Training cancelled tomorrow - Zoom training instead

-

Of course tomorrow's training has to be cancelled due to the snap lockdown no. 4.

I'm confident that this will be only a one-week hiatus. So for tomorrow only we will go back to a Zoom training format. The meeting ID is the same as last year. I will TeamApp the meeting ID to club members again. If you do not have TeamApp please email me directly.

Training will go from 10.30 to 11.30am.

Wednesday night training will be from 6.30 to 7pm.

See you then and remember, we've done this before, we'll get through it!


____________________________________________________________________________


Below please find a message from VKR President Michael Dunn to all clubs


Dear all, 

 

As you are no doubt aware, the Victorian Government has announced a 7 day lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic effective 11.59pm tonight. In line with Government restrictions, all Clubs should cease in-person training until the lockdown has been lifted and guidelines permit a return to training. 

 

The VKR would also recommend that any Club training scheduled for Thursday evening (27 May 2021) be cancelled.

 

Given the uncertainty and risks, the VKR Monthly training scheduled for Friday 4 June 2021 is cancelled. 

 

The VKR community has been fortunate enough that we have been able to resume training since the last lockdown, but the recent events highlight that the virus is still with us. Therefore we need to remain vigilant and ensure we are all following our COVID-safe plans. 

 

We would encourage all clubs to take this time to review their COVID-safe plans and procedures and ensure they are up to date prior to the resumption of training. In particular, a reminder that the Government QR Check-in Code is mandatory for all clubs. 

 

The VKR will provide further guidelines regarding the resumption of training once known. 

 

Finally, please follow Government health advice and get tested where required. Also, note that vaccine eligibility has now been expanded to include those over 40 years old. To book a vaccine appointment, you can go here: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/book-your-vaccine-appointment

 

Take care and stay safe. 

 

Kind regards, 

 

Michael Dunn

President

Victorian Kendo Renmei 

Victorian Kendo Renmei

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nishimura sensei's Kendo HIIT routine

-
Image
Former All Japan champion, and star of his own NHK documentary , Nishimura Hidehisa produced this workout routine for the All Japan Kendo Federation last year during the early stages of lockdown. It's an excellent HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) routine, sometimes called Tabata Training after the coach who invented the idea. Basically it has been theorised that you get better results in terms of fitness and overall body strength from short, intense and focused workouts, than you do from extended workouts. Some say it is also beneficial for improving endurance and longevity . There is even some evidence to support that it kickstarts mitochondrial function , that you're exercising at a cellular level. That's pretty amazing. Whatever the research says, it is very easy to feel the positive effects of interval training and it has several other benefits: PROS It doesn't take long, so you can fit it into a busy schedule   You can do it by yourself   You can do it almos
Read more

Results and pics - 2008 VJKC

-
Image
Another great Victorian Junior Kendo Championships today. The standard gets better every year. This year we had two divisions, 14 & under and 16 & under. Unfortunately only three Victorian dojo were represented, Nanseikan (of course!), Fudoshin and Ballarat. Firstly thanks to the shinpan who came along today: Gary Oliver, Khay-Lin Teoh sensei, Richard Ward, Jason Widdy and Andrew Lam. Thanks also to all the parents for bringing their boys (and they were all boys this year, more girl-kendoka needed!) as well as supporting their kendo throughout the year. Last but not least, thanks to Tony of UMKC, who took all the fantastic photos below. All pics are (c) Tony Shearer. Straight off the 14 & under matches were high quality. Newcomer Yuichiro Sato of Fudoshin won his first match in his first ever taikai against Thomas Goh, also of Fudoshin. Sato (red) scoring men against Thomas Goh. Poor Thomas didn't fare any better in his next match against our own Mr Weber. Geoffrey won
Read more

Koryu that are not like Kendo at all

-
Image
In the previous post I listed the various branches of Itto Ryu and asked you to consider the similarities between their use of the sword and Kendo. Sometimes when one becomes used to a certain way of doing things, one can fall into the trap of thinking that is the only, or maybe the best, way of doing things. In learning iai kata of Tatsumi Ryu, we are trying to break out of that thinking by exposing ourselves to a system devised long before even the Itto Ryu was founded. This means that there are some fundamental differences in how the sword is used.  In these posts I am mostly interested in the differences in how to swing the sword. In Kendo, and indeed in most of the styles of iaido practiced today, the fundamental cutting action is a straight up-and-down action often referred to as kirioroshi , cutting through or cutting down. In Tatsumi Ryu, the characteristic action where the sword first goes through a circular backswing before cutting downwards is called kowauchi , or 'power
Read more