South Calgary Wado Kai Karate Club

The WKF is joining the #April6 campaign and is encouraging all karatekas to post their pictures on social media holding the #WhiteCard FULL INFO: http://bit.ly/Karate_WhiteCard #IDSDP2021 #Karate Peace and Sport

Another Team of people I am grateful to be part of

Ok, this is cool, but no, playing does not count as training!

See website calendar for Zoom link

Tournament #2 get your videos recorded and submitted

Zoom link on Calendar page of website

Get before Christmas, great stocking stuffer!

Great weekend course with a fun crew taking the NCCP Karate Canada Coach training course. Well done to everyone! #studentsforlife #alwayslearning #southcalgarywadokai #shintaniwadokai

Great stocking stuffers

Contact Sensei Heather to arrange pick up.

Congratulations to the follow South Calgary Karate-ka who achieve a new rank today: White Stripe (no longer beginners): Barrett, Madaline, Noah, Annie, Joaquin, and William. Yellow Belts: Natalie, Paul, Jerrid and Drake Yellow Stripe: Everett... Orange Belt: Stephen, Lauren, Oliver, Taryn, Arianna, Mark and Felix. Green Belt: Annika, Rob, Jonathan, and Malcolm Green Stripe: Finn, Freya, Ava, Jared, and Sophie Blue: James and Bill Thank you to all the Senseis and Senpais for their dedication this fall 2020 session of karate! See more

Belt Presentations will take place at Deer Run Community Centre parking lot. Masks are required. *Youth White & White Stripe 1pm * Youth Yellow & Yellow Stripe 1:15pm * Youth Orange & Orange Stripe 1:30pm * Adults & Green Belts 1:30pm*

International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD) Celebrate the abilities! So PROUD!

See you Saturday!

See calgarywadokai.com for details

participate in the virtual tournament to stay sharp while we have our short break

Here is an International Tournament for our South Calgary students to enter.

Summer 2020 Challenge Winners Family Participation Award - NIcoliasen Family Individual Participation Award - Maise Rathwell Black Belt Participation Award - Sensei Geraldine Young Instructor Participation Award - Sensei Robin Fidyk... Contribution Award - Sensei Leila and Sophie Lawrance Congratulations to everyone this summer! See more

Yudansha Grading 2020, with restrictions!

Complete COVID assessment before class

Shintani 2020 National Virtual Tournament - Congratulation to Sensei Heather. Thank you to the SWKKF for hosting a great event excited for the next one. Challenge to all South Calgary competitors post your certificates and placement on FB. How did everyone do?

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Last virtual class for summer 2020 4:30 MST, 6:30 EST. Thank you to Sensei Robin, for a challenging summer. Thanks also to Sensei Elise and Sensei Dene for filling in when needed. Thanks to Sophie and Sensei Leila for the great summer challenges. Everyone did an amazing job! See everyone either in person or in the Zoom class on Sept 11, 2020!

*clubs please share* Dont forget to register for the tournament sample videos available:... https://youtu.be/0j0t0wwDGNs https://youtu.be/zMb0p8RP-eY https://youtu.be/XIDYZCKsJ3w https://youtu.be/_SstNWCVMvw https://youtu.be/bqys54rR-2Y https://youtu.be/w9nzExB1ZVQ https://youtu.be/bLJ-0oYyLZ8 *Black Belts, please register to help with judging

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SENSEI ROBIN! A great teacher is one who knows their students, motivates them, and helps them evolve. You are definitely one of the greatest. Thanks for everything you do!

We just want to give a special shoutout to Sara Nicolaisen for KILLING the flexibility challenge! Not only did she give us the five poses but we also got an awesome aerial view! Let us know what you guys think! #flexibilitychallenge #southcalgarywadokai @ South Calgary Wado Kai Karate Club

Black Belts, your help is needed for judging the SWKKF Virtual Tournament. sign up https://shintanivirtual.myuventex.com/#login The virtual tournament relies ...on students recording themselves performing Kata, Shindo Kata, Kihon and Kumite. The videos are uploaded based on the divisions you register for. Once the videos are submitted and the event submissions close, judges from across the SWKKF are assigned divisions. The judges log onto the website, watch the videos in their divisions and score them the same way they do a regular tournament. The scoring follows the same division ranges used in a regular SWKKF tournament. See more

Remember to check in before class today! https://form.jotform.com/202084271655958

August 1-26, 2020 Before registering for the tournament, tape your Kata, Shindo Kata, Kihon and Kumite techniques. You upload your videos as part of the registration process. To register for the virtual tournament, go to https://shintanivirtual.myuventex.com/, click on Sign Up now, accept the Terms of Use and create an account using a valid email address and create a password.

The 2020 Shintani National Virtual Tournament is happening from August 1st -August 26th. This podcast episode is with special guest, Sensei Heather Fidyk who... is the event coordinator of the tournament. This is a closed event for members of the Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation. For more information check out the link below: https://www.facebook.com/341495046696966/posts/724375575075576/

FLEXIBILITY CHALLENGE! You want to take five photos of you in sit and reach, middle splits, left splits, right splits and bridge! This week you will be the judges! So dm us your photos, tag us in your posts, or submit through jot form! ... On Monday morning we will put them all up for you to decide the winners! Have fun and please be careful! Jot form submission page listed below: https://form.jotform.com/201686350043954

We had our first indoor training class last night and what a great turn out! 11 high belts, 4 competitive students and 4 Zoom students. Cant wait till next Wednesday! #wadokai #karatecanada #karatealberta #justtrain @ Deer Run Community Association

Remember, high belt class tonight, Deer Run or virtual, whichever you prefer JUST TRAIN! Details at www.calgarywadokai.com (Please make sure to fill out the COVID-19 form if you are training with us at the Dojo tonight, link below) https://form.jotform.com/202084271655958... #calgarywadokai #shintaniwadokai

What an honour! Thank you so much to the Government of Alberta for the CIP Grant!

Summer Kata Challenge! Show us your best performance kata in a video and submit it to the link in our bio! #challenge #wado #wadokaikarate #karatecanada #karatealberta

Lets try this again / 2e essai . #Repost @teamcanada with @get_repost ... on July 23, 2021. . 365 days to go. Tous les rives vers le 23 juillet 2021. . 365 dici a Tokyo 2020. See more

SUMMER CHALLENGE FOUR! This weeks challenge is the Japanese counting challenge! We want to see how high you can count while doing any karate technique (kicks, punches, etc.) So create a video and submit it to the link below! Please have all submissions in by Sunday at midnight! Have fun!!!! https://form.jotform.com/201686350043954

Sensei Heather Stopped by the display in Deer Run to check out the art work done by Maisie R and Sophie B from our club! #karate #wadokarate #wadokai #southcalgarywadokai #supportingourcommunity @ Deer Run, Calgary

Happy hump day everyone! Hope you are all having a great week! Friendly reminder that you have until Sunday at midnight to have your tiktok videos in! #karate #wadokai #bearnecessities #summer #summerchallenge

SUMMER CHALLENGE THREE: TikTok video! Make sure to tag your video #southcalgary and #karate MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT TOO (link in bio) Get creative and we cant wait to see what you guys come up with! Because of the late post everyone has until Sunday at midnight to enter ! #karatecanada #wadokaikarate #wadokai #summerchallenge #tiktokchallenges

SUMMER CHALLENGE TWO WINNER! We want to say a huge congratulations to Kevin Kowal! Really showed that punching bag whos boss! Dont worry the other videos will be posted in a video at the end of the summer! Thank you to everyone who participated! Cant wait to see you guys kick some serious butt in the next challenge!#karatecanada #wadokaikarate #wadokai #southcalgarykarate #100kickchallenge #winnerwinner

SUMMER TRAINING FAMILY CLASS All ages all ranks Thurs 6:30 7:25PM MDT HIGH BELT CLASS Thurs 7:30 8:30PM MDT... COMPETITIVE CLUB Mon, Wed & Fri 4:30 5:30PM MDT See more

Kyu Belt Shindo (Youth - Orange and up / Adult - White and up) Time: Mondays 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 60 minutes... Join Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87924885358 Meeting ID: 879 2488 5358 Password: Shindo

CHALLENGE NUMBER TWO! So, this week we are doing the 100 kicks challenge! Make sure you do a time lapse video and you can do any kind of kick you want! Also, make sure to submit your video to the jot form below! ... https://form.jotform.com/201686350043954. All submissions must be in by Saturday at midnight! CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL COME UP WITH!!

SUMMER CHALLENGE ONE WINNERS! Its been really awesome to see the participation but we had a couple that really stood out!! The winner for best family pose goes to Corey Nicolaisen and best individual pose goes to Maisie Rathwell! Thanks for everyone that participated! Stay tuned for challenge number two! #karatecanada #wadokaikarate #wadokai #summerchallenge #calgary #southcalgarykarate #karatepose #winnerwinnerchickendinner @ Calgary, Alberta

SUMMER CHALLENGE TIME! Each Week we will be announcing a new challenge! This weeks challenge is to do a Karate pose in your community with your Gi and belt! HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Choose a team ... Each Monday morning there will be a new challenge posted on Instagram and Facebook. Make sure you submit your entry on the jot form (Link in Bio) by Friday at midnight. *All prizes will be awarded at the end of august* A feature on our Instagram and Facebook will be added weekly for the winners as well! SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT! #karatecanada #challenge #summerchallenge #karatealberta #wadokaikarate #southcalgarykarate #showuswhatyougot