The JKF Wado Kai Canada, Syndicated

We have put together the Women in Karate ‘09 brochure. The brochure includes important information about the camp training schedule, fees, and accommodations.

We have also updated the Women in Karate ‘09 poster. On it you will find information about the inspirational female instructors running this event.

Please note that all participants of Women in Karate ’09 are given a yearlong membership to SIRC Sport Research Intelligence Sportive, the world’s leading sport resource centre, included as part of their registration fee.

Sincerely,

Anthony, Craig, Erdem, Lina and Sam
The Summer Camp ‘09 Organizing Committee

As promised, we have prepared the Summer Camp ‘09 brochure. It includes information about the camp training schedule, camp fees and accommodations. We have created a schedule that will allow each participant to experience the different facets of Wado karate. There is the potential to schedule additional sessions in parallel as well. If there is a topic or instructor that you would like to see more of, we ask that you contact us using the information in the brochure, and we will do our very best to accommodate you.

In addition, we have launched our Summer Camp ‘09 YouTube channel. To stay updated on new video uploads please subscribe to the channel.

If you have any additional questions or comments, do not hesitate to contact us by email at summercamp2009@hotmail.com.

Sincerely,

Anthony, Craig, Erdem, Lina and Sam
The Summer Camp ‘09 Organizing Committee

There was a small typographical error found in the original post. Here is the corrected version.

Karate Esprit, in collaboration with the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)

and the Quebec Hotel and Tourism Institute (ITHQ) are pleased to

present Women in Karate ’09.

What we have done is bring together a group of women who are international experts in the fields of traditional karate, officiating, sport karate, sport administration and jiu jitsu for one weekend in Montreal.

From May 29 – 31, regardless of who you are or what style you practice, you can come to the UQAM Sports Center to train with such instructors as:

1.     Norma Foster: 7th Dan, chair of the WKF Womens’ Sport Committee.

2.     Tatjana Petrovic: Former European / World medalist for Yugoslavia, and founder of the Best Woman Karate Championships.

3.     Mariève Blais: Former Canadian and Pan-American champion, and director of development for girls’ hockey at Hockey Quebec.

4.     Linda Crochiere: One of the few women in the world of koryu (i.e. the old Japanese warring arts) to hold a teaching license.

In addition, there will be presentations by Égale Action and SIRC Sport Research in the evening over dinner at the banquet facilities of the ITHQ. We hope that men and women near and far will come and enjoy a weekend of training with excellent martial artists and sport researchers with us. For your convenience we have attached the Women in Karate ‘09 Poster.

To have this kind of knowledge and experience come together for one event is a rare thing – we hope to see you in May!

Sincerely,

Anthony, Craig, Erdem, Lina and Sam
The Organizing Committee

Guseikai Calgary is hosting a 2009 Winter Training Session featuring Sensei
Norma Foster (7th Dan)on Friday, Feb. 13th and Saturday, Feb. 14th at the
Woodcliff United Church, 5010 Spruce Drive SW, Calgary, AB.

For more information, please contact Nicole Levesque-Welch by phone at 403-210-2154
or by email at nlevesque6@yahoo.ca

It’s official, the CZWKA summer camp is happening in Montreal from May 29 through June 1 at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) Sports Center. Located in the heart of the city, the venue is minutes away from restaurants, shopping and major tourist attractions.

The features instructors will be Mr. Toru Arakawa, Ms. Norma Foster, Mr. Tobin Threadgill and Ms. Tatjana Petrovic. Check out the camp poster (Summer Camp ‘09 Poster) for some more information. A detailed brochure with information about accommodation, pricing and a training schedule is due soon.

We hope to see you in Montreal this spring!

Sincerely,

Anthony, Craig, Erdem, Lina and Sam
The Summer Camp ‘09 Organizing Committee

There will be a seminar in Brantford (ON) on Sunday, October 26 and Monday, October 27. Hosted by the Brantford Bushido karate club, the focus will be traditional Wado-Ryu karate.

The instructor is Mr. Anthony Bhagwandin (3 Dan, JKF Wado Kai), and all those who want more information should contact Mr. Howard Crocker at brantfordbushido@rogers.com.

At an examination for 6th and 7th Dan candidates in Sendai (Japan), Norma Foster and three others attempted the test for their next dan grades. Norma was the only one who passed! In addition to her Kyoshi title, she is one of the few people in the JKF Wado Kai who as passed this examination. She is still the highest ranking woman in the JKF Wado Kai.

This comes on the heels of Bob Nash passing his 7th Dan examination earlier this year. This is great news for the Wado Kai federations in the United States and Canada, validating that the path Norma and Bob have chosen for themselves and their students is worth the work.

To all Wado Kai members in Canada, let’s have a beer and celebrate, eh?

Mr. Bob Nash recently informed us that the online forum that is available on
the US Wado Kai web site is back up and running. Apparently a good clean up
was all that it needed. You can access this forum at: www.uswadokai.com/forum.

The planned April edition of the newsletter quickly became the May edition due
to a couple of unexpected delays. Once again we have tried to give everyone
an impression of what is happening in Canada, so download it now! Feel free to
pass this on to everyone who might have an interest in keeping up with what is happening
in the True North!

Please note that you can send content at any time for the newsletter to the
following email address: newsletter@canadajkfwadokai.org.

Older editions of the newsletter can be downloaded from the CZWKA web site.

Mr. Bob Nash (7th Dan JKF Wado Kai) will be coming to Montreal to conduct
a seminar on Saturday, June 7th. The classes will be open to all levels and
will cover portions of the JKF Wado Kai syllabus.

For members who are interested in instructor training, this will happen on
Friday, June 6th. Bob will focus on correcting the club instructors, providing the
necessary feedback to make them better teachers, and giving them tasks to help
them improve their karate.

Pricing and a more detailed training schedule will follow.