Ocala Karate and Fitness

Archive for August, 2009

  Hello everyone,

     Just wanted to post a little information on what and where the dojo will be heading as we move into September.  I’m really excited about all the stuff that we’ve got planned.  Having been open for almost 8 months now, I’m so happy to see a solid core group of members that are advancing nicely into their intermediate stage of training.  Having said that, hopefully in October or November we will be adding Ocala Karate & Fitness’s first Intermediate level class to our schedule.  The class will most likely be held on Tuesday and Thursday, so all my intermediate students “Orange Belt and Green Belt” will be able to train up to four nights per week.  Times will be announced as we get closer to Launch.   Pretty awesome guys and gals.  This is just one more reason Ocala Karate & Fitness is Marion County’s Premiere Martial Arts Studio.  We’re going to be setting a pace with our programs that no other facility will be able to match.

     I’m happy to announce that Ocala Karate and Fitness has officially submitted its first group of Tesshinkan applicants to Tamayose Sensei while I was in Okinawa the last few weeks.  All were accepted, so I would like to officially introduce our school’s first group:

     Kyle Wilkinson, Roger Fatt, Daniel Lynn, Kyle Peterson, Scotty Peterson, Gary Crawford, and Cody Liss. 

     Congratulations and welcome to the Tesshinkan! !  Tamayose Sensei was very happy with the new members joining and is looking forward to training with them when he comes through the U.S. next year.  As of now it looks like he will either be coming in April of 2010 or August of 2010.  Those of you that are ready will be able to test for your Brown belt in Ryukyu Kobudo directly from him.  Those of you that have been training and have recieved your yellow belt, Tekko are available for purchase.  These are all custom made and hand crafted just for the Tesshinkan.  Nunchaku will be the next step after Tekko, so start saving up now as these would make excellent Christmas gifts.

     One final announcement to be made is that we will be sparring more in class this month so if you don’t have your sparring gear yet, get with Jaime or myself so we can get your Warrior sparring gear ordered for you.  The whole set is on sale right now so be sure to take advantage of it.  Right now you save about $30 dollars off the entire set so hurry up and get it ordered !

               Once again I’d like to thank everyone for their hard work and training at the dojo and I’m happy to be back home.  Three weeks is a long time to be away.  We appreciate everyone’s support and we look forward to the coming months ahead ! !

                                                                                Gambatte

   Well I made it back on Friday, August 21 and have to say what an amazing trip it was this year.  A special thanks to Tamayose Sensei, Shapland Sensei, and Smith Sensei for making this such a good trip and taking care of our group while we were visiting.  Congratulations to 10 years of the Tesshinkan Ryukyu Kobudo organization and all the hard work all its members have put into this unique and difficult style of Okinawan Kobudo. (Weapons) 

     It was wonderfull to see all the different members from around the world partake in this once in a lifetime event.  From the United States I would like to say thanks to all the Canadians, and Europeans that made the trip a chance for all the Tesshinkan members from around the world to get together and celebrate Tamayose Sensei’s 10 years of hard work and travel to help preserve this ancient system of Okinawan history.  I would also like to thank Tamayose Sensei again for all the special gifts that were distributed to the members that attended this once in a lifetime event.  All members got to visit Tamayose Sensei’s mountain home, where most all the gatherings at night were held, as he plans to make this the location for his future dojo.  The view over the Bay was very beutiful, and will make the perferct location for a new dojo.

      New things disucssed and issued this year were: Tesshinkan Member books, which were given to all members that attended, Official Dojo Teaching Licenses, which were also given to several Dojos making them Licensed and official Tesshinkan Dojo, and Tamayose Sensei’s new Dojo Kun (Tesshinkan Rules).  Everyone was excited and happy to have Sensei explain everything to everyone and gave us all a good idea and direction of where Sensei is heading with the Tesshinkan in the future. 

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Know what that reason is?

It’s because they actually HAVE goals written down. The vast majority of people on this planet do not.

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So where does that leave you?

Do you keep telling yourself you are going to “lose some weight?” Or do you have specific goals and a plan to reach them?

Do you have a plan for what you’re going to eat each day so you’re not tempted to fill up on fast food? Do you have a deadline for when you’re going to reach your goal?

Here’s another one: you KNOW you need to be eating breakfast every day. Do you have nutritious food in the house you PLAN on eating each morning?

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Yours in health,

Robby Bray

PS – Fail to plan, plan to fail. Life is easy when you plan for it to be.