MKC Uncertain Future: one comment.

I publish here the comment made by Georges Pantelis in reaction to the previous post since it is not that easy to see if there are comments or not. The link is pretty small. When I have the opportunity, I will increase its size.

"Hello Fellow Karatekas,

Although I agree that this ordeal has taken longer than expected, I have had discussions with several of you and we have all expressed our concerns and disappointment. An update concerning the College; we had confirm and book the college through June July and August, and prepay. The teacher had told me and maybe some of you that upon his return he will make an aggressive effort to get a Dojo. Also,the College will be closed for the 3rd and 4th week in July, there will be no courses for the last 2 weeks in July unless we find another temporary place, but if not, this will free up more time for the teacher to get something permanent.

Personally I believe that we have and will lose some students due to this situation, once we get back on track and get our new place, we will get the word out in hopes that our students will return and solicit for new members. Thats the best that we could do. At the present time we need to believe and motivate ourselves. I am pleading with my fellow Black Belts to do as much as possible to encourage,motivate,participate to salvage the few we have holding on.

Please pass on the word that there will not be any evening classes at the Rosemont College. We will keep everyone posted on any new developments.

See you at the Gym!

George"

MKC uncertain future.

Yesterday, I talked with some members and nothing good got out of this discussion.

There are many complaints that things are not improving fast enough.

It seems that we had a good deal for a place on St-Hubert. The owner really wanted the club. Those who visited it found it interesting, Sensei included. But then, one black commented that he didn't like the place because there were not enough windows, it was too narrow and the roof too low to practise kendo. So, the opportunity went with this shitty spring wind.

I also heard that we could go back to the old place. The owner had talked with Sensei about this possibility. Christian Jasmin left three messages, but no return call so far. No construction workers in sight. So, it doesn't smell good.

The boxing club's ciment floor gives a hard time to some members' "old" joints, me included.

The CEGEP Rosemont's slippery floor bothers others. Personally, I find it a bit too far. But, now that spring, or a pale copy of spring, is here, I can use my bike to get there. So, until next fall, I am OK.

Speaking of next fall, I was told that we don't have any location for the evening classes for september. So far, Sensei hasn't given his OK.

Then, the rumors are that some people will leave the remains of MKC. They will take this opportunity to try something new or different. I talked about that last January. Things have to return to normal fast. I talked of a six months dead line.

Why? Because people will try temporary solutions that, with time, will become not so temporary. Then, with the summer vacations, some members will become lazy and will stop training.

Change of Schedule Evening Class.

M. Watanabe asked that we change the schedule for the following wishing that the attendance will be improved.

Starting May 1st, the new evening schedule will be:

· Monday night from 6:30 to 8:00

· Wednesday night from 7:00 to 8:30

· Friday night from 6:30 to 8:00

Bruce Pitre wrote:

"On a personal note: Understanding that both temporary places that we have are not ideal, a dojo is only a training facility lead by a sensei. In our situation, the sensei and the quality of the training as not change, only the room. Actually, I feel that it is part of our learning to adapt to new situations and become more skilled. Adaptation is a key skill sought for in today live, professionally, personally and also in karate. I am sharing this with you because I was disappointed when sensei told me last night that some have stop training «because they did not like the training rooms».



We still have many challenges in front of us as a karate community. Not only do we have to help relocate the dojo and get it running, we also have to celebrate its 40th anniversary. "

Georges Pantelis added:

"Thank you Bruce, I agree with your comments. It is our lifetime sport! Lifetime being the key word! "

And Hai Phamhuy commented:

"Thanks for the information and also thanks for taking care of announcing it

I am quite sad and share your disappointment regarding comments made by some colleagues about the places etc. I humbly think this is just part of it. We all know that our school is going through a very tough time but I am very confident that there is somehow an acceptable solution ahead.

Sensei has shown a huge courage and it is obvious to me that we have to give him all the assistance and encouragement we can, starting by going on with a regular training and the so-called "esprit de corps" like they say in th army.

I look forward to seeing you in a very near future.

Again, many thanks."

G.P. Shorinryu Fundraising

Here is an update, I received through Facebook.

"Hi GuysI want to thank all of you for the help in the fundraiser for the teacher, we raised $2548 with the silent Auction and donations, this will help him rebuild after the fire,

If any of you still want to contribute contact me and I will give you the information necessary thanks and keep up the good work

Joe

Ps the the Teacher had a good time and was quite touched by the support"

Evening Class Schedule Changes

Attention, Attention!!!!

Due to some scheduling conflicts, the Wednesday course at College Rosemont will now begin at 19h00.

Therefore, Tuesday @ 19h00, Wednesday @ 19h00 and Friday 18h30.

Thank you all and have a pleasant training...

Two New Gadgets (Widgets)

On the left side, I added two new widgets (gadgets):

1. A Listen to the Post button. So if you are too lazy to read or simply blind, just select some text and press the button. You will listen to the text selected. Read only english.
2. Since we received many complaints about the unilingual content of this blog, I also added a translation widget from Google. So you can now translate the whole page in French or even Norsk. Isn't that cool and great? But remember this is an automated tranlation, so you might have to reconstruct some meaning out of it. Let's try it right now. The whole post will follow in French and Norsk.

Sur le côté gauche, j'ai ajouté deux nouveaux widgets (gadgets):

1. Un bouton pour écouter le texte publié. Ainsi, si vous êtes trop paresseux pour lire ou tout simplement aveugle, il suffit de sélectionner du texte, et appuyez sur la touche. Vous allez écouter le texte sélectionné. Lisez uniquement en anglais.
2. Depuis que nous avons reçu de nombreuses plaintes concernant le contenu unilingue de ce blog, j'ai également ajouté un widget de traduction de Google. Donc, vous pouvez maintenant traduire toute la page en français ou même Norsk. N'est-ce pas cool et génial? Mais rappelez-vous il s'agit d'une traduction automatique, donc vous pouvez avoir à reconstruire un sens en dehors de ça. Essayons maintenant. L'ensemble du texte sera en français et Norsk.

På venstre side, jeg har lagt til to nye ting (gadgets):

1. A Listen to the Post button. Å lytte til Post-knappen. Så hvis du er for lat til å lese eller bare blind, bare velg en tekst og trykker på knappen. Du vil høre på den valgte teksten. Les bare engelsk.
2. Siden vi fått mange klager på unilingual innholdet i denne bloggen, jeg også lagt en oversettelse widget fra Google. Så nå kan du tranlate hele siden på fransk eller Norsk. Er ikke det kult og flott? Men husk at dette er en automatisk tranlation, så du må kanskje rekonstruere noen mening ut av det. La oss prøve det nå. Hele innlegget vil følge i engelsk og Norsk.
   

Evening Class Advices

Here are some advices to assure your comfort during the evening class at the College:

1. The nearest door to the locker room is at the far right of the building on 16 avenues. It is also the entrance for the swimming pool. You will see a big bleu sign outside.
   
   
   
2. Follow the sign for the gym locker room (not the swimming pool lockers).
   
   
   
3. You will need a padlock (cadena) to secure your clothing in the dressing room. Remember, it is a public gym and the college is not responsible if something gets stolen.
   
   
   
4. Also, you will need dry shoes to walk from the locker room to the combat room (palestre).
   
   
   
5. As for water, since I can not remember where the water fountain is, please bring a water bottle with you in the combat room.
   
   
   
6. To avoid loosing time walking around in the college, please bring with you your fighting equipment in the gym room.
   
   
   
7. And finally, if it is your first time in the college, give yourself extra time to get familiar with the facilities.



8. New information, the combat room number is D-142
   
   
   Looking forward to train with you in our new temporary dojo and pursue our successful journey with M. Watanabe.
   
   
   
   Bruce