Sunday, April 5, 2009

Japanese Calligraphy and Language lessons

Coming in May our dojo will be offering Japanese calligraphy and language classes.
Instruction is by Maki LaBonte. 
Calligraphy
Classes in calligraphy will be offered session 1 is Mondays and Wednesdays 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and session 2 is Wednesdays and Fridays 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the class size limited to six students per session. Maki suggests two classes per week in order to learn the calligraphy properly. The fee is $30.00 per week with a minimum of a four week enrollment, also there is $50.00 equipment fee which covers all the materials required,(brushes, ink, inkwell, paper weight and paper). which will be yours to keep at the end of the session. Class size is limited as Maki would like to ensure quality instruction to the students. So sign up early if you do not get into this session we will place you an a waiting list for the next session.
These classes will begin on May 4th so sign up early.

Language
The Japanese language lessons will begin in May as well starting on May 8th at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. This an eight week course and Maki will help you to learn conversational Japanese.
The fee for the program is $170.00, the only equipment required is pad an pen which will be supplied. Sign up early as Maki would like to keep the class size to twenty people in order to give students personal attention.

Kyu Tests



Recently we had nine students test for there kyu rank test. Everyone did a great job and all passed their respective tests.Congrats to Rebbecca, Jeannette, Connor, Kent, Daisy, Mari, Marisella, Jose and NIck. Thanks to everyone that came to watch and take ukemi for the people testing.
Also Five students from the PASA program took their tests and passed.
Keep up the training.

Gong Bath


The Gong Bath was a great success. It was very relaxing as the waves of sound went from soft to loud and soft again. There will be another session coming on May 9th. Details will be posted on our web site.