soon: Selling raffle tickets at the Hibiscus Mall, there
will be two different days.
21 July 2001: We have a table booked at Shelly Centre to sell raffle
tickets
29 July 2001: Natal Shukokai Championship in Durban
5th August 2001: Development Tournament
2nd September 2001: Natal All Styles Children's Championships.
GUYS, WE NEED YOUR HELP; THERE WILL BE SHIFTS ON
THESE DAYS, PLEASE PUT YOUR NAMES DOWN TO HELP. WE ARE DOING THIS FOR
YOU.
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1 November 2001
Konnichi wa,
At the end
of September a team of 15 participants and 4 officials, from our karate
academy, represented us at the annual Shukokai Karate World Union Ryushin-Kan
championships.
We are proud to announce that they brought back 18 medals for our dojo.
We secured 5 x Gold, 6 x Silver and 7 x Bronze medals and are very proud
of our student's hard work.
The successful weekend was rounded of with a trip to Ratanga Juntion,
which was enjoyed by all. On the way to Cape Town our bus broke down with
water in the diesel tank, we spend 29 hours on the road but that didn't
worry our kids as they made some good friends with the students from other
clubs. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our parents
who had given prizes for raffles or other sponsorships towards this trip,
especially Aby from Promeats, who have sponsored a hindquarter, whole
lamb and two R100.00 meat/biltong vouchers and Mrs Pat Hosmer for the
beautiful collectors porcelain dolls.
Please return all raffle sheets and money by Wednesday 24th or latest
Monday 29th October for the juniors, and Thursday 25th October or latest
Tuesday, October 30th for the seniors.
The draw will take place at the dojo on Tuesday, October 30th at 18h30.
Everybody is welcome to attend.
A provincial brown and black belt grading is to be held at Hillary dojo
in Durban on Sunday 28 October 2001 at 10h00. Those who are participating,
good luck and train hard.
We will also be having a grading for white to purple belts during November;
as usual it will be during class time, but this time we will have the
final and handing out the results and certificates on Saturday morning
17 November 2001 at 9h00.
We have had a full and busy year with two visits from the Japanese head
of our organization, Sensei Takeshi Masuyama, we are very fortunate to
have had this opportunity and our club can only benefit from these visits.
It was a big honour to have been able to welcome Sensei Masuyama to our
dojo, we are proud of our students who behaved very well and was very
receptive to his teaching, although he does not speak English.
There are photo's on the internet, the link to the album is on our web
page, visit us and see if you are there. Our year-end outing to Old Mac
Donald's farm is planned for Sunday 2 December 2001.
The format is bring and braai from 10h00 onward and a prize giving at
12h00.
We will be giving trophies and/or certificates to the following students:
1 Most improved student of the year - floating trophy.
2 Endeavour and spirit - floating trophy.
3 Any student who received Natal Colours
4 Any student who received S.A. Colours
5 Attendance.
We are looking
for sponsors for trophies, please let us know if you or anybody else can
help.
Your assistance is always appreciated; also let us know if you would be
interested in forming part of our fundraising committee.
Our "wish list" at the moment looks like this: A banner for the dojo,
video and/or digital camera to record the new techniques from Japan for
training purposes, Mats (Tatami) and a bus or kombi to help transport
our students to and from tournaments / gusshuku.
Next year's annual Shukokai tournament might be held in Brits on a game
farm at ± end September, and we would like to take as many of our students
as possible.
We are putting a suggestions box in the dojo for those who would like
to give ideas on how we could achieve this.
Yours in karate,
Christien (Sandan)
29 January
2002
Konnichi wa,
Welcome back everybody. We hope that you are rested after the long break
and ready to work hard this year. Sensei Dave had an operation on his
knee and we are happy to report that he is doing well and is back in training,
he still has to take it easy though.
Congratulations to those students who had won a trophy last year. The
floating trophies have to be back at the dojo at the end of March.
Class times
are still the same as last year.
Juniors: Mondays and Wednesdays 17h00 - 18h00.
Seniors: Tuesdays and Thursdays 17h30 - 18h30.
We are still waiting for confirmation on the fees for the year and it
had been decided that the first term will still be R150.00/ term or R70.00per
month, paid in advance.
The annual affiliation will be R100.00 for this year and is payable on
or before 15 March 2002. This fee registers you with Kwa-Zulu Natal Shukokai,
Shukokai South Africa, KZN Karate Association and Karate Association of
South Africa and will enable you to take part in tournaments and gradings.
Please make a note of the following dates:
3 March Natal
All Styles Children, Junior and Cadet Championships, Durban
28 to 30 March SA Children's, Junior
and Cadets Championships, Port
Elizabeth.
From 15 April (Results
27 April) Dojo Grading.
26 May
Brown and Black belt grading Durban.
23 June Natal
Shukokai Championships, Durban.
Our Shukokai SA's will be held in Brits this year; sometime in or near
the September school holidays and we are hoping to send a team up for
this event.
A full calendar
is available on our website and will be updated if and when we get more
information. We have a full year planned for us and fundraising will start
soon.
We are looking for parents to help, if you have any ideas or can help
please contact the secretary.
Yours in Karate,
Sempai Christien.
