Osu To All Toshindo Supporters and Family!

Upcoming Events

Wood Breaking Night will been rescheduled due to low participation so the date will be used as Kata Night.

Kata Night is scheduled for Friday December 7, 2007. Mark the date and come out and learn a kata and/or perfect the ones you know! All students, belt ranks and levels are welcome. There is no fee just come prepared to work on your technique and stances.

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

Please sign up in the office with Mrs. Shihan. Let her know that you will be attending the Kata night.

*Students promoting to any degree Black Belt, must make every effort to attend.

Toshindo School Tournament

Sunday December 16, will be the Toshindo school tournament. This will be a great opportunity to try your skills and experience competition under Shihans direction in our own dojo with fellow students. Parents please encourage your children to try the tournament. It is a fun event and everyone who participates goes home with a trophy!! All belts and levels are encouraged to participate.
Tournament time will be 10am to 3pm with specific arrival times and divisions to be announced.
The fee for the tournament will be $30 for 1 event, $50 for 2 events, and $65 for three events.
You can sign up in the office with Mrs. Bea.

Achievements & Promotions

Dominick Cardon Blue to Purple Belt

Jim Cardon Green to Blue Belt

Alexandra Reymundo Yellow to Orange Belt

Paola Cubillos Yellow to Orange Belt

Benjamin Garelick White to Yellow Belt

Congratulations and keep up the great work!

If you or your child has done something worthy of praise or have made some sort of accomplishment outside of the dojo, let us know. I would be happy to share the accomplishment with our dojo family. email me at senseiaprieto@toshindokarate.com

Team Toshindo

If you would like to be a part of Team Toshindo talk to Shihan or me.
Team requirements are:
Team Gi with black Toshindo T-shirt, Team practices, Team spirit. All team members should support other team members.

I will be to setting up team practice times for early next year. Most likely practices will take place on Sundays at various times.

Shihan and I are going to introduce some new and exciting things for the team in the next few weeks.

Other Dojo Stuff

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Holiday!

The dojo will be closed from December 24-January 1, 2008. We will reopen on Wednesday January 2, 2008.

2008 Toshindo Calendars are available for sale. The calendar has candid snap shots of our children taking class. You can view the style of calendar in the office on the wall. Let Sempai Sonia know of your interest in the calendar.
You can email her at statlock@unixrealm.com Put "Calendar" in the subject line. Let her know of your interest by Dec 7, so she can get the order in and let us know of the exact pricing for the calendars.

Adult daytime classes are on Tuesday and Fridays 12pm-1:30pm.

Tell a friend, and come and work out. The first class for new students is free. come and try it.

There will be no afternoon adult class on Tuesday November 27. Friday November 30 class will start @ 12:30 on that day.

Sempai's Sonia Tatlock and Charles Gagnon will be having a karate class, exclusively for 3-4 year olds. This class will be 45 min. The day, time and cost will be determined. If you have a young child or know of anyone with young children who may be interested in this class, please contact Sonia at the Email address above or get further info from Mrs. Bea in the office at the Dojo.

Proper use and Care of your Karate Uniform (Gi)

You may want to invest in another Gi if you are training more than once a week.
Gi's should be washed after every use. Especially if you perspire alot. Do not bleach your white Gi top with the patches. Your white Gi pants can be bleached. Students should not store their Gis in a bag after it has been worn. Never wash your belt (obi). Students should report to class with a clean Gi and sleeves should be hemmed to just below the elbow. Gi sleeves should not hang past students hands. This becomes a distraction to the child. Pants should be hemmed to the ankle and should not drag on the floor. This creates a safety hazard for slips and falls. Parents, please do not let your children eat messy foods while wearing their Gi. Parents also make your children responsible for their own belts and Gi's. If your Gi is looking, discolored or ragged then you should definitely look to get a new one. It never hurts to have a spare on hand.

Did you Know that Toshindo has T-shirts, Sweatshirts, hoodies & hats for Sale.
Pick up something in the office and show your Toshindo pride!
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Here is the link to our web site. http://www.toshindokarate.com/ . Click on the News/Blog link.
There are great pictures at the site.

Most recently we introduced another new kata that had yet to be named, but I am proud to introduce "Konzai". Konzai = mixture, since the kata is a mixture of some of our existing traditional kata.

Until next time!

Sensei Alberta Prieto