I have very much enjoyed my first week of a less frenetic pace, restarting the remedial massage business after its COVID-19 hiatus, getting to projects around the garden and home that have been on the back burner for the past few months, and diving back into the important work of ensuring that the Club’s policies and procedures are up to date.
In particular, I will be working through a full update of the Club’s Risk Assessment and Management Protocols (RAMP) document for both organisational level risks/hazards and activity specific risks. We will be ratifying these at the next Executive meeting, and will make them available on the Club’s website.
Brady in this bulletin has outlined some of the requirements that we will need for all disciplines as we return, and each discipline will require its own specific control procedures. For instance, we will be following the AJKF and QKR guidelines for kendo in that we will need for folk to have a internally fitted face shield in their mengane to reduce the spread of droplets during practice. This will be a requirement for participation at any QKR-sponsored event for the foreseeable future, and indeed for BBRD club-level training. I am also of the understanding that John Isaacs sensei, will be making an identical requirement for training in Brisbane at the Kenshinkai. We are still discussing the need to use an additional mask (cloth or otherwise), and have received some medical advice in that regard. Rest assured, kendoka will be informed of what they will need to do well in advance of our return to regular training.
I have put in an order for face shields with the QKR, which has arranged for a bulk discount on both unit cost and shipping fees. They ought to be around $11 each for Club members.
Have a great week everyone! I’ll hope to see you at one or more of our online sessions.