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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Special
Guest Sensei Arnold King from Trinidad NBL
World Self Defense Champion, Australian & US Open
Champion (performance featured on ESPN Sports). He has
been training in Purple Dragon for over 20 years and
will be in Canada, don’t miss his electrifying
energy in the seminar!
Sparring
Seminar
Sunday
April 26th 1:00-3:00pm
Kids
(13 & under: $35
Adults
(14+): $45
Black
Belt Bootcamp
Sunday
May 3rd 9:00-5:00pm
Pre-registration only (deadline
Monday April 27th)
2009
EVENTS CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
- JANUARY
- BB Club re-scheduled for Sunday Jan 18th 12:00-1:30pm
- Demo Team tryouts
for 2010 - Sat Jan 31st 2:30pm
- FEBRUARY
- Cypress Mountain Trip Sunday Feb 1st
- Gymnastics Club
- Sat Feb 7th
- Seminar and Star
Testing with Sensei Amber at Purple Dragon Ucluelet/
Tofino Feb 14th
- MARCH
- Annual 24 hour Karate Bootcamp - Dojo 7 Year Anniversary
- Feb 28-March 1st
- Gymnastics Club
Sat March 7th
- Talent &
Dessert Night - Sat March 28th at St.James Community
Hall
- APRIL
- Easter Holiday closures -Good Friday April 10th
& Easter Monday the 13th
- Sun Run Sunday
April 17th
- Sparring Seminar Sunday
April 26th 1:00-3:00pm
- MAY -
Dojo closure for Victoria Day Mon the 19th
- Kickboxing Bootcamp
9:00-5:00pm Sun May
17th
- JUNE
- Grading Saturday June 6th @ the Asian Centre
UBC
- Car Wash June
14th 12:00-4:00pm @ IGA
- Last BB Club
till Sept - Sun June 28th
- JULY
- Canada Day Holiday Dojo Closed July 1st
- PD Summer Camp
July 6th - 10th 9:00am-4:00pm FULL DAY
- Car wash July 12th 12:00-4:00pm
- Next team leaves
for Black Belt Grading in Trinidad July 25th
- AUGUST
- BB Grading 31st - 2nd Aug
- Annual Outdoor
Training & BBQ Sat Aug 8th
- PD Summer Camp
10th - 14th 12:00-4:00pm
- PD Camping Trip/ Training
in the Outdoors - Wed Aug 26th & Thurs Aug 27th
- SEPTEMBER
- Labor Day Holiday Mon Sept 7th Closed
- Car Wash - 20th
at the IGA on 41st & Dunbar - 12-4pm
- OCTOBER
- Mini Slam Sun Oct 4th
- Thanksgiving
Holiday - Dojo Closed Mon Oct 12th
- NOVEMBER
- Grading Exams - Date TBA
- Remembrance Day
Holiday -Wed Nov 11th Dojo Closed
- DECEMBER
- Annual Silent Auction Fundriaser - Sat Dec 12th
- Year End Holiday
Party Sat Dec 19th at the Dojo
- Holiday Closures
Tues Dec 22nd - Dojo re-opens Saturday Jan 2nd 2010
EVENTS REPORT
ANNUAL
SILENT AUCTION FUNDRAISER
Our
Dec 13th Auction raised over $2330 for our Team Fund!
Thank you to all of our sponsors:
Mikado Martial Arts Supplies, Purple
Dragon, Energie Jewellery Designs, White Spot, Richmond
Go-Karts, The Chophouse, Julia Ng, Varsity Bowling,
The Courier/ Dennis Watt, Ironhead, Meinhardt’s
Fine Foods, Miraj Spa, VanCity W.10th Ave, Mido Framers,
Elements Wellness Centre & Studio/ Shanyn Erben,
Vancouver Whale Watch, Dana Sair, Lettuce Bee/ Ana Domingos,
Reza Nouri/ Sara Hamidi, Vincent Deslauriers, George
Kyriakelis, Gina Sarro, Christina Kontogeorgiou, The
Space Centre, Gordon Murphy, Chang Family, Twist Fashions,
Georgeopoulos Family, Cosmopolita Naturals/ Marni Murphy,
Avrahami-Saraf Family, Lambrinoudis Family, The Kaloupis
Family, Maria Nicolidakis, Julie Weatherall, Kourosh
Pazandeh, Bobbits, Bayswater Tea Co., Nat’s Pizza,
Agilis Golf, Bonnie’s Hair Salon, Ingrid Murphy,
Ioanna Koutava and everyone who donated their time and
efforts to help make it a success!
See you next year!
3
New Canadian Black Belts pass the 119th Exams - Dec
5th-7th
Congratulations!
Nikki Snider: 1st
Dan Black Belt
Ioanna Koutava:
1st Dan Black Belt
Nina Zhang: 1st
Dan Black Belt
CONGRATULATIOAS
TO THE 75 STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED OUR 22nd CANADIAN GRADING
EXAMS ON OCTOBER 21st!
PROFESSOR JACOB IN
SEMINAR - Nov 1st HIGHLIGHTS
BATTLE
IN PARADISE - Cayman Islands - July 5th 2008
Our Dojo Team successfully
represented Canada along with Sensei Daniel's Competition
Team!
Our Demonstration Team took
Bronze in this dynamice division!
The
15th Annual World Heads of Family Sokiship Council Seminar
Symposium and Hall of Fame Awards Banquet was a huge
success in San Antonio, Texas.
Purple
Dragon 2008 Inductees, into the Martial Arts Hall of
Fame Texas USA ! :
Back
row: Sensei Amber Murphy Canada, Sensei Daniel Jacob
Canada, Shihan Neil Hewitt Trinidad and Tobago, Professor
Don Jacob Trinidad and Tobago, Shihan Anthony Thompson
Trinidad and Tobago, Shihan Johnny Madrid New York USA,
Sensei Floyd Baptist Cayman Islands. Front row: Sensei
Abeana Baptiste Tortola BVI, Instructor Vern Turnbull
Tortola BVI, Sensei Albert Andrews Miami USA, Sensei
Arnold King Trinidad and Tobago. Purple Dragon members
that will like to nominate someone and attend next years
2009 awards and witness other top Purple Dragon Black
Belts being inducted into the Hall of Fame, please contact
your branch Instructor and also visit this sight http://www.bushido.org/whfsc/promo/whfscevent.htm
for more details.
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