The event this year, the first of its kind in Canada, will be a single-elimination (no round-robin) taikai for jodo practitioners.

Renseikan Dojo jodo members Joe Vallejo, Don Croft and Steve Kubien will be participating. Interested in attending? Here is a map to the JCCC:

For more pictures from the Aikido blackbelt class yesterday, visit the Renseikan Flickr album.

We hold private, semi-private and advanced blackbelt training classes at our home dojo location; our regular classes are held at our 1066 Dunbarton Rd. location in Pickering.

Here are some pictures from the class. For additional pictures, click here to see the Renseikan Flickr album.

There is an old saying “Many paths, one summit.” Applied here we may see that two masters may have used very different methods to get to the same place; two very different ways of practicing which nevertheless lead the devoted student to a peak of ability. But two paths cannot be followed at once. This would lead to endless distraction, running back and forth between and never reaching the distant goal, the summit to which either road, followed with perseverance, would ultimately lead.

- Robert Scaglione, Introduction, Shorin-Ryu Okinawan Karate Question and Answer Book

All students and parents, if you can help out, please meet us at the dojo at 6:00 pm, where we will be loading up the mats and transporting them to our new location.

Thanks, everyone!

This month’s theme is Asian, so get set for a lot of delicious Asian appetizers and entrées!

Students and parents can also view a copy of the newsletter in PDF format by clicking on the following link.

February 2010 newsletter

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