HONBU TIMES APRIL 2003

Welcome to the second edition of Honbu Times for 2003. The newsletter is designed to provide updates about events at the Total Martial Arts Centre and within the style. Should you wish to have articles on anything of interest to you, please let your instructors know.

Next grading...

The next major grading is scheduled for 8 June 2003. Ranks of blue and higher in both Zen Do Kai Muay Thai and Freestyle, will come together at one venue (TBA) for a common grading. End of term/month reviews for lower ranks and children will continue as per normal.

Next Children's Tournament

Sunday 28 May 2003 at 9.00 am. Venue TBA

The inaugural tournament was held at Hampton SHS on Sunday 13 April 2003. 47 participants from TMAC and Kalamunda enjoyed a competitive and well-spirited morning. Congratulations to all and many thanks to the families that supported their children on the day.

The Role of Colour in Senjo. (Continued)

By Kyoshi Justin Boylan

Throughout time and space colour has been recognized as a strong power, an influence on life, and a vital force.

The ancient Egyptians were conscious of this and in their great temples and wisdom schools such as Karnak and Thebes, certain parts of the buildings were set apart as colour halls, where the effects of colour vibrations were minutely studied and applied.

The Indian and Chinese mystic scientists also had knowledge of colour in their secret doctrine.

The masses were never taught the full esoteric doctrine of light and colour, but were given only as much as they could assimilate.

"I will meet you under the rainbow".

White light represents the source, the centre, and in Senjo philosophy, the Shogun.

White light is the primal fire, which infuses everything with colour. As a glass prism refracts white light into seven major colours, so the position of Shogun reaches out and is absorbed. The colours (for no one is just one colour) which are reflected back, make up that person's character from the physical, mental and spiritual levels.

One of Senjo's many aims are to help people balance their "reflection" to the point where they reflect all the colours. At this point they really reflect the colour white, they have become their own source, their own Shogun.

To be continued ..

Zen Do Kai Kids' Tournament participants Sunday 13 April 2003 at Hampton SHS

If you failed at a recent belt grading - don't give up..... These people didn't.

R.H.Macy failed 7 times before his store in New York caught on.

Novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published the first of his 564 books.

Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in the early grades when the teachers decided that he could not do the work.

Harry S. Truman failed as a haberdasher.

When Bob Dylan performed at a high school talent show, his classmates booed him off the stage.

Personal Kata Requirements

Students going for Green Belt are expected to perform a 20 second free form kata; Brown Belt a kata of 40 seconds, and; Black Belt a kata of 60 seconds beginning and ending at the one point.

By Black Belt, the kata should have a centre run (of 20 seconds), a series of angular attacks and defences (20 seconds) and what I call show-time (20 seconds).

This last section is where we demonstrate our advances moves designed to both impress the graders and be in line with our current level of thinking.

The Seven Bows of Senjo

1. Senjo
2. Zen Do Kai
3. Shogun
4. Dai Daimyo
5. Niban Daimyo
6. Sensei
7. Zennin

We use the words "Note Rei" to bow and "Note" to finish the bow.

Special Deal for Members.

Join a new member and get one month free cross training in any other martial art system being taught at the Total Martial Arts Centre.

You can choose from Zen Do Kai Karate, BJC Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Modern Arnis. All you have to do is join a new member; it could be a friend, a member of your family or a work or school colleague.

For further details call Brendan on 9248 9004.

Grading Achievements April 2003

Tournament Results