Some great shots of some Japanese architecture from our visit to Kyoto, Japan. Thanks Matt for taking the great pictures!
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Web Wednesday
Can a Fitbit work for Martial Arts fitness tracking? An interesting article to read and to see where we can go with it in the future. 🙂 (Photo Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom’s Guide) http://www.tomsguide.com/us/fitness-trackers-martial-arts,review-3640.html
Tuesday Quote of the Day
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/waltdisney131640.html
Monday Weekly Update
It’s Monday! We hope you all had a great weekend, we sure had a busy one as we concluded all of the graduation ceremonies for our semester two Karate Kids Program schools. Look for some pictures of the graduations to come later this week. We have lots of important events coming up this week and…
Thursday Pics of the Week
What better choice than our Kyoto group at the Butokuden on the morning of rank promotion and recommendations by Hanshi Tallack. Below is more of the group outside of the Butokuden on the same day.
Web Wednesday
A really cool video for everyone to see, mapped out Kung-Fu techniques through a digital sculpture by a graphic artist! A new animated sculpture created by digital artist Tobias Gremmler recreates the motion of Kung fu practitioners going through a drill. Credit: screenshot from Vimeo/Tobias Gremmler See more at: http://www.livescience.com/54661-kung-fu-motion-capture-art.html#sthash.7L0lkDxu.dpuf
Kyoto, Japan – Final Update
Sorry that this final update took so long, there was a lot to do upon returning to the dojo, and even more photos and things to sort through before this final update. On the final morning of the first group’s visit. Hanshi Tallack held a small ceremony at the Butokuden, where we had been training…
Tuesday Quote of the Day
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jimelliot189244.html
Monday Weekly Update
We hope everyone is doing great! Our first round of Karate Kids school program graduations went really well this past weekend, we are getting ready to help celebrate the graduation of our remaining program schools this weekend here at the dojo! This week is also ‘Pre-Testing Week’, so make sure that you are in and…
Thursday Pics of the Week
What better choice than the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple, a temple built off the side of a mountain! Taken by the Canadian delegation at the 5th World Butokusai from our trip to Kyoto, Japan this past week. Look out for our final trip update with more pictures to come soon!
Web Wednesday
An interesting article on a great martial artist, check out his new show ‘Rush Hour’ if you haven’t yet! http://www.blackbeltmag.com/daily/martial-arts-entertainment/jon-foo-co-star-of-the-new-rush-hour-tv-series-worked-with-jackie-chan-tony-jaa-and-yuen-woo-ping/
Kyoto, Japan – Part 6
Part 6 incorporates our last three days in Kyoto, because these days were so busy with official events, we unfortunately don’t have any photographs to share. So the photos from this post are all of the ones taken from my phone that were not uploaded with the other day’s posts, so they are from all…
