Rocky Izumi
10-11-2005, 01:37 PM
Kawahara Yukio Shihan (Shihan for Canada, Aikikai) will be conducting a weekend Seminar on Saturday, 21 January and Sunday, 22 January. We would like to invite all our friends to come down and enjoy the sand, sea and sun in Barbados for a couple weeks during the long cold Canadian Winter. Regular practices will be ongoing during the two weeks that Kawahara Sensei is in Barbados.
Cheap flights to Barbados are available during January if booked in the fall. Please contact Air Canada for flights out of Toronto Pearson and AA for flights out of Miami
Preliminary Winter Seminar Announcement
Location: Barbados, West Indies
Instructor: Kawahara Yukio Shihan for Canada (Aikikai)
Dates: 21 and 22 January 2006
Schedule: TBA (Depending on location)
Dojo: TBA (Location depends on number of persons preregistered)
Pre-registration: TBA (Please keep an eye out for our new website. It should be up and running by the end of October)
Price: TBA (This depends on number of people and, therefore, location. We expect the price to be between $25-50 US - payable in US dollars -- for the weekend)
Limits: 50 practitioners -- pre-registeration for the seminar will be required as we will have limited practice space. All Caribbean students, including BAF members, are also expected to pre-register.
Further Information: To be forthcoming by email and on proposed website
Dress: Mudansha (white gi, white obi) Yudansha (white gi, black obi, hakama)
Accommodations: see http://www.nationnews.com/local/index.php for real estate listings (suggest short-term apartments in Christ Church)
see http://www.barbados.cc/YourHomePage/map/ for map locations (most central to all dojos is in Christ Church)
see http://www.skyviews.com/barbados/map.html for a simpler map with sites of interest
see http://www.pumpkinshellbarbados.com/ for accommodations in Bottom Bay (next door to Izumi's house)
see http://saskwest.com/dave/pics/dalbarb/dalbarb.htm for photos of Bottom Bay area
Regular Class Schedule
Rising Sun School of Martial Arts
27 Hanson Heights, St. George
MWF 19:30-21:00
Sun 09:00-10:30 (Sunday class cancelled during weekend of seminar & possible Thurs class 19:30-21:00 for these two weeks)
Limits: 20 practitioners
Unified Martial Arts Academy
15 Roebuck Street, Bridgetown, St. Michael
Tues 20:30- 22:00
Limits: 10 practitioners
Jane's Cottage, Bottom Bay, St. Philip
Aiki-ken, Aiki-jo, Atemi, & Tai-Sabaki Practices
(Shin-ken welcome, please inform Min. of Security & Defense for permission to bring in Shin-ken)
MTWTF 06:30-07:30
Limits: 6 practitioners
Saturday (golf day, no practice)
Please come and practice with us.
Hi Rocky,
Sounds like it'll be a great seminar. I hope it goes well!
-- Jun