Seeing as how Nooms will be here with bells on...

Come on down!

Wednesday 23rd March @ 7:40pm

Kitsunekan dojo

Jandakot Hall
Anning Park, Forrest Rd
(formerly North Lake Rd)
Jandakot

I shall be there aswell!.... wait! come back......

Oh good one Tombat....
You forgot to tell everyone you'll be the target of the sticks.

Here they come back again...

Sorry. I be good and all that. Looking forward to it Mick, and I hope lots more people do come and play that night.

im in...

Me too!

Me too!!!!

ohh wait....no I won't

But I'll be there in spirit

maybe next time jules

Teehee! That's funny. It's not like the resident demonstratee has a choice.... Although W16 will be here as well...

Double the fun!


Mick

Any chance this could be recorded for my viewing pleasure?

i'll see what i can do...
digicams all around i think

Truly?! That would be so cool!

Hey - what about all the other Perthinians who haunt this place? Any of you game?

I'll be there in spirit!!!

Dont have all the fun without me...



Oooh, me too please!

Well if Toms coming all the way from England I cant see why we cant get some local support.....
B)

My God, They`re gonna be lining up around the block to have a crack at me! "It`s the irritating pom off matts forum! Geddim!!!"

The way I see it, you have 2 options....

1) no more booze..train like mad and pray that if you can't beat them, they will be intimidated by your size

2) Drink up...if nothing else it'll dull the pain

hehe, thanks for the advice matey!

Hey Mick,

I'll send a few of the Brisbane boys over if you like. They enjoy welcoming visitors from the UK. (evil snigger).

Anon

Bring `em on mate! You might need more than a couple though...... 100 kgs of unconscious limey is alot to deal with

I'd go with option 2

*bump*

Only a week-and-a-bit to go...

Damn - sorry Mick, organised a trip away with everyone that night....only chance we could get sorry.
Oh well, have fun anyway!

That's not funny


Mick

would have been if you did it

Maybe... of course now if nobody turns up cos they think nobody will be there... Kathie is soooo looking forward to seeing you beaten with a stick.


Mick

[Darth Vader]

When we last met I was the student, now I am the master....

[/Darth Vader]

But no...we will all be there....

And even though we already considered it likely there'll be few or none come to see what's what... you'll still get the blame for it now

*sigh* People can be so apathetic that it almost makes me want to try and do something about it. But I can't be bothered


Mick

so?
what do we wear?

gi obviously.... but what belt do we wear? white????

Invitations open Perth.

Come along for something different if you are interested in expanding your martial arts horizons

Plus you all get to see an english guy beaten with a stick - but I`m sure nobody wants to see THAT........

Seen it happen to your whole cricket team...no...that was with a bat.

now now boys.... take it outside

Wear the dogi you'd normally wear, and your grade belt with it.

Hmm I suppose people are not familiar with the concept of guest attendances...

If you were going to a club to join and learn the syllabus etc then you might normally expect to start learning from the beginning. But if you were to just visit a club somewhere for whatever reason then you would not normally have that expectation - going to train as maybe a once-off rather than as a regular thing.

Some would still expect you to wear a white belt as you'd not be graded in that system, but many more don't bother with it if you're not coming on a regular basis. They also will not plan around what you may or may not know. For you it can be very much a case of sink-or-swim for that class.

It's quite obvious to regular students that you're a newcomer, and if you're wearing a grade belt they'd most likely assume that you are graded somewhere, and even ask where you're from, what club, etc.

Though it always pays to check with the instructor just to see what their expectation is when you're unsure.

The easiest way is, if in doubt - ask.

Not to confuse the issue, but... Sometimes though you might just want to sneak in a class and try it out - see what it's like - and therefore find a class and turn up with a white belt just to train and check it out. The only trap is that some clubs do actually make you do a grading to get a white belt!


Mick

Ok, I will agree our cricket`s crap - our rugger aint so good these days either!
Our karate`s not bad though.......

we'll see about that in..... a week???

Yes, I`m looking forward to it!
I haven`t had any new bruises for ..... ohhhhh.... days now.....

Have asked dad to take me to your class, but he wont!! , he is so stubborn sometimes . I guess we will have to wait for mum to get her job over there he he then we will pester you all the time , mm i love to play with sticks and pointy things, i need some new playmates.
SAM

Me! ME!

Someone take piccies please

/me begs...

I`ll take my camera along for sure. I`m thinking of creating a web page devoted to cross-training in Australia as well as the differences between teaching styles here and over there - as well as putting in alot of tourist stuff as well.
Micks class is going to figure quite heavily I think - as well as any other classes we can get to

So, you`ll get to see me spark out on the floor at quite a few dojo`s!

cool.... WGV dojo might be famous yet

Monday evenings, 6pm - 7:30pm Senior Citizens Club, Belconnen.

So how did it go?

It was awful! It was terrible! Well, it really wasn't that bad...

I'm kidding. It was very, very different. I don't know how to put it in words. I loved it though. Specially cos we got to play with sticks and do a stick kata and I got to pretend to beat Matt up with a stick and I am going to keep playing with sticks because it's great.
We learned a lot in a short time - well, I did anyway!

Hey MIck

It looks like I will be able to get to your dojo on Wednesday night, could you just remind me what time.

Hey all you other guys and gals from perth should try to get there as well, make a good night of it.

Should be good mate sounds like your doing some cool stuff down there. Oh Yeah! How much does it cost? Let me know.

ROcket.

P.S. myself and a couple of other guys are thinking about organizing a regular training session, say once a month for higher grades maybe brown belt and above . All styles will be welcome, it will be a great chance to swap ideas and to learn from each other and to just get some good training in. I would make my dojo available for this if anyone is interested, or we could rotate it between everyones dojos, then we could have a couple of beers after. Geez this is sounding better by the minute.

let us know what you think, and mick give us the details of your class times and prices.

Always eager to learn

Sensei Rocket Rod.

7.30pm every Wednesday down at Jandakot Hall on Forrest Rd.


Mick