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Navyguy
03-12-2004, 03:08 PM
The gradings for the CKF are this weekend. Good luck to everybody.
Ares
03-12-2004, 04:41 PM
I want to wish everyone goodluck too, especially everyone from my club. I hope to meet some of you guys there, ill be going for my Ikkyu, im from University of Toronto Kendo club, say hiif you see me my zekken has Ghareeb on it.
Cheers
Neil Gendzwill
03-12-2004, 11:50 PM
Actually the gradings for Western Canada were this past weekend. This weekend is Eastern plus the Central committee (West and East 6 & 7 dan).
Gerald Audette
04-12-2004, 01:48 AM
Actually the gradings for Western Canada were this past weekend. This weekend is Eastern plus the Central committee (West and East 6 & 7 dan).
Very true. There were 53 applicants for the Western grading, ranging from ikkyu to godan. Cograts to all those successful!

All the best to our Eastern friends and those grading with the Central Committee (for 6th and 7th dan)!
Fenix
04-12-2004, 10:21 AM
I want to wish everyone goodluck too, especially everyone from my club. I hope to meet some of you guys there, ill be going for my Ikkyu, im from University of Toronto Kendo club, say hiif you see me my zekken has Ghareeb on it.
Cheers
Hey Ghareeb, good luck man, wish I could be there too, maybe next year
kendokamax
04-12-2004, 04:00 PM
thanks ,

I'm going for 2nd dan this weekend at Toronto.

my teacher is going for 7th dan!

I went to Toronto last weekend for the JCCC tournament.......again this weekend....(week before finals..) its too much :'(
Neil Gendzwill
05-12-2004, 02:13 AM
my teacher is going for 7th dan!

He'll be doing keiko with mine, also going for nanadan. Best of luck to both of them. And congratulations BTW to Gerald, too modest to say that he passed sandan last weekend.
Gerald Audette
05-12-2004, 04:42 AM
I'm going for 2nd dan this weekend at Toronto.

my teacher is going for 7th dan!Good Luck to you and your sensei!

And best of luck to Neil's sensei (who is mine as well :) ) !!!

I went to Toronto last weekend for the JCCC tournament.......again this weekend....(week before finals..) its too much :'(Ahh...the difficult choices we make for kendo! :wink:
kendokamax
06-12-2004, 01:38 PM
congratulation Neil, all the sensei going for 7th dan passed the exam!!!
Neil Gendzwill
06-12-2004, 11:27 PM
That's grounds for both a whoo and a hoo. Congratulations to D'Orangeville-sensei and Miyaoka-sensei - were there others?

How'd you do, Max?
Gerald Audette
07-12-2004, 01:28 AM
Congratulations to everyone who passed, including Miyaoka-sensei, Taguchi-sensei, D'Orangeville-sensei, Ara-sensei, Tizzard-sensei, and everyone else!

I also second Neil's question...how did you do 'Max?
kendokamax
07-12-2004, 06:56 AM
got my nidan!

excluding sensei we were 10 to go to the grading from my club:
4 for nidan , 3 for 3rd dan and 3 for ikkyu. Everyone passed except one of our guy going for 3rd dan.


oh and I was really impressed by Dean Ara, he looked very strong.
Neil Gendzwill
07-12-2004, 07:02 AM
oh and I was really impressed by Dean Ara, he looked very strong.
There's no quit in him. Great guy, too - he's been to our seminar a couple of times.

Congratulations on passing. I got word that our sensei's son passed sandan, and our good friend Corie Namba from Manitoba passed yondan.

Neil
kendokamax
07-12-2004, 08:01 AM
ya i met Corie, i was impressed by her kendo too

it's funny how everyone was not so satisified about their own grading!

anyway grading is over! now is time to continue working hard before Quebec selection and canadian championship :D!