1/ British Championships 15th March
Categories:-
i) Individual - forms, weapons and sparring.
ii) Team sparring - 18 years to 35 years All Gups (X3 One female and Two male).
iii) Team sparring - 18 years to 35 years Cho Dan Bo to 3rd Dan (X3 One female and Two male).
iv) Team sparring - 35 years and above (X3 One female and Two male).
v) Team forms - 17 years and below All Gups.
vi) Team forms - 17 years and below Cho Dan Bo to 3rd Dan.
2/ New DBBAI Clubs
Forres TSD instructor Diane Robinson
New Associates
Master Robert Woodiwiss
3/ Feedback on the KI Do Association from Master De-Vry
Spot on, fantastic. I cannot wait to get stuck into this, learning and teaching. Top job.
4/ Motivational Message
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
5/ Subtle energy research.
a/ Energetics of positive thought
b/ Earth Ki Aerials
c/ Combining Chakra
d/ Ki Pockets
6/ IGTSDA World Champs 2003
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Team events, please try to have Black Belts in all the teams events if possible and do not make extra teams with coloured belts.
http://www.igtsda.co.uk/ for your world championship update Entry forms are here!
Team forms for the world championships are free!
As a good will gesture Master Adlington and Mr Fernandez agreed to include this free event at our IGTSDA world championships July next year.
Each country can enter 2 teams.
Junior team X5 students under 16years old.
Senior team X5 students 16 years and above.
Any combination of male and female.
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7/ Milton Keynes Seminar
Fantastic fun at the Milton Keynes seminar last Thursday night (After negotiating all those roundabouts lol)
We took the Chil Sang forms apart energetically, looked at the Hak Won forms and had a quick taster of the new Bo staff forms. Most of the seminar was the basics of the Ki Do energy system we are looking to now formalise.
Many thanks to Master Peter O'Toole (Who's report is sure to follow)
8/ Meditation may boost immune system
Meditation may help boost the body's immune system and produce lasting positive changes in the brain, according to the results of a study undertaken by US researchers.
Previous studies have shown that meditation helps reduce anxiety and stress. However, a study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the first to suggest that it may also have positive biological effects on the body's ability to fight infection and disease.
Led by Dr Richard Davidson, Vilas Professor of psychology and psychiatry at the university, the researchers conducted a 16-week study on 41 participants to investigate the physiological effects of "mindfulness meditation". This form of meditation involves intensely focusing the attention on thoughts and feelings as they occur, noting their existence but refraining from judging or acting on them. It is intended to deepen awareness of the present, develop attention-focusing skills and cultivate positive emotions.
The participants in the study were divided into two groups. The first group of 25 received mindfulness meditation training consisting of a weekly class, an hour of home practice for six days a week and a one 7-hour retreat during the course of the study. The control group, which contained 16 people, did not receive meditation training until after the study was completed.
Over the study period the researchers measured levels of electrical activity in the frontal area of the brain - increased activity in the left side of which is associated with optimistic and positive emotions.
The participants also received a flu shot over the course of the study then blood tests were examined to measure levels of antibodies produced in response to the vaccine.
The researchers found that the meditation group exhibited increased activity in the left side of the frontal part of the brain, indicating lower anxiety levels and a more positive emotional state.
In addition, although both groups had increased antibody levels in response to the vaccine, the meditation group had significantly larger increases at four and eight weeks, after receiving the shots, than the control group.
"Although our study is preliminary and more research clearly is warranted," said Dr Davidson, "we are very encouraged by these results."
The research team is now planning to study the effects of meditation on patients with particular illnesses.
The research will appear in a forthcoming edition of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
9/ CTC seminar with Master McCann
More good stuff from Master Andy McCann and his team last Sunday. The presentation was a treat and the stress test "Well, you had to be there!"
We will have to arrange another "Master Class" and get Andy and his team along again later in the year.
10/ Dates for 2003
February 8th Healing/Energetics seminar 11am - 6pm my house.
February 16th Sawtry Testing (Moved from the 2nd)
February 23rd Ki energy seminar Sawtry (Ki Do)
February 24th No Oundle Class.
March 2nd Weapons seminar Sawtry
March 9th Testing and seminar Rugby
March 15th British Championships London
March 30th London colour belt test & seminar
May 4th Colour belt test Sawtry
May 11th Black belt test
April 6th Seminar with Grandmaster Tom Muncy (Wales - Master McCann)
April (End of)TSD England Boot Camp
June 8th Scotland Seminar (Ki Do)
June 29th London colour belt test & seminar July 10th - 12th World Championships London
August 3rd Colour belt test Sawtry
August 16th-17th Scotland TSD Boot Camp September 9th instructors AMA insurance
September 20th Master Adlington's Championships
September 28th London colour belt test & seminar
October 25th Scotland Championships
November 2nd Colour belt test Sawtry November 9th Black belt test
December 7th Scotland Seminar (Christmas party?)
December 14th London colour belt test &seminar
December 21st last class Sawtry