Shin200404

Shihan Taylor’s Branch - Australian Newsletter
April 2004 From Shihan’s desk
Spring camp:
The New South Wales Spring camp was once again a great success with almost 80 members attending from as far as Eventually the fight was over and as we waited for the Victoria. The weather not kind as it rained from start to results I realised that she had hurt me more than it had finish. The rain however, did not stop every one having a seemed just a few seconds ago. But I stood proud as I heard great camp and as it just meant that we all trained inside, people from other Dojos I didn't even know comment on whilst it took away the experience of training outside it did how well I went and how brave I was to get in close and make the kata practice and many of the more difficult keep fighting. The judges put up their flags and the other techniques a little easier, being on the boards instead of girl had won. But I was fine with that but upset that the outside on the grass. The Saturday night entertainment was a people from Melbourne were favoured, soon everyone trivia night and it was a great success. crowded around me and I was in pain but I soon got over From the competitors’ point of view:
that and took it all as a learning experience. This was done for school recently by Sally Buchanan about Why no jewelry or the like:
an everlasting experience she had. The event happened 2 Students often come into class rings on their fingers, in their years ago. (She was then 14 years old). Before I went to ears and no doubt many other places that we can not see. Melbourne for my first karate tournament we trained and Some are even offended when ask to remove them. First and practiced for the tournament for a month or so learning the foremost, they present a danger to any one that you come rules and getting our sparring techniques up to scratch. I into contact with, but just as importantly when you come hurt my tail bone just two weeks before the tournament but I into karate class “you should leave your world behind you was determined to get there and give it a go. I went with when you train” Even a male wearing a T-shirt is considered some others from Mount Gambier karate; it was their first bad etiquette, you are making the statement “I will not be time also. When we got to the hotel in Coburg it was an old training hard and I will need the T-shirt to stay warm” The stone building next to a giant playground, which we instructor will always think that you should “train harder and explored. Then people from Millicent that also do karate turned up and everyone got in the pool for about an hour and Sydney metropolitan’s leading security service, providing
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getting more nervous as time went by. When we got inside we helped set up and then got changed. it was really funny This month’s quote: “A teacher affects eternity; he can
because we overheard people saying they were scared of us never tell where his influence stops.' (Henry B. Adams) because we train with the Povey's, it was a real confidence Back to training: - it is good to see Matthew Horan back at
builder. The tournament soon began. We had to wait for the kata competitions to finish and then it was little Justine's turn New members to the Bondi Dojo: I
in the under 10's. The rules were that it was only semi would like to welcome the new members to the Bondi dojo: contact and two head kicks was a knockout, well little Raphael Burkett-Radtke - William Lenehan – Joseph Hall – Justine knocked out everyone she fought and won her division. Next up were Sharni, Jamie and Michael, Michael This month’s bad joke:
was disqualified for being too rough but Sharni and Jamie A dentist and a manicurist got married but the marriage did ended up fighting for 1st place with Sharni getting 1st and not work as “they fought tooth and nail” Jamie 2nd. Now it was finally time for Shaun, Brigid and Senior moments:
myself to fight in the under 16's, the people we had to fight One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a were GIANTS. I had to fight a brown belt that meant she nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared was 3 belts above me and I was really annoyed because for. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty brown belts weren't meant to be allowed to compete but I breakfast, and set her in a chair at a window overlooking a went up and fought my best and got a draw, so I fought her lovely flower garden. She seems OK, but after a while she again and they told me I was hitting too hard so I laid off. slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two All through both fights all I could think was 'she hits hard attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and why can't I' and she can't do that'. That second fight seemed straighten her up. Again she seems OK, but again starts to to drag on forever probably because I knew I wasn't going to tilt to the side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her win without being able to have a bit more contact, that girl back upright. This goes on all morning. Later the family kept giving me the daggers the whole fight but I just kept arrives to see how the old woman is adjusting to her new smiling because I wasn't going to be a bitch like her. home. "So Ma how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" they ask. "It's pretty nice," she replies. "Except they 13th September: Bondi Junction under Green belt grading.
14th September: Bondi Beach under green belt grading.
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Top 10 Drawbacks to Working in a Cubicle:
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10. Being told to "think outside the box" when you're in a Now let me see have I got this right? 9. Not being able to check e-mail attachments without 8. Cubicle walls do not offer much protection from any kind 7. That nagging feeling that if you press the right button, 5. The walls are too close together for the hammock to work. 3. Prison cells are not only bigger, they also have beds. 2. The carpet has been there since 1976 and shows more GRADING SYLLABUS:
And the number 1 drawback to working in a cubicle. W i t h t h e J u n e g r a d i n g g e t t i n g c l o s e , students should think 1. You can't walk out and slam the door when you quit. a b o u t b u y i n g a grading syllabus. You will be sure exactly of what is required to get your next grade. At only $15.00 and Being overweight or obese: the little known cancer risk:
packed full of karate terminology as well as the grading A 16-year study of 900,000 adults found that being syllabus up to San Dan, it is well worth the price. overweight or obese increases cancer risk by approximately 20%. Following a success of its Great American Smoke-Out Donovan Pather
Campaigns, the American Cancer Society plans to launch, in “PROPER PLUMBING”
combination with Weight Watchers, an Annual Great Proudly supporting the “SHIN” publication
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England Journal of Medicine found that being overweight or Special discounts for Kyokushin members
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deaths of men and 20 percent of all deaths in women. Researchers found an association between BMI and death from many forms of cancers including cancer of the colon, Eiko’s Column: By Eiko, Bondi Junction Dojo.
oesophagus, gall bladder, kidney, liver, pancreas and rectum. OHASHI ni tsuite. (A thought on Chopsticks) 'Still, most Americans don't associate excess weight with Few months ago, I was watching Nigella Lawson’s cooking cancer risks,' says Colleen Doyle, a dietician and the director show and caught her using this quasi-chopstick, in shape of a of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer huge plastic tweezers. I was laughing at this sexy British TV Society. 'We found that out from a benchmark survey we did chef (famous for licking gooey stuff off her hands, spatulas in early 2002 only 1 percent of people who responded said or what have you) with a large tweezers to handle a bundle that weight loss was a way to reduce cancer risk. That said to of fried noodles, suggesting just about the same un-co-ness us, we've got a big awareness problem'. The cancer society to my lovely partner Derek’s (he was not as amused as I hopes to persuade people that weight gain is not only an was). Surprisingly, what I found later was that, that (silly, appearance or heart-disease problem, but also increases their huge tweezers look-a-like) is in fact, the original chopstick risk of cancer. Researchers say that the reason excess weight design which was used by Japanese more than 1200years may raise your cancer risk is that fat cells produce a kind of ago (according to a top Japanese Chopstick scholar!). oestrogen called estradiol which accelerates rapid cell I bet pretty Nigella would not know this. division, in turn increasing cancer risk. 'Close to 65 percent Great Quotes by Great Ladies!
of all cancer deaths could be prevented by lifestyle changes,' “In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man - if you Doyle says. 'I think that's the really good news, that people want anything done, ask a woman” Margaret Thatcher- can have some control over cancer.' Source: IHRSA “When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. GRADINGS & SPRING CAMP: Men invade another country” Elayne Boosler-
7th June: Bondi Junction under Green belt grading. “ I a
8th June: Bondi Beach children’s under green belt grading. k e e p h i s h o u s e ”
10th – 12th September - Spring camp:
Green Belt & Over grading and John Taylor Branch dojo Any contributions to the “SHIN”
operators meeting. The Camp is a great weekend and the Would you like to sell your car, looking for a flat mate, or program allows all grades to come along and learn heaps of you just have so something to say. All contributions welcome and should be emailed to: [email protected]

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