1. MEN KOTE ROCK: the umkc fundraiser - Friday 5th September The annual UMKC fundraiser is on Friday the 5th of September, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, at Pugg Mahones. Please support your club by buying a ticket to this event and turning up to listen to the great musical talent of UMKC! From J-Pop to Jazz to Green Day covers to post-Indie-New Wave-Electro-Rock, this night will be sure to assail your ears with addictive tunes played by our very own members...and who knows, we might see you on stage in the next few years! The club and its AUG team are relying on your support to thrive and stay the powerful club that it is. Members from all the kendo clubs in Victoria will be attending MEN KOTE ROCK because it is such a big event, and just remember, if Yakov Sensei can reserve some time in his very busy life to attend (and he will attend), then so can you! Tickets are purchaseable at training from any of the committee for $8 in advance, or $10 at the door.
2. Monash Gasshuku (seminar) - Saturday 6th September The previously postponed Monash Kendo Club seminar has been rescheduled to Saturday the 6th of September. Held at the Caulfield campus, a 30-min drive from the city, you will experience an intensive day of kendo starting from the basics and advancing through to the more advanced jigeiko and shiai. Kendo skills always improve considerably following such seminars, and it is highly recommended you attend to get a heads-up on the grading the next day. Furthermore, the Monash Gasshuku will serve as the first part of the UMKC/MUKC crosstraining programme (UMKC visits Monash, and Monash visits UMKC), so it will be compulsory for all AUG members and very highly encouraged for everyone else, especially juniors. UMKC and Monash are great friends with each other, so let's show our goodwill by attending the Gasshuku!
It runs from 9am - 5pm, and is free of charge. Carpooling will be organized. If you would like to attend, please send me an email or write your name down on the Monash Gasshuku list at training.
3. Kyu Gradings - Sunday 7th September Although details have yet to be released, it appears that the 6th - 2nd Kyu gradings will be held on Sunday the 7th of September at the Kenshikan. This will the first grading for all juniors who have started this year. All paid-members who have had a reasonable attendance record (judged by Sensei) will be eligible to grade.
If you wish to grade, please print out the grading form attached to the email sent around and fill in all details. Juniors should follow the grading form example as a guide. The grading fee is $30, and you must write down $30 on the grading form. However, you will be paying UMKC $20 and the club will be subsidizing the remainder. ***HAND THE FORM IN BEFORE MONDAY 1ST OF SEPTEMBER (ie next Monday)***.
If for some reason you cannot attend training to hand in your form, you can submit your form into the Kendo postbox located outside the Male Changerooms; it is the 4th from the left, bottom row. Do not put money in the post box! Failing that, please submit to the club all your details as required on the form via email.
Please remember that if you do not pay you will not be allowed to grade.
Full details of the grading will come as soon as the VKR releases it.
4. VKC Payments All those who competed in the VKC are required to pay $5 per event immediately. Teams were subsidized by the club, so do not count those. Subsidies for accomodation and petrol are currently being considered, and you will be receiving cheques soon.
To get the best UMKC experience, try and attend everything!
A great performance by all who competed in today's Victorian Kendo Championships, this year held in Ballarat at the East Recreation Centre. The standard of kendo was high and intense, with UMKC providing a strong presence in all divisions.
Congratulations to everyone who competed, especially to: Andy Meier - 3rd place Kyu Individuals Masayuki Hasuoka - 2nd place Kyu Individuals Viet, Kevin H, Alex, Andy, and Masa - 1st place Kyu Teams Alex Lee - Fighting Spirit award
Thanks also to those who carpooled and also to those who helped shinpan and court duties between matches, which certainly helped what could potentially have been a very long day become quite ok.
MEN KOTE ROCK: the umkc fundraiser - Tickets on sale now!
You are cordially invited to our annual UMKC fundraiser: MEN KOTE ROCK! The UMKC fundraiser is an evening of highly entertaining events organized by your very own UMKC committee. The night features spectacular performances by Ultra Marine, Sakura Express and more. There will also be an auction and trivia, so don’t forget to bring your cash and your thinking caps! Please free your calendar slot on: 5th September 2008, Friday, 6.30pm @ Pugg Mahones, Corner of Drummond St and Elgin St.
Tickets will be sale on Monday, so don’t forget to see the committee members or AUG team for tickets. The prices are as follows: $8 for presale tickets, $10 for door-sale tickets.
Seize the opportunity to socialize with other UMKCers and show your support for your team and committee at this event!
We are proud to announce the 2008 AUG Team who will be representing UMKC:
Kevin Chin, Avinash Ganesan, Kevin Houng, Alex Lee, Viet Hoang, Vincci Law, Natalie Chiang, Kin-On Tham, David Tay, Audrey Kua, Jeffrey Khor, Peter Huynh, with Viet as Team Manager and Andrew Lam as Team Coach.
We wish them all the best for their competition on October 1st!
It is with great pleasure that UMKC announces two recent births in the club: the birth of Kenji and Staci's son Li, born on the 17th of July, and the birth of Josh and Kiri's daughter Isobel Freya, born on the 11th of August.
Our heartiest congratulations to both families for these joyous occasions, and we hope for the best for the new babies in the future...perhaps a future at UMKC?
The VKR has only just released entry information for the Victorian Kendo Championships to be held in Ballarat on the 24th of August, and so this is an URGENT call for entries into the following divisions:
Kyu individual Women’s individual Senior’s individual Open individual
The cost per event will be $5. Please note that you may enter multiple events if eligible (so if you were to enter the Kyu individual and the Women's individual, you would pay $10).
NOTES: -The VKR specifically encourages seniors to enter either the Seniors individual or the Kyu/Dan individual, and not both. This is to reduce the length of the day and to allow for more shinpan in the other events. -The VKR has also eliminated the Kata Pairs from this year's competition, which will instead be moved to the Iai Championships.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ************************* INSTRUCTIONS Please inform us IMMEDIATELY via email or by list your name, your current grade, and which events you would like to compete in. For example:
DEADLINE for entries is SUNDAY 10th of AUGUST. Late entries will be met with stiff bananas. Please make your payment as soon as you can at training. ************************* +++++++++++++++++++++++++
TEAM EVENTS The team members for the team events (Kyu Team, Women's Team, and Open Team) will be selected on the day based on performance, and the cost of the team will be covered by the club.
SCHEDULE The schedule of events are as follows: 7:30 - Begin shinai weigh-in & REGISTRATION 9:00 - Opening ceremony 9:15-30 - 15 min warm up 9:30 Kyu Individual Comp 11:30 Womens Individual comp 12:45 Lunch 13:15 Seniors Individual comp 14:00 Open Individual comp 15:30 Kyu team 16:30 Womens team comp 17:30 Open team comp 19:00 Presentation and closing ceremony 19:30 FINISH
A carpool will be organized, and petrol shall be subsidized. Details will follow soon.
VENUE East Recreation Centre, Fussell St, BALLARAT (turn left at first Ballarat traffic lights, first building past school on the left)
COURT ASSISTANTS The VKR is asking for volunteers to help out with timekeeping, scorekeeping, ribbon tying, and other court duties. If you are not competing but are able to donate your time to help out, the VKR begs your assistance. Please email us if you would like to volunteer.
