Archive for April, 2008

Our black belt class will move from 9am to 10am on Saturday mornings to give those a chance to practice for Dan gradings. Any black belts that still want to come early at 9am and have a grapple before class are more than welcome.

On Thursday the 5th of June Kyoshi Steve Nedelkos (7th Dan) will be flying in from Melbourne to oversee Kim and Anna’s 3rd Dan grading. This will be held at the Riccarton Club with doors opening at 7:30pm. There will be a $2 cover charge for this event.
The grading will commence at 7:45pm and will take approximately 45 minutes.

No training on Anzac day or Saturday 25th and 26th of April. Everybody have a good long weekend. We are also making some small time adjustments to the black belt class and introducing an instructor’s class in May. More details soon.

Congratulations to Matt on his promotion to Dai Sempai. He has worked hard on taking over the roll of over seeing Cashmere Proactive as well as his own training.

We now have info on the 2009 Thailand tour at our Riccarton branch. We had a fantastic time this year and are looking forward to an even better trip next year. You can pick up a copy of the broacher at Riccarton or let your instructor know so they can get you a copy. We have already had 8 students put their name down to go in the last couple of days.

Main Grading Dates

ZDK Senjo
Saturday 21st June
Saturday 6th December

Panther Gathering
Sunday 29th June
Saturday 22nd November

Kickboxing
Thursday 19th June
Thursday 20th November

End of year party
Saturday 13th December

It was good to see a good mix of Thai boxers and Zen Do Kai students at the beach train in the weekend. The water was fresh which made it all the more fun. Keep an eye out the next out door train.

Beach train
Sunday 13 of April at 11am.
North New Brighton at the corner where Waimairi beach starts.
16 or over
Postponed if raining.

Anarchy in April fight night:
Cowles Stadium
Saturday April 12
1st Fight 7pm
Tickets will be available at the Riccarton club just see behind the counter. Those from other clubs ask your Instructor.