Today, Tuesday 7th of January, the regular practice start again after the holidays. All old members, and of course any new members are welcome, for now it’s time to get going again after all the eating over X-mas! Some have practised in the dojo even during the holidays, although there haven’t  been any organised official practice sessions. On one of these sessions last Saturday Joachim showed up, he has been on a break from training for a a few years, but now we hope we get to see him a little more regularly in the dojo, and that some other old members can wake up and show up in the dojo sometimes.

Practice times can be found here.

Wishing all our members with families and everybody else that we know a Happy New 2014.

Regular practice will start again on the 7th of January.

Anders-sensei teaches at gasshuku in England

On the weekend of November 30th to December 1st Anders-sensei visited England for some Shorinji Kempo practice. There was a half-day training for yūdansha (black belts) in London on the Saturday, followed by a full day gasshuku (training camp) in Southampton on the Sunday.

Here a tells  a bit about the weekend.

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During the weekend of the 2nd to 3rd of November, our branch organised a gasshuku (training camp) here in Karlstad. We had training on Saturday and Sunday and there were participants from most of the Swedish Shorinji Kemp branches, as well as two participants from Finland.

The instructors for the weekend was Karlstad Shibu’s own Shibu-chō, Anders Pettersson Daikenshi 6 Dan, and Karlstads Studenter’s Shibu-chō, Åke Olsson Seikenshi 5 Dan.
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Finally the Swedish version of the new kamokuhyō (curriculum) is printed and available for purchase in the dojo.

This version is the one that is effective from 1st of April 2013. There are three different kamokuhyō all of which include the training schedule and grading criteria for all different levels.

Kyūkenshi kamokuhyō is for beginners up to 1 dan, yudansha kamokuhyō contains training schedule and grading criteria for 2 dan up to 6 dan, and the shōnen kamokuhyō is for children (under 13) and includes training schedule and grading criteria up to 1 dan for children.

All versions cost 50 SEK.

Kyū grading, from left; Simon, Maja & Sara.

On Tuesday the 22nd of October we had a kyū grading. It was three members that took their test.

A big congratulations to Simon who passed the test for 2 kyū, Sara who passed the test for 4 kyū and to Maja who passed the test for 6 kyū.

This Thursday, August 22nd, the practice will be back to normal after the summer’s slower pace.

The junior group start again again from this Thursday, and we will now also have the Saturday practice sessions for adults (after the summer’s cancellation of that session).

We look forward to see all old members who have had summer breaks and now will get back to training.

Now is also an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to start to practice Shorinji Kempo. We welcome new members of all ages. Please read this page if you want to become a member.

Now the summer has begun and thus it’s time to pay the training fee for summer term for those who have not done it yet.

Training on Thursday the 13th of June is cancelled since all instructors are busy with graduation celebration, Saturday trainings also ceases from now and over the summer. But some members might still be keen on training during the weekends anyway, especially if the weather is not the best, so please email any instructor or other members if you want to practice outside of the regular sessions. If you don’t have your own key you can always borrow someone else’s key.

The Juniors group has now a break over the summer and starts again around the time school starts, we’ll be back with information. The older juniors, who feel that they can cope with the adults training, are welcome at the usual adult training sessions during the summer.

Anders-sensei with the nice plant he received as a gift from all kenshi on the occasion of his grading to 6 dan.

On Thursday, March 28, the branch had its annual general meeting. It was a quick and straightforward meeting held at the end of the regular practice session.

We got some new names on the board, Chris Enfors became the new chairman and Linda Hybinnette became new board member.

The full list of the board:

Chairman, Christer Enfors, secretary; Per Svensson, treasurer; Anders Pettersson, board members; Ann-Christine Håkansson and Linda Hybinette. Deputies are Mattias Johansson and Erik Öhrn. Auditor’s Niklas Pettersson with Magnus Englund as deputy auditor.

In concluding the meeting, our shibu-chō Anders Pettersson were surprised with a gift from all the kenshi in appreciation for his efforts and his recent grading rokudan (6 dan).

We have training as usual on Thursday and as have been announced at the trainings for the last few weeks we will also have the branch’s annual general meeting at the end of practice on Thursday.

No organized training on Easter Saturday, however, several have announced that they intend to do some workout on Saturday (Easter Eve) anyway, but probably a little later than the normal practice hours.

During the school’s Easter break we will have practice as usual for both juniors and adults.