written by sensei Brian George (3rd Dan)
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ISSUE 3
Newsletter date July 1999
The original names of the Kata introduced by Master Funakoshi were:
Taikyoku
(first cause)
Heian
(peaceful mind)
Bassai
(to penetrate a fortress)
Kwanku'
(to look at the sky)
Empy
(flying swallow)
Gankaku
(crane on a rock)
Jutte
(ten hands)
Hangetsu
(halfmoon)
Tekki
(horse riding)
Jion
(from the temple)
Ten no Kata
(the Kata of the universe)
As you all know the gradings took place in July. Overall everything went well. Everyone should have recived there preformance forms, those forms I have told all students how they performed at the grading Dont forget any questions you have about how you did will be answered by Keith or myself any time you wish to raise them.
The club is very pleased to introduce a further 5 Shodan students to the Ryu.
Keith McKenzei
Jeremy Mason
Andrew McKenzei
Sarah Rbinson
Kirsty McKenzei.
Well done to you all.
While you are on your summer break don't forget that you are stiol exponents of Maertial arts, you many like to think a little on how you as an indervidual perceive the way your training is heading.
With this in mind you can plan ahead and be able to have a little input into your own training by means of understanding the method of your basics and questioning why they are so important. With your basics it is very easy to become board because of the lack of understanding of they are so important. We as your sensai's can loose good students just because they do not ask questions about what and why they are doing a technique.
"The ballance between victory and defeat often hangs on simple matters."
