Testing videos

Hi All,

Here are some additional training videos to help all our students have success at this months Belt and Stripe Testing.

The test is on November 28-30. In addition to the following exercises there will be the usual physical fitness and Kata requirements.

Train Hard and Good Luck!

Junior Pan Am Championships Video

Hi All,

Here is a quick video montage from the Junior Pan Ams. Thanks to Izzy Chan (and Gord Chan!) for the work on the video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnabyKarateAcademy#p/a/u/1/HcJvqI1K5TI

Bronze for Shaun Dhillon at Pan Am Games!!!!

Burnaby Karate Academy athlete and Head instructor of Abbotsford Karate Academy Shaun Dhillon is coming home from the Pan Am Games in Mexico with a Bronze medal.

Please see the links below for more information.

Congratulations Shaun!!!!

http://guadalajara.olympic.ca/2011/10/27/daily-update-oct-27/

http://guadalajara.olympic.ca/2011/10/28/daily-update-oct-28/

The A List!

A Big Thank You to everyone that voted in the Burnaby Newsleader A List. I have recently discovered that the Newsleader does a vote every year for the Top 3 in a variety of services, trails, volunteers and restaurants and MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS! To my surprise I received a call from the Newsleader and also saw our name in the paper.

Thanks again for your vote and keep training hard!

Westcoast Open 2011

The BKA team spent October 2nd at the Westcoast Open Championship in Tacoma Washington. Although we sent a small team we were well represented with athletes from all ages.

Jimmy Zaborniak from the Wesburn dojo had a great result winning a gold medal in the -7 year old division.

Also attending the tournament were

Harpreet S
Brenden L
Pawan S
Alex Z
Stephi Z
Jimmy Z
Tyler I
Sean I
Devon I
Zach C
Izzy C

Jimmy

Sean

Tyler

Alex, Harpreet and Izzy

Halloween Party

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note that we are moving our Halloween Party to the Metro Hall this year.

Here are the details.

OCTOBER 30TH
THE METRO HALL
759 CARNARVON ST
NEW WESTMINSTER

11am-1pm

We will have a bouncy castle, "Haunted Hall Tour" and lunch catered by Gino's restaurant.

Tickets will be necessary to enter, and will be available at the dojo the week before the event. In order to secure your tickets you will need to bring a food donation for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank the week of.

Hope to see you there!

Oliva Sensei Visit to Vancouver

Hi Everyone,

We have had a busy week with guest instructor Sensei Oliva in Vancouver. Sensei Oliva has been visiting our dojo since 2006 and has been responsible for a lot of our success at National and International competitions. Sensei is an international coach who spends almost his entire year travelling the world and coaching many National team athletes and coaches.

We are extremely lucky to have his guidance and visits! It was another spirited training session where a lot was learned as usual. Sensei's son and daughter and law have recently moved to Vancouver so we were lucky to spend time with his family this year as well.

In the news...

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick link to the Burnaby Now who posted a story regarding the Pan Am Championships!

http://www.burnabynow.com/sports/places+karate/5398851/story.html

RESULTS FROM BRAZIL!!!

Greetings from Brazil :)

After battling technology again I have finally been able to update the blog. Here are the results from the tournament

Izzy: Fought Brazil in her first match. After a great start she fell behind and ended up losing 1-2. It was a great first international tournament for her and after winning the National Championships this year we can say she had an excellent season.

Matt Ly: Fought Mexico first round, after getting ahead 3-0 Matt received a head kick that tied the match. In the last 5 seconds Mexico scored and Matt lost 3-4. Matt was well prepared and we are happy with his progress.

Derek Chan: Derek had an amazing run defeating Venezuala and Brazil but losing a close decision in overtime against Mexico. Derek beat USA to WIN THE BRONZE MEDAL!

Jusleen Virk: Jusleen won some great matches against Mexico and Venezuala to reach the final. Unfortunately she lost to the other Venezualan fighter and ended with a SILVER MEDAL! She also won all her matches in team kumite to earn another BRONZE MEDAL in team kumite.

Reid Lofstrom: Reid had an excellent match against Venezuala before losing a close match to Domincan Republic. She did not get a chance for repecharge.

I will update the blog later with more stories from the tournament. See you when we come back!

Welcome to our new Blog!

Hi Everyone,

After dragging our feet for many years we have finally started to embrace technology and start our own blog! Here I hope to update members on information regarding the dojo, members and what they are up to, and finally some thoughts regarding Karate and our everyday lives.

This is an extremely busy time for us, we are currently getting ready to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships in Brazil. Derek Chan, Matthew Ly, Isabel Chan, Jusleen Virk and Reid Lofstrom have been spending their summer training hard and are looking forward to the challenge of representing Canada. I hope to provide updates during the tournament and hopefully pass on some good news!

Finally September 6th is our first day back to the dojo after our week of holidays. We have unfortunately had to cancel the 5:15 and later classes that day as the Soccer association needs the space for their annual preparation for the soccer season. Our first full day back will be Wednesday September 7.

Please keep checking back for updates on this blog and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Sandeep