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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 19:49 Written by Mike Quin Tuesday, 24 August 2010 07:32
What a BIG weekend!!!!
Starting with the BJMA 40th anniversary black belt grading at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Over 350 black and brown belts performing the Black Belt Kata, Lull Before the Storm. Words like overpowering, awesome , inspiring do not do a sight like this justice. The atmosphere was electric from the start of the day to the finish. The whos who of Zen Do Kai were there to help celebrate this great event and to honour the chief on his “40th Birthday”.
Congratulations to all who performed on the day. The standard was very high and the energy level was fantastic. It was a tribute to the style.
In regards to our club, our students did us proud. Roslyn Quin and Joe Raudino attempted (no ACED) the shodan ho grading. Their focus and commitment was outstanding. Donna Devlin and James Grant backed up this high standard with exceptional shodan gradings with Donna being selected to read out her essay to the crowd. They both received the title of sempai for their efforts. The last grading of the day saw Liesl Heinrich and Simon Osborne grade excel in the Nidan grading. Their endurance, focus and power saw them achieve this level with great attitude and strength. Both came through to dai sempai. A credit to their long preparation and training.
So to sum up the grading results: 2 new shodan ho, (probationary black belts), 2 shodan, (full 1st degree black belts) and 2 nidan (2nd degree black belts)
Also Sempai Mike Devlin and Sensei Chris Mendonez received important accolades. Mike received ZDK Black Belt of the year for 2010 and Chris received BJMA Contribution award for 2010. Well deserved and well done guys.
To all Firestorm students that graded on the day or received accolades on the day, well done. You did the club, your families and especially yourselves proud. And you made your instructor very proud indeed.
On a very personal note, I would like to congratulate my Daughter, Roslyn Quin, on achieving of Black Belt. I know it was a mountain to climb but she did it with great aplomb and character. She made me very proud to be her dad.
Later in the evening a few of us attended the 40th Anniversary Ball held at the Peninsula Rooms in the Docklands. What a night!!!!!
Everyone who had anything to do with BJMA (in particular Zen Do Kai and the “Chief”) over the past 40 years was there. A lot of famous (and infamous) names mingled with the guests and were very relaxed for this great evening. Make sure you catch up with those who attended to find out the nitty gritty of the evening.
Written by Mike Quin Monday, 07 November 2011 22:44
We are conducting a FREE W.A.S.P. introductory workshop on 19th November at the Firestorm Centre.
This class will cover a general overview of simple techniques and
infomation to equip women with the basic tools of empowerment in the face of
assault or attack. The class is designed to allow the participants to get a
hands on trial of these strategies in a safe environment in order to build
confidence in their use for other situations.
During the two hour class we will cover grabs, confinement strategies (i.e.
being held down etc.) and basic striking techniques designed to provide maximum
impact and effectiveness.
The strategies you will learn cover physical defences that are not strength
based (ie. work on anyone, no matter their size) as well as the psychology of
the attacker and the effects of fear on the body and what you can do to get
around it. We will also briefly cover topics that provide a better
understanding on what to do if you ARE attacked, what details to note, who to
go to etc.
The workshop itself is a general overview of our W.A.S.P. (Women's Assertive
Self Protection) Program that we run in 8 week units. Participation in the
workshop does not commit you to the WASP course but will give you a good start
to your own self protection requirements.
The workshop (and W.A.S.P. Program ) are facilitated by fully qualified
instructors with many years of instruction and training between them.
Again the 2 hour intro class is on 19th November at 1.00pm. It will be held at
the Firestorm Centre, unit 9,21 Power Road, Bayswater...right near Bayswater
station. Bookings are essential so if you'd like to book a place or require any
further information please call Kyoshi Mike on 0419 327 672. If you have any friends or
family that would benefit from this workshop please feel free to pass on the
information or book a place for them as well.
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:52 Written by Mike Quin Sunday, 07 February 2010 13:01
Every year Firestorm hosts its annual Family Night. In 2009, in December, we combined this with our Christmas break up and our Awards night. It was very well attended and everyone enjoyed catching up outside of the rigour of our usual training evenings.
On the night we typically include various demonstrations from our senior students and our younger warriors. Log in to see a video of one of the demos that was conducted on the night.
Written by Mike Quin Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:48
Firestorm Dojos introduces its new voucher program. Haven't trained at Firestorm but always wanted to give it a go? Well here is your golden opportunity.
Our new voucher enables you, an individual new to Firestorm, to train with us on the house. Yes, the voucher entitles you to a once only, full, one week training opportunity. You may train at any classes (check the web site for training details) held at the Firestorm Dojos. *Conditions Apply
Simply download and print out our training voucher (link below) and bring it along to the front desk at the Dojo in Bayswater, Melbourne, and we'll do the rest. You can even cut the print out in half and give the second voucher to a friend - why not come along together?!
If you don't want to download and print out the training voucher then just print this page (click the little icon at the top right of this article) and bring it along for exactly the same offer. Couldn't be easier!!
Don't delay, now is a good time to get started at Firestorm and to make that life change you've always dreamed about.
We look forward to seeing you at Firestorm.
Kyoshi Mike Quin - Firestorm Family Head
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 18:42 Written by Mike Quin Monday, 11 January 2010 22:27
Well, the temperature topped 43 degrees outside but a small band of committed students turned up to start 2010 off with a bang. Spirits were high and all participated in the modified training session (due to the heat).
I wish to thank all who attended tonight's training and I hope you all got something out of it. I know I did.
It bodes well for Firestorm in the coming year to have such dedicated students.
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