Plans for 2008
Starting in July we will follow the community
centre to summer hours: this means our Monday
and Wednesday class hours will be changing to
7-9PM, from 7:30-9:30PM. So we'll be starting
and ending half-an-hour earlier. Also, Sundays
the centre is closed, so Bojutsu is changing time
and location. We we train each Sunday from 10AM-noon,
in Orlando park across Heron Road from the centre.
We will not need our gi: instead, outdoor-suitable
athletic clothing is required. Training will be
weather-dependent: if it rains, training is canceled.
Summer Training Camp
The dojo will hold the first Summer Training Camp on
Saturday, August 2nd. The camp will feature outdoor training in some areas of battlefield
and personal combat not taught before by the dojo,
as well as participation in a roast pig feast.
The topics we intend to cover are: Kukishin Ryu Naginata (Kukishin school light
halberd), Kukishin Ryu Dakentaijutsu (armored/unarmored heavy grappling), and
(hopefully), Bo Shuriken (spike "inside the hand blade").
For students
of the Jinenkan Ottawa Dojo who will be training, the cost of the Camp for
the day will be $50. This includes the pig roast dinner the Saturday evening,
as well as training. For people in my dojo who do not wish to participate in
the training I offer, but who want to attend the OMSG camp for the day, the
cost will be $40; please contact me so I can arrange permission from the OMSG.
The camp will take place with the kind permission of the Ottawa Medieval
Sword Guild (OMSG), who are holding their 6th annual
summer medieval camping weekend from August 1st-4th
on the Woods and McKee farm, near
Spencerville, Ontario. They have graciously agreed
to allow us to join them for Saturday, August 2nd,
and to allow us to train in what is their
space. I've been a guest at their camping weekend
for the past few years; this is an opportunity
for students of the Dojo to see things outside
their regular practice, and to make friends and share
some good times.
The camps will be at the Woods and McKee farms, at #9067 County Rd 44, in the Spencerville area. I'm providing a link to the OMSG Website for more details about the camp, including driving directions: http://www.ottawasword.com/omcw_2008.asp
More details will be posted as they become available.
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