Newsletter

Dear Parents/students

Welcome to September newsletter.

Spring is in the air, and with the season comes revival, renewal, and a general awakening of the human spirit.

Deep within us we all feel an abundant surge of power waiting for purpose. Spring is the time to abandon fears and limitation, to trust your instincts and to harness this inner power in your life whenever you may need it.

Remember that inner spirit is limitless. It only requires a focused mind to direct it.

The words of Goethe

“Boldness has genius, power and magic. Begin it!”

Whenever I think of the human spirit and what it is capable of, it brings to mind an old samurai story.

Samurai Stories:

A long time ago, their was a Samurai and his fiancé who were deeply in love. One day his fiancé was walking through the forest when she was attacked and seriously mauled by a man eating tiger. No matter what the young samurai did, nothing could save her life and she died.

From the depths of his sorrow he vowed to revenge his beloved by seeking out the tiger and killing it. So he took his bow and arrow, and sought out into the forest, day after day in search of the man eating beast.

Searching daily the samurai finally saw the sleeping tiger in the distance and concluded that this must be the tiger responsible for the death of his lover. He drew his bow, took careful aim and released the arrow which found its mark and pierced the tiger’s body deeply. Drawing and mounting another arrow, he slowly approached the motionless creature to confirm the kill only to find the arrow stuck deeply into a striped coloured stone which appeared to resemble that of a sleeping tiger.

The story forms the basis of the understanding how a strong will can even pierce stone, but more importantly clearly demonstrates how resolve can serve as a powerful vehicle.

Moving onto a more formal note we have gradings approaching from the 14th September till 22nd September.

Please diarise your child’s grading and make sure that all outstanding fees, Gi, membership, monthly etc are settled in full before the grading.

Please remember that no t-shirts may be worn for gradings.

All parents are welcome to attend. Please refer to grading schedule below.

Monday 14th September

Blouberg International

1:30 – 2:15pm (4 – 5 years)

2:30 – 3.15pm (6 – 9years)

Edgemead (including Durbanville)

5 – 5.45 pm (6 – 9 years)

5.45 – 6.30 pm (10 -15 years)

Wednesday 16th September

Chelmesford

2:15 – 3pm (All grades)

Seamount

3:30 – 4:15pm (All grades)

Stellenbosch Waldorf

2:45 – 3: 15pm (All grades)

Thursday 17th September

Somerset College

1pm (4 & 5 year olds)

2:15pm (6 – 10 years)

Somerset West Town hall

4.15pm (please note that these gradings will take place during normal class times)

5 pm to 5.45pm

5.45pm to 6.30 pm

6.30pm to 7.30 pm

Friday 18th September

Newlands

4 – 5 pm (4 to 9 years)

5 - 6 pm (6 to 12 years as well as Adults)

Monday 21st September

Pinelands

2pm (All Ages)

Gaia Waldorf

3pm (All Ages)

Strand

5.15pm (All Ages)

Tuesday 22nd September

Mondeor Eco school

1:15 pm

Melkbosstrand

4:45pm – 5:30pm (6 – 9 years)

5:30pm – 6:15pm ( 6 – 12 years)

We appeal to all parents that are bringing their children to classes and want to remain for the duration of the class to please keep conversation to a minimal. We greatly encourage the support of your children, however when chatter at the back of classes is happening, a very distractive element is brought to the class both for the student and the teacher.

We appeal to you to please take the chatter outside if you are not watching your children.

Karate-Jutsu camps (4th Term)

With the onset of warmer weather we will once again be hosting our Karate camps for children and adults and look forward to seeing as many of you, especially those who have not yet attended a camp.

They are great fun and very educational for extra Martial Art activities that cannot be attended to in normal class training time.

For those moms and dads that are concerned sending your very young ones for an overnight stay, we will be having a day camp from 9.30 to 5 pm on one Saturday.

The camp dates are as follows:

Junior weapons Camp

Friday 9th October to Sunday 11th October

Arrive 6pm (Friday)

Depart 12am (Sunday)

Pre junior Camp( one Night)

Saturday 17th October to Sunday 18th October

Arrive 10am (Saturday)

Depart 12am (Sunday)

Adult Weapons Camp

Saturday 24th October – Sunday 25th October

Arrive: Saturday 9am

Depart : Sunday 12am

Pre Junior One day camp ( 6 to 9years)

Saturday 31st October

Arrive 9:30 am

Depart: 5pm

Bushi camp date still to be finalised

A few pointers about camp

All food and beverages are provided

Absolutely no junk food or cell phones are permitted

Nb: more than enough food and drinks are supplied so no snack food is necessary to be added into bags.

Please label your children’s clothing

Sun block is an absolute necessity

A camp application form must be completed for parent contact details, any information on special need diets as well as any medical information such as asthma etc.

Payment must be made prior to the camps

While we have the Indian Tipis as accommodation for the children, individuals may bring their own tents for themselves or perhaps for a friend or 2 that may be attending with them.

There is 24hour supervision over all children and a special watchful eye during swimming times.

Last but not least, our lucky draw winner for September is Ebert Louw. Ebert has won himself a Karate-Jutsu tracksuit.

Parents, please note that we will be changing our lucky draw prizes from month to month.

Please take note of our new tracksuit range, photos on website. (www.karate-jutsu.co.za)

To order please complete the order form online and email or fax to felicite fax 021 5579379 or Email ekermans@worldonline.co.za