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Grading Time!

Please note that the date of the next grading has changed! The new date for our next Grading will be on 14 December 2009. Make sure you have your paperwork in on time! Due date for applications is on Friday, 11 December 2009. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Karate Alberta Regional Competition - November 22,2008

On November 22nd, Karate Alberta hosted a regional competition at Mewata Armouries in Calgary. Calgary Gojukai members attended and competed well, bringing home lots of medals and even more experience.

• Shinji Takase: 1st Black Belt kata, 2nd Under 80kg Kumite, 3rd Open Kumite
• Ryo Kamio: 1st under 80kg Kumite, 2nd Open Kumite
• Nikhil Shah: 3rd Kumite
• Radim Vesely: 3rd Kumite, 3rd Over 40yrs Kumite
• Hannah Vesely: 3rd Kata, 2nd Kumite
• Sota Mori: 1st Kata
• Owen Watson: 4th Kata
• Alex Doll: 2nd Kata, 2nd Kumite

A special mention to both Leonard Luetge and to Conrad Wilson who both had tough divisions. While they didn't bring back medals this time they both took home valuable experience that will help their training in the future. Great job everyone!

Gradings!

Congratulations to all members who passed their examinations this past term(June 2008)! In addition to Kyu (Colour Belt) exams, Black belt members also examined in August in Vancouver. Great Job Everyone!

IKGA World Competition - Rotterdam Netherlands

In November 2005 members of IKGA Canada including members from Calgary Gojukai attended the IKGA World Gojukai Competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This was the first international caliber competition for all of these athletes, but everyone was able to rise to the challenge. Calgary Gojukai was represented by:

• Rob Richardson - Men's Over 80kg Kumite - 4th Place, Men's Over Sandan Kata - Best 8
• Yukiko Hirayama - Women's Over Sandan Kata - 4th place
• Sean Heisler - Cadet Male Kumite and Kata, Male Bunkai
• Thomas Llewellyn - Junior Male Kumite and Kata, Male Bunkai
• Rob Heisler - Assistant Coach

Many thanks to Fran Heisler for her help as a Team Assistant and Chaperone for the junior members of the team.
Other IKGA Canada members attending the competition were:

• Carlos Tesler-Mabe - Men's Over Sandan Kata
• John Priegert Shihan - Coach and Country Representative
• Donna Gardecki Sensei - Head Coach
• Carol Rushworth - Team Assistant

While our time in Rotterdam was short, we managed to make many new friends, get in lots of training and even managed a bit of sightseeing. We got to experience first hand this level of competition, and we will be ready to bring home medals in 2009 when the World Competition goes to South Africa!

Grading June 2007

Congratulations to all members that attempted the grading in June! Everyone did a great job and should be proud of your performance.

If you did not participate in this past examination, or if you did not move on to the next level, please look ahead to the next one in December.

New rank and certificates will be passed out when Rob Sensei and Yukiko Sensei return from training in Japan in September.

Dictionary

Here is a basic list of some of the Japanese terminology used here, and a rough translation as the words are used in this text. The Japanese language is very complex, and sometimes a word may have several different meanings. The only way to really know which meaning is correct is to read the "Kanji" or pictogram, and even then you would have to understand the context of the sentence it was used in. This small list is a brief description of some of the terminology used in this site and the definition as it applies here.

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