Goju Ryu Martial Arts Academy

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION	TIMES
*2008*
3 - 9 February	*FREE* Winter training start the year off with a bang	Stenton Jubilee Hall	6:30 -7:30 am - all welcome
29 March	Club Grading and graduation	Stenton Jubilee Centre	9:00am-2:30pm
31 March - 6 April	Spring Easter Holiday	Academy closed	1 week of school holidays
28 June	Club Grading and graduation	Stenton Jubilee Centre	9:00-2:30pm
28 June	BBQ	Loch Ore Meadows	From around 3:30pm
6 July	Goju-Ryu-MAA Tournament	Glenrothes Martial Arts Centre, Balbirnie	All Day
20 July - 3 August	Summer holiday Academy closed		2 weeks of school holidays
16-30 July	World gasshuku	Okinawa - Japan	http://www.iogkf.com/
27 September	Club Grading and graduation	Stenton Jubilee Centre	9:00 am-2:30pm
20 - 27th October	Autumn October Holiday		1 week of school holidays

20 December	Club Grading and graduation	Stenton Jubilee Centre	9:00-2:30pm
20 December	Adult Night out	TBD	5:00pm ->???

20 Dec 2008- 05 Jan 2009	Christmas Holiday Academy Closed	Last class Saturday 20th	First Class Back Monday 5th January

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IOGKF international events HERE

The SGKA held a training camp in Glenwood High School (main hall)
on October 8th & 9th from 10:30 – 2:00pm both days

This was open to all SGKA students and was an intense training course covering Jumbi Undo (warm-ups), basics(Kihon), Forms (kata) and Kumite (fighting drills). Look for pictures on www.sgka.org soon.

36 Students attended the two day event. The first hour and a-half was Instruction on proper form for Jumbi Undo or warmup exercises which are a vital part of preparation for fitness and proper form when training katas. This was followed by Kihon or basic technique practice both static and moving. After lunch we all split into four groups by grade and had specific training in the different aspects of Goju Ryu Karate, Kata, Kata bunki or fighting applications contained within the kata, kakie(stick hands) self defence techniques and basic Kumite san dan gi drills(fighting).

The instruction was given by all the black belts in the association everyone taking a different section of the training so giving an opportunity to develop coaching skills and pass on knowledge.

The Summer Tournament was help in the Fife Institute for Physical and Recreational Education Glenrothes (FIPRE) on Sunday June 26th.

This was an all day event open to all styles with competition runinng from 10am to 5pm. There were representativers competing from the following Martial Arts Schools from around Fife and Tayside.