This Week in Club (9/11/05)

1. Call-Out Practice - This Wednesday, September 14th is the official fall Tae Kwon Do club practice! Please help us welcome new members by being especially enthusiastic and welcoming at practice! Also, we will be selling a lot of the older merchandise at really discounted prices, so bring your checkbooks!

2. Fall Picnic Social - The first social of the year is this Saturday, September 17th at the Lower Cascades South Shelter House from 1 - 5. See Deanna's e-mail for directions and details, or e-mail the club account if you have any questions about the event. Come for lots of food, frisbee, and fun!

3. Jill Behrman Run for the End Zone - Sign up in club to be a part of the IUTKD Jill Behrman team on Saturday, October 15th. Even if you don't want to do the 5K run/walk, sign up to come out and show your support of the event (and our team) by doing the one-mile fun walk or being a "spirit supporter" and fundraise for the cause.

Thanks and see you in club!

Martial Arts Fest will be taking place Saturday, September 10 at 1:00 pm in the main gym at HPER. All martial arts clubs will be represented, and many performing demos, including the IU Tae Kwon Do Club, who is performing at 2 pm. Come and see all that IU Martial Arts has to offer!

INDIANA UNIVERSITY AIKIDO CLUB invites you to a seminar with

HIROSHI IKEDA SHIHAN

SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2005


Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan is the founder and chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai http://boulder.asu.org/, a school of aikido in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He currently holds the rank of 7th dan through Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and the Aikido World Federation (Honbu Dojo ).

Ikeda Shihan began his study of aikido in 1968, as a college student at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo. In 1978, he followed Saotome Sensei to Sarasota, Florida. In 1980, he moved to Boulder to establish Boulder Aikikai, an associate of Saotome Sensei's Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. Ikeda Shihan lives with his family in Boulder, where he teaches at Boulder Aikikai and manages the operations of Bu Jin Design http://www.bujindesign.com/, his martial arts supply manufacturing and mail order company. He also travels extensively as a guest instructor, conducting aikido seminars at dojo around the country and abroad.

Schedule
SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2005
Friday: 7-9 pm
Saturday: 10 to noon and 3 to 5 pm
Sunday: 10 to 1 pm with a break

Location
Indiana University Aikido Club, Bloomington, IN
HPER 293 "The Fort"
1025 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
www.indiana.edu/~aikido

Cost
$90 (or $25 per class)

Accommodations
Limited accommodations will be available at IU club members' houses and Hotels in Bloomington.

Reminder: Weapons may be used

For more information please email Agnieszka Drobniak

Hello everyone! Again, welcome back to Bloomington for those who are returning for the fall semester! Club will be meeting as usual this week from 5:45-7:15 in HPER 163.

1. Recfest - Thanks to everyone that came out and supported Taekwondo Club at the table and demo on Friday! We had a large number of people come up to the table who were interested in what we do, so hopefully we will be seeing some new faces in club over the next few weeks.

2. In-Class Demos - We will need a handful of volunteers to go to each of the intro HPER E-150 classes and try to recruit some new members from those who are enrolled in beginner classes. There will be sign-up sheets in club this week. Please take a look at your schedules for next week (8/5- 8/9) to see if you can help out. These demos will only take about 20 minutes of your time, and they are one of our most successful recruitment techniques, so please help out if you can!

3. Attitude/Etiquette/Welcoming - We want to start TKD club off on a good foot this semester. ALL returning members help set the tone of practice so please come back enthusiastic and ready to practice! Also, just because some of our forms and techniques are rusty, that doesn't mean that our manners have to be rusty too! Please remember good etiquette to help set a good example for the new members, and make these new members feel welcome in any way you can. You don't have to be an officer or instructor to greet new members. Even a simple hello or casual introduction can go a long way in making these new participants feel comfortable at club.

4. Dues - Dues are $35/semester for non-black belts and $10/semester for black belts. You get 3 free practices before we ask that you pay dues. Please try to get your dues payment as soon as you can. You can enter a raffle drawing for a free uniform (the really nice Adidas kind) if you pay your dues before September 30th.

5. P498 - Mr. Burns is looking for more students to help out in martial arts classes this semester. P498 is a great program in which students can gain a bit of teaching and leadership experience by being an AI in a martial arts class. If you are at least a purple belt, you are eligible. Please stop by his office or talk to one of the club instructors if interested.

Thanks and see you in club!

Come to RECFEST 2005 to see the IU Tae Kwon Do club and learn what we have to offer! We will be performing a demo as well.

Friday, August 26, 2005 1 p.m. - 3 p.m @ the HPER (near the parking lot)

Hope to see you all there!