I hope that this post finds you well rested after our two(ish) weeks away from the dojo and the enjoyable distractions of the festive season.
Tomorrow evening will be an excellent opportunity to positively kick off your training year and reconnect with the broader BBRD community as we commit to hatsugeiko (first training) and kagami biraki (breaking the barrel) with vignette training and demonstrations from most of our supported disciplines and a light supper of sushi, mochi, tea and sake to end with.
Could I ask that everyone who is intending to be be there tomorrow night reconfirm with either discipline coordinators or myself no later than 10 am Tuesday morning so that we can appropriately cater for supper afterwards. Visitors are welcome, but they will have to register so that they can be catered for, and to meet our COVID obligations.
This year, we will be broadcasting the event via Zoom, so those not physically located in Toowoomba can join in. The link for the night is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85949564593?pwd=QXVkcW9wUjFZaHpFSnhPQk1ocldhdz09
We will be starting to set up for the night from 6 pm at the BBRD Honbu dojo, upstairs in the Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre 20 Baker Street Darling Heights. Please be there on time to help with the set up, as this is an important part of both mental and physical preparations for the year. For those observing, or beaming in via Zoom, we will be kicking off activity for the evening from 6.30 pm and will be running through till around 9.30 pm (a usual Tuesday night’s training).
I am really looking forward to seeing everyone there tomorrow night. 2020 has been such a mixed year of frustration, disruption and amazing opportunity and progress for the Club, and I want for all of us to celebrate that and commit to the year ahead.