Newsletter

Welcome back to everyone as we kick off a new term with the first monthly edition of our newsletter to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Karate-Jutsu.

With this newsletter we wish to establish a theme of inner reflection, we wish to create a deeper communication with our parent and student body, and lastly, we wish to share the knowledge that we have acquired thus far to deepen your understanding of the Martial Arts, and therefore, hopefully, enhance and inspire positive thought forms.

We will feature the following in our newsletter:

• Future events

• Past events

• Essential administration information

• Uplifting quotations and stories

• A note from the Kancho (heads of Karate-Jutsu)

• Selective testimonials and articles from our students (all ages)

• Info and specials on our Prana Therapy Centre

• A monthly lucky draw (refer to end of newsletter for details and to find out who our

lucky August winner is)

We sincerely hope you enjoy our first edition newsletter with all the coming events and opening specials at Mountain Whisper Retreat, home to Karate-Jutsu.

Until next month, happy training

Kancho Terry-Lynn

A NOTE FROM KANCHO JEROME

Karate-Jutsu was founded 10 years ago by myself, Jerome Petersen and my wife, Terry-Lynn Hawtrey.

Many people have asked me why our surnames are different. The answer is simple – I could not get her to change hers to mine! This is not surprising after the manner in which we met – at a Martial Arts Tournament – during which she stepped forward and knocked my prize adult brown belt student to the ground. My ego was blown, but I vowed that she was the woman I was going to marry.

Our journey through the Martial Arts has taken us far and wide since then. Our traditional full-time apprenticeship under a Grand Master took seven years, during which time we were trained in various arts such as Kobujitsu (traditional Okinawan weapons), Tai Chi Chuan (Wu Li style) and various forms of alternative healing arts.

We studied the limitations of our bodies and began to understand that there was no limitation to our spirits and applied this understanding to our personal endeavours and within the teaching of our arts. We have shaped and moulded our experience into an art today that proudly encompasses the strengths and weaknesses of anyone who wishes to practice, regardless of age, temperament or physical structure.

We are mindful of one thing at all times, to better ourselves, so that there is always room for improvement.

See you in the dojos.

Kancho Jerome

“The ultimate aim of karate being neither in victory

or defeat, but rather in the perfection of one’s moral

character.”

Gichen Funakoshi(1868–1957)

(Regarded as the father of modern-day karate)

GRADINGS

Congratulations to everyone who passed their previous grading, especially to Kes Murray for achieving his brown belt. Well done!

The following dates have been set for gradings to take place at the end of the 3rd term.

NB Please diaries them!

Please note that all grades, from white belt to blue belt, will now grade at the end of every term (4 times a year).

Green and purple belts will grade 3 times a year.

Red and brown belts will grade twice a year (provided that two Black belt trainings a month are attended).

To view our grading system, please refer to our website: www.karate-jutsu.co.za

The grading dates FOR ALL DOJOS are as follows:

3RD TERM 2009

14–23 September

4TH TERM 2009

1–10 December

CAMP DATES – 4TH TERM

JUNIOR WEAPONS

10–11 October

PRE-JUNIOR CAMP

17–18 October

ADULT WEAPONS

24–25 October

BUSHI CAMP

12–16 December

MOUNTAIN WHISPER RETREAT

This is the home of Karate-Jutsu. Six years ago we acquired a two-hectare piece of paradise to further our development of the Martial Arts in the correct environment.

Mountain Whisper Retreat is our family home, but also a place of Martial Arts research and development, a training centre for our Black Belt instructors, and now a quaint, beautiful retreat with a Prana Therapy Centre.

Please visit our website at www.mountainwhisper.co.za

PRANA THERAPY CENTRE

Jerome and I are proud to finally open up our Prana Therapy Centre to the public.

Our healing experience in practice spans 15 years and our treatment is highly effective on all levels of pain, stress and illness.

For more details on Prana Therapy, visit our website: www.mountainwhisper.co.za

or, contact Terry-Lynn directly on 083-208-5584

or, email me at prana@mountainwhisper.co.za

LUCKY DRAW

With each monthly newsletter we will announce a Lucky Draw Winner.

We will literally place every students’ name in a hat, and Felicite, our administrator, whom you all know by now, will be responsible for drawing a name each month.

The prize is as follows:

• If a child the winner will receive a nunchaka (training rubber one, if under the age of 12)

Children over the age of 12 will receive a genuine wooden nunchaka).

The prize also includes a complimentary overnight stay for one of his or her parents at Mountain Whisper Retreat.

• If an adult the winner will receive a nunchaka plus a complimentary overnight stay for

him/herself at Mountain Whisper Retreat.

Complimentary stay will include dinner on day of arrival, a night in Elvestree Guest Cottage, breakfast the following morning, and a Prana Therapy Treatment of your choice.

Please note that this complimentary overnight stay is only redeemable during any weekday night and is only valid for two months, so please book early!!

Our lucky winner for August is: Emma Dinnie of Somerset College