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Special Custom Mouth Guard Offer - July 6th to August 20th, 2010
Dr. Brown is offering a half price ($30) offer on custom mouth guards. The office is on HWY 7 near McCowan. Mouth guards are highly recommended for free sparring. Click for details.
June YMCA break 2010
All registered programs including karate are on break from June 20th to July 3rd. The last karate class of the Spring session is June 17th. The first class of the Summer Session is Thursday, July 7th. There are no Sunday classes in the Summer session. Sunday classes will restart on September 19th.
June 13th, 2010: Belt Test
JKA Ontario Provincial Tournament - May 30th, 2010
The tournament was at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, 25 Corporate Dr., Brampton. Click for details. Markham JKA had 15 participants this years and received 10 medals (5 Gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze ). Click for the full tournament results. Click for details of upcoming Canada JKA events.
April 21 to 24: Sensei Imura Seminars, 7th DAN from JKA Headquarters in Japan
Sensei Imura (bio) will be providing some excellent seminars around the GTA area. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from one of the best. Click for schedule. Click for more details and other Canada JKA coming events.
April 11th, 2010: Stripe Test
Click for test results.
Spring YMCA break 2010
All registered programs including karate are on break from March 15th to March 21st. The karate classes scheduled for March 18th and 21st are cancelled as a result.
XMAS YMCA break
All registered programs including karate are on break from December 21st to January 3rd. The next karate class is Thursday January 7th.
December 20th: Belt Test
Another excellent effort by everyone. Click for the test results.
November 8th: Stripe Test
Thank you all for doing your best. Click for the test results.
November 7th: Sensei Saeki Seminar
It was an honour for Markham JKA to host this informative Seminar with Sensei Saeki. Sensei Saeki is a 7th Dan and chief instructor for the Canada JKA Karate Federation (CJKF).
Halloween Oct 31
Sensei Tom's band called "phusion" played Colonel Mustards in Markham. Check out a previous Video .
September YMCA break
All registered programs including karate are taking a break from August 28th to September 13th. The next karate class is on Thursday, September 17th. We will return to the regular class schedule with both Thursday and Sunday classes.
June YMCA break
All registered programs including karate are taking a break from June 15th to 30th. The next karate class is on Thursday, July 2. There are no Sunday classes through the Summer. We will return to the regular class schedule in September.
Kyu Belt Exam - June 14th, 2009
Click here for test results.
JKA Provincial Tournament - May 24th, 2009
The Markham JKA team of 12 participants did very well with 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze medals. Click for the official results. At the tournament in Brampton, there were over 200 participants from Toronto, New Market, Caledon, Kitchener, London, Ottawa and Markham. Click for details of the rules, location and registration. Check this page later for pictures of the tournament.
Sensei Saeki Seminar - May 23rd, 2009
At the Peel JKA in Mississauga. Click for details.
Stripe Test Results- April 19th, 2009
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Holiday Break
The YMCA registered programs are on break during the last 2 weeks of December. The last karate class of the fall session is Thursday, December 18th. The first class of the winter session is Thursday January 8th.
Kyu Test Results - December 14th, 2008
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Qualification Tournament - November 30th, 2008
On 30th November 2008, both JKA groups in Canada got together for a qualification tournament to select the team to represent Canada at the 2009 Gichin Funakoshi Cup in Japan. This event will be held from the 18th to 20th of September, 2009. Each country is allowed 4 entries in the individual divisions for kumite and kata. Congratulations and best wishes go out to the competitors that have qualified. Click here for tournament results.
Sensei Saeki Seminar - November 29th, 2008
Click here for the details.
Stripe Test Results - Nov 2nd, 2008
Click for test results. Everyone needs to work on stronger stances, kamae (focus) and hiki te (pulling hand) to be ready for the kyu test on December 14th. Testers whose names do not appear on the results list should come and talk to Sensei.
Special Sensei Nemoto Seminar - October 4th and 5th, 2008
Sensei Nemoto is a 4th Dan JKA instructor at the headquarters in Japan. He toured Canada to share the JKA expertise throughout the GTA. This was an excellent opportunity to learn first hand the techniques from Japan. Many from the Markham JKA attended.
Back to School Break
The YMCA registered programs are on break during the first 2 weeks of September. The last karate class of the summer session is Thursday, August 28th. The first class of the fall session is Thursday September 18th. Click here for the fall schedule. The Sunday September 21st class is cancelled due to the instructors attending the Ottawa Koyo Camp.
Ottawa Koyo Camp - Sept 17 to 21, 2008
Summer camp will be held in Ottawa. Click here for registration forms. Sensei encourages all students to attend this camp.
CJKF Provincial Tournament - May 2 , 2008
Click for tournament results. Markham JKA participants received 15 medals.
Notes:
Terminology : definition of commonly used Japanese terms in the dojo
Ranking: describes the belt ranking used in JKA
Protocols: describes the expected behaviour at the dojo
Kata: list of JKA Katas and the number of moves in each.
Kata video - Heian Shodan
Kata video - Heian Nidan
Kata video - Heian Sandan
Kata video - Heian Yondan
Kata video - Heian Godan
Kata video - Tikki Shodan
Kata video - Bassai Dai
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