River of Knowledge - International Chito-Ryu Karate-do Federation ...
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ICKFA Dojo NewsBathurstColin Phillips SenseiThe spring edition <strong>of</strong> the ROK already the year has gone so fast, what <strong>do</strong> they say the older you get the faster timemoves on; I believe this is true, what a year it’s been already with Soke Sensei visit, national camp and two tournamentscompleted and two to go.This year we celebrate 40 years training in Australia and this is and a very important milestone for our organisation; I cantbut help wonder where we will be in say 10, 20 and then 30 years from now, my feeling is a strong and dynamicorganisation with a depth <strong>of</strong> experience that most organisations would envy; having walked into my first <strong>Chito</strong> <strong>Ryu</strong> <strong>do</strong>jo in1976 to train we have come such a long way.Bathurst <strong>do</strong>jo is going well and plans are already under way for 2010; with many <strong>of</strong> students reaching their teens I hopeto commence a junior black belt training training program with the focus on students achieving their junior black beltgrade.We have some wonderful students and some natural leaders are becoming evident in the <strong>do</strong>jo, the students are traininghard at the moment preparing for their next grading.Our adult class continues to grow with at least 30% <strong>of</strong> people <strong>do</strong>ing martial arts before; some people having black beltsfrom other styles and disciplines from ju-jitsu to sports karate; others having trained however not to the same level havingexperience in taekwon<strong>do</strong>, wa<strong>do</strong> ryu karate and kyokushin, these people have taken to <strong>Chito</strong> <strong>Ryu</strong> whole heartily and willmake good <strong>Chito</strong> <strong>Ryu</strong> practitioners.We have had several free lesson trials during September and we hope to grow even more towards the end <strong>of</strong> the year.left - Serene, Ebony and Jade Lou<strong>do</strong>un Shand(three sisters training and celebrating their firstgrade together, their brothers Eli and Uriah trainin our 4 to 7 years karate crocodiles program)bottom left - Aimee Walsh and Radhika Singh(friends inside and outside the <strong>do</strong>jo)bottom right - David and Rohan Smith ( Rohan isour latest karate crocodile to be graded in the 4- 7years program, Rohan's dad pictured trains withthe seniors and is currently training hard for hisnext grading as well)
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