As we enter into the last few opportunities to meet as a Club community for 2022, I just wanted to thank everyone for the contributions you have made personally and collectively to the culture and spirit of the Club. We are heading into the Club’s 15th year in 2023, and I look forward to what this year ahead will bring.

It has been a year of significant change for me personally, re-entering the world of full time work after four year’s spent as an undergraduate student (again), and now with the added change of a new workplace commencing as of last week. It has also been a year of change and challenge for a number of the Club’s membership.

Just to flag that there will be one significant change to the timetable of classes in the New Year. Kendo will be moving for the first time to the earlier Thursday time slot of 6:15 start, and Iaido will be run after the kendo class. Consequently, Jodo will shift to Tuesday after Jujutsu. We have a number of regular class attendees who are travelling significant distances to get in for training, and the time shift will facilitate an earlier, safer journey home for them at the end of an evening.

Take care everyone! I will hopefully catch up with some of you this week before we close down for the year, and will look forward to seeing you once we get back in the swing of things.