Hi everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying the festivities leading up to Christmas holidays!
1) Holiday dates – The dojo will be closed starting December 20th, with classes resuming January 3rd. Enjoy the time off resting, recovering, and spending lots of time with family.
2) Canada Open – We have our first major competition in nearly 2 years taking place this weekend. Good luck to our students representing the dojo! We are proud of you no matter what.
3) Competition prep training – Once again we will be running a kumite training event with Sensei Sandeep Gill and his team from Burnaby Karate Academy. Our last event received tons of positive feedback and several requests to run another event from the participants. We will tentatively set the date for January 8th. Please stay tuned for a registration email with more details for this event.
4) Half and full brown belt testing – This testing will take place Saturday December 18th. Good luck to all those testing! Practice hard, and prepare well.
5) New Lion Cubs program director – Welcome to Sensei Bryanne, our new Lion Cubs program director! Sensei Bryanne has been working as an elementary school teacher for several years and has a wealth of knowledge and experience working with primary aged students. We look forward to having her with us.
We look forward to the new year and all that is has in store for us. It will be an exciting season, with many events and tournaments to look forward to!
Take care and have a great day!