Thorsten, Jacqui & Jessica Windhorst

Home Dojo: 22 Grove Street, Tinwald

Tel: 3085917/ Cell: 027-8998839

Email: jionkaratedojo@gmail.com

Web: www.jion-karate.com

ADVANCE NOTICE Term 2

NZ Open Champs 20-21 April

+ National Camp 23-24 April

Cant/West Champs 17 June

Pioneer Stadium, Christchurch

TRAINING TIMES 2018

Monday: Intermediate School Hall

Kids Groups 1&2 - 6.00—7.00pm

Kids Groups 3&4 - 7.00—8.00pm

Youth & Adults - 8.00—9.00pm

Wednesday: Tinwald Presbyterian Church Hall

Kids Group 1 - 6.00—7.00pm

Competition Concession - 7.00—8.00pm

Adult Group - 8.00—9.15pm

Thursday: Tinwald Memorial Hall

Kids Group 2 - 6.00—7.00pm

Kids Groups 3 &4 - 6.30—7.30pm

Youth Group - 7.30—9.00pm

Don’t start the New Year unprepared—check your gear & tick below:

Clean white Gi—correct fitting & with club badge

JION club bag (or similar sport bag) to keep all your karate gear in

JION t-shirt/jacket/hoody (or similar red t-shirt) + black shorts

Red & Blue sparring gloves (compulsory for all competitors)

Red & Blue shin protectors (compulsory for all competitors)

Mouthguard (compulsory for all competitors)

Body & Face protectors (compulsory for competitors <13yrs + advisable for 14yrs+)

Chest guard (compulsory for female competitors 14yrs+)

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Sensei Thorsten’s New Year check list

JION I.K.D.A. welcomes new members: Kids Group 1: Marleah / Clyde / Carleea / Louie & Aachie Kids Group 2: Elliot / Layla

Newsletter Jan/Feb 2018

J I O N I N T E R N A T I O N A L K A R A T E D O J O A S H B U R T O N

Welcome back 1

Farewell Jessica 1

Photos—2017

awards + Xmas 1

Canterbury

Classic

2

JKA Shotokan seminar—Naka

in Ashburton

2

KKNZ tests 2

Kids Fun Section

+ member photos

3

Dojo contact and training details

4

Welcome to JION 4

Sensei Thorsten’s

Check List

4

Advance Notice 4

Inside this issue:

Info for members

Happy New Year

Welcome back to training, we’ve got another busy year ahead so let’s get started !

Although most of you will continue in the same groups as last year, please check the notice board for any changes in groups/training times—ask if in doubt

Holiday training continues on Thursdays 18 + 25 then normal sessions begin on Wed 31 Jan for Kids Group 1 / competition concession training & Adults & on Thu 01 Jan for Kids Groups 2 / 3 / 4 & Youth.

“Arigatou gozaimasu”

Sensei Jessica

Jessica’s last session with JION I.K.D.A. will be 18.01.18

Although we will miss her dearly as an instructor, competition coach, team leader & youth group mem-ber, we thank her for all her hard work and commit-ment to karate over the past 15yrs and her dedication

to instructing & supporting fellow students since her junior dan grading in 2010.

Jessica may pop in to visit us at training from time to time but will now be free to engage in other activities,

before heading off to uni in 2019.

Fortunately for our dojo, some of our higher grade students have been taking on more responsibility assisting in the Kids groups and will soon be able to

lead groups independently. We look forward to watching them develop into the next generation of

JION I.K.D.A. instructors.

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Canterbury Classic Tournament Christchurch Pioneer Stadium—Sat 03 March

1st regional tournament of the year. Please let us know asap if you’re in-terested in competing. Details should be available soon online ’sportdata’

Competition entry fees should be made directly to CWKA

To secure the discounted CWKA member price, please pay your $10 per competitor to JION account (or bring to training)

before end of January. Any questions, please see us asap

KKNZ—Kids Fitness Testing

Our 1st fitness testing 2018 will take place at end of March as follows:

Kids Groups 2,3& 4 - 6:00—8:00pm - Tuesday 27 March Kids Groups 1 - 6:00—7:00pm - Wed 28 March

There will be NO training on Thursday 29 March Youth can train after kids fitness tests—Tuesday 27 March 8:00-9:00pm

Please see me to sign your application form and pay your $20 test fee

JKA Shotokan Japanese master seminar in Timaru & Ashburton- Tatsuya Naka Sensei

We highly recommend that you join these training sessions:

Wednesday 14 March—Timaru - Cost per session $25

Kids training: 4:30-5:30pm Youth/Adults: 5:30-7:00pm

We are also very happy to be able to welcome Sensei Naka to our own dojo and hope that all JION members will join in the special Shotokan

training sessions—in Tinwald Memorial Hall— as follows:

Thursday 15 March—Ashburton - Cost per session $25

Kids training 4:30-5:30pm Youth/Adults 5:30-7:00pm

Join us for a meal at ‘Formosa’ after training—enter name on list

NB/There will be NO regular training sessions on these 2 days

All groups can train on Tues 13 March instead as follows:

ALL Kids Groups 6:30-7:30pm Youth/Adults 7:30-9:00pm

Info for JION members Page 3

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