News and Events

Richard Kim Memorial Tournament

Mark October 15, 16, & 17, 2010 on your calendar.

For more information, contact David Turkoski at Don Warrener's Martial Arts Academy in Brantford, at 519-751-1117 or email at: donwarreners@bellnet.ca

Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame

May 15, 2010 • Inductions in Ottawa

Inductions for the 2010 Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame will take place on May 15, 2010 at the Chimo Hotel, 1199 Joseph Cyr Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Tickets are $65 per person.

The host of 2010's event is 2008 Canadian Black Belt Hall of Famer, Mr. Fern Cleroux.

To order tickets,
please contact Mr. Tom Fleming
fleming.karate@hotmail.com
450-374-7435

Mr. Don Warrener
dwarrener@canadianblackbelthalloffame.com
(818) 891-1133

Grand Opening!

Grand Opening of the newest Don Warrener's Martial Arts Academy in Hamilton, Ontario

1927 King Street East, Hamilton • 905-549-5905

April 17, 2010 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Please note that Sensei Warrener will be hosting a seminar at this same location on Friday, April 16, from 7-9p.m. This seminar is restricted to Brown and Black Belts only.

Contact Mr. Don Mingle for more information:
dmingle@rogers.com
905-549-5905

BU TOKU DO NEWSLETTER January 2010

Philosophy

Don't have that conversation with yourself where you say, "He's got more talent than I do," or "She's faster than I am." Success depends on what's in your mind....Success is about your spirit.

~George Foreman

2010 Calendar of Events
This year it looks like is going to be a super busy year for us all. There are so many things that are going to happen this year we will be busy constantly. Here is a list that you may want to print out and make available to yourself and or students.

NOTE: IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT YOU WANT ON THIS ANNUAL CALENDAR JUST LET ME KNOW NOW. THIS WILL APPEAR IN EVERY SINGLE ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER FROM NOW ON.

January 2010
Set your goals and prepare for the New Year

February 2010
1-Opening of Don Warrener Martial Arts in Hamilton at 1927 King Street East (near the Rosedale area)
1- Hopefully Opening of Jim Floods new school on the East Mountain. More details to follow as soon as available.
21- Sensei Demura Event in Orange County California
27- 50th Year Celebration of sensei Chuck Merriman involvement in karate in Phoenix Arizona.

March 2010
Get ready for the Ozawa Cup in Las Vegas book hotels and air fares now

April 2010
1-4 Ozawa Cup in Las Vegas

May 2010
14-15 CBBHoF in Ottawa Ontario
29- Seni In London England huge MA extravaganza.

June 2010
19- Dan Hect Event Masters Hall of Fame at Disneyland LA California

July 2010
16-18 Don Jacob World Championships in Trinidad Tobago

August 2010
Stop complaining and Work hard!

September 2010
Get up and dust yourself off and Work Hard!

October 2010
Richard Kim Memorial International Karate Championships Brantford Ontario.

November 2010
Excuses are for losers wake up and Work Hard!

December 2010
18- Official Revival of the Annual Black Belt Dinner and Festivities to be held in Hamilton at “The Keg”. Only Brown and Black Belts and special guests may attend. More details later.

Psychology Profiling
The newest word is profiling. If you are a martial artist you should be doing this all the time as this is self-defense. When you get on a bus or on a plane you should be looking at every single person automatically when they get on. Look for anything abnormal not just the color of their skin or their age or sex or what they are wearing and they are not all terrorists some of the bad guys out there are just normal nut cases. So always be profiling. It is our job in the new world we all live in after 9-11.

Setting Yearly Goals
Winners set goals Losers don’t. It is quite simple setting your goals is like creating a road map for yourself for the rest of the year or your life. It is not to late to do it for this year get busy and take 1 hour out and do it today.

Annual Dojo Registrations due
Yes it is time for the dojo’s to send in the annual dojo registrations for Butokudo. Please confirm with me that they have been sent in and send me a list of all those who you want to get the newsletter all I need is their email.

The amount is the same amount as you paid last year per club if you forget ask me and I will resolve it. Individuals with out a school pay $12 a year. Please send the cheque to Tosha Lord and make it out to her as well.
Tosha Lord
565 Concession 2 RD. S.
Cayuga ONTARIO N0A 1E0

Also get them to follow me on Twitter as I make regular Tweets on motivation and things that are happening.

New Schools Opening
Yes as mentioned above we have an all new Don Warrener’s Martial arts opening in the east end of Hamilton in the Rosedale area on King Street at 1927 King Street East (near the Rosedale area). Also Jim Flood is going to re open a school on the Eats Mountain and we are there 100% to help him with this venture, as we are there 100% to help Don Mingle with his new school.

The Cat
Yes I have yet another book coming out called Gogen The Cat Yamaguchi “The Emperor of the Scarlet Fist”.
You can now order it on www.RisingSunProductions.net web site. It tells you all there is to know about The Cat of Goju. How he got the name over 240 rare photos his philosophy and so much more you will really be amazed. This took me over a year to write and produce. It is excellent if I do say so myself.

The Economical Worm is Turning
It looks like this nasty ol' recession is turning around slowly but surely so those of you in financial troubles just hang on and we will all get through this.

Chuck Merriman
Our dear friend and Goju Brother and my senior Chuck Merriman is having a fabulous event in Phoenix, Arizona on February 27 with free seminars by some of the absolute best in the world including the top dogs in Okinawan Goju direct from the Okinawan Jindokan. I will be there will you be there? It will be a wonderful learning experience weekend I assure you. Plus the banquet on Saturday will be excellent as well.

Good Idea
Here is a good idea for you to get people interested in Butokudo why not just print out this newsletter and put it up in the same place every month for your students to read it. Remember it is your responsibility to collect from them the $12 annual fee and out of this you send the annual registration to Tosha.

Fumio Demura
Sensei Fumio Demura a very good friend to Butokudo and all members is having a terrific International event in LA on the 21st of February I hope you can make it. He is one of the good guys and deserves our support.

Technical Tip
There are several important facets to sparring including physical conditioning, Speed Power, footwork hands feet and al, the rest but nothing is more important then courage and this is something you can only develop by stepping in to the ring and putting it on the line.

Thank you very much.
Don Warrener
President
Bu Toku Do
donrw@earthlink.net

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20th CENTURY SAMURAI — On Sale NOW!!

440 pages, including about 400 photos — some very, very rare.

I can honestly say this is the best project I have ever done, and I am every bit as proud of this book as I am with my involvement in the preservation of the Hamilton Custom House.

The chapters include:

Dai Nippon Butoku Kai - The most comprehensive ever written
Biography of Hanshi Richard Kim - You won’t believe who he really was.
Sensei Kim’s Students - 34 of his very best
The Last of The Real Samurai - Sokaku Takeda - Yoshida Kotaro
Quotes From Old Magazine Articles - 28 different articles
Chinese, Okinawan, and Japanese Warriors - 46 stories, like in the Classical Man, never before released.
Lectures on Philosophy and Psychology of The Martial Arts - 31 of his very best lectures
Short Stories Teaching the Philosophy and Psychology - 52 of his classics
Conclusion
Ranking System in Modern Budo
Sources of Information
Glossary

The retail price is $99 (US$) and we are now taking orders.

The features of the book will be as follows:

Hard Cover
Gold Guilded Edges
Laminated Dust Cover
Certificate of Authenticity (only 1,000 copies will be printed)
Placed inside a special card stock box for lasting preservation.

More Details:

The first orders will receive the lowest numbers starting at #25 as the first 25 are reserved for special people who have helped so much with the production of the project. Order now and get FREE SHIPPING and a low number of the Limited Number of Special Collectors' Editions.

Please contact Don Warrener for details 1-818-891-1133.

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