New Dojo Project!

[Kokoro777]

It looks amazing, Scott. Is it inappropriate to ask how this is all being funded? I assume its money laundering, drug dealing and a protection racket!

[ScottUK]

Mostly drugs, some gun smuggling.

Give me a call if you want to talk about it. I have a crate of AKs going cheap.

[Kokoro777]

I have a crate of AKs going cheap.

They're difficult to snort, I've heard.

[ScottUK]

Well well well, four months have gone by since last posting here!

Here's an update for you all! THE DOJO IS ONE-THIRD DONE! Wooohooooooo!

Check out the progress so far here:

http://heijoshin.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/one-month-on/

[pgsmith]

Very nice Scott!
I am seriously and sincerely jealous!
OK, not about the work involved (sounds like the house I'm trying to make liveable!), but about the results you are achieving.

[ScottUK]

No results yet, fella - but we can all see the dojo starting to emerge from the dust now...

[Maro]

Top work Scott. Like Paul, very jealous!

One of the guys from my parent dojo has built a house specifically with a section with High ceilings. I've been eyeing off my huge dining room...........

[cr720]

Very cool! Sounds like quite a project and it's interesting to follow along on your site. Good luck with the rest of the construction!

[hl1978]

How are you building your floor? It looks like a floating floor, I assume plywood over the frame. How are you planning on finishing it?

[ScottUK]

I think you're seeing the wall panels while they were lying on the floor! We ain't started the floor yet!

It will be a finished wooden floor surface on a ply base on foam blocks.

[still learning]

It will be a finished wooden floor surface on a ply base on foam blocks.

..... and will be re-inforced to withstand the weight it will have to bear.....

[hl1978]

I think you're seeing the wall panels while they were lying on the floor! We ain't started the floor yet!

It will be a finished wooden floor surface on a ply base on foam blocks.

I'm envious. Would you mind sharing a rough estimate of the costs involved? I know our dojo has considered replacing our floor.

[Neil Gendzwill]

I think you're seeing the wall panels while they were lying on the floor! We ain't started the floor yet!

It will be a finished wooden floor surface on a ply base on foam blocks.

Have you got your foam yet? Check out this article on building a sprung floor with foam blocks for judo. No idea if that construction would work for you but it's a good article for ideas anyways.

[ScottUK]

Yeah that is one of the articles we used for reference.

The only difference is that we will use a smaller (in height) foam block (and probably more of) - to not create 'give' in the floor, but to allow deflection/deformation of the ply panels during fumikomi.

[ScottUK]

Ladies and Gents,

We have an opening night date - 23rd July 2011, doors open 7pm.

While we're not yet complete, we will be finished within a month - which gives us a few weeks to do minor works, tidying, detailing etc.

Any KW member who would like to attend our opening ceremony, demonstration and food/drink/party - please drop me a PM. The dojo is 15 miles north of Birmingham, just off the A5 and easily accessible via the M6 and other major midlands motorways.