Knightly News 06/19/10
Well done on Katana to everyone who showed up. I was sad to see how we did not have enough blades to go around but I feel that everyone did the very best they could anyway. I could tell that some of you enjoyed it and others did not. Thats OK. The whole point was to see if this weapon is for you or not.
I hope you all enjoyed eatting at the Korean BBQ. Yes, it was the low cuts of meat. Yes, you had to cook it yourself (and I can not help you if you can not grill. Well, maybe I can...next class...?). But thats what you were paying for and getting to do the meat how you wanted it. Once again, a happy birthday to Russell. I hope you had fun my friend.
1. Archery is this Tuesday at five. If anyone knows they are going I could sure use a ride this week.
2. I WILL NOT be at practice this weekend due to work and same for Yllys. I will get together with Mike to tell him what you all will be doing while I am gone. It WILL be mostly review so I recommend that if you have been missing meetings this is a good time to try to catch up.
Knightly News 06/12/10
Well done to all this weekend. I know it was hot, I know it was sunny, but everyone did what they were suppose to do and worked it all out.
Next weekend is the all katana weekend in celebration of Russells Bday!! You will need to make sure you bring your shanei for some fighthing work, your masks, a katana and any other katanas you may own, and a belt to hold it up with. Please remember that afterwards there is a dinner at five PM for those of us who want to go so we can eat a BBQ Meat buffet in celebration of Russell. Cost for the buffet is $30.00 minimum for all you can eat.
Archery is once again on Tuesday this week. It will be on Tuesday from now on until my work settles down. In a way, this is a good schedule for me as it allows me a break in between the days of the week. I have heard form some of the newbies that they want to come to archery too. Thats a good thing but we need to have people there with the extra bows so please show up.
In case some of you have not heard, Otter went in to Surgery on friday and all went well. She is at home recovering and being grumpy casue she can not get around fast anymore for awhile. If you get a chance, please send her an email or give her a call to say hello and see how she is doing.
Lastly, on a personal note, I just wanted to once again thank all of you who contributed to the Nook fund for me. There is a book fast becoming a classic called the Passage out now thats about eight hundred pages and sells for $35.00. Its a long story of the Zombies coming to get us all. Online as an ebook? On sale for $6.00!
See you all this weekend.
Knightly News 04/24/10
I hope that everyone had a good day off today and I hope that we are all ready to go for the weeks leading up to Fanime.
Next Sat will be the spear workshop.
Monday will be archery at 4:30. Please txt me if you know you will be there. Otter, you are welcome to join us for food after if you just wanna get out of the house.
After much thought I have decided NOT to plan a guild trip to Coralina fair. The truth is that many us can not afford it and some of us should not be going to fairs and should be working on our swordwork. It also pretty much means another day lost for us to do what we have to do before con.
Thank you all for voteing on the time change. After getting all your votes it is now official that we are meeting at ONE PM from now on. This means that the next practice on the 1st of May will be at 1 PM. Since it is the frost day of a new month I thought it fitting that we make the change.
See you at one of Sat.
Knightly News 03/26/10
Well done at LDV this Friday to all who went. The school wishes for me to pass on thier thanks and to book another year next year. That would make it eigth years running we have been at LDV! Thanks to the fact we had so many people this year we were able to rotate teaching and so none of us had too many kids and we could all take a break. My offer of a prize for the raffle was apparently also a huge hit. Great job everyone!
A special congradualtions go tot the newest member of the one pound club: Shaun, Russell and Moose!! Did I not tell you they were great burgers?
NOTE: after not beaing able to come to a deal and the staff really not even attempthign to communicate with me I have decided to cancel Coalinga as a full weekend fair for this year. The reasons are many and if you really want to knwo you can ask at next practie and I will tell you all at the same time. But simply put they are just not really willing to work with us or give us anything for showing up. They are a local fair and seems very happy to just have local people come to the fair for free just to have something to do. Currently plans are in the works for a play day on the Sat of the fair just to play and be in costume and show off the colors. More on this later but you will NOT need the whole weekend off as planned before.
Fanime invite codes have now been set up and sent to you all. Please make sure you get online and sign up by this coming Tuesday or you WILL NOT get a pass to the con. Thsi one is out of my control guys so we have to do what they request.
So far, we have Nicole, me and Yllys for archery on Monday at 4:30. Anyone else? Once again, my car is nto in very good shpae so if its just us three then I may have to cancel it. Let me know!!
See you all next Sat where we work movement again!!
Knightly News 02/27/10
Pretty good job at practice this weekend guys. I know we are tired all week and I know it is very hard to find time to get active in the rain lately. But we have to remember that it is up to each and every one of us to make sure we keep ourselves ready to do what we need to do each day. Think about what you need to work on. Make the time to work on it. Only doing it will make you better.
A reminder to make sure you get your costumes, weapons and gear ready for the shows coming up. Please do not wait until the last minute.
See you all next Sat.
Testing!
Testing this weekend (Sept 12), along with the celebration of Ben's birthday.
As quoted by Ben regarding this weekend:
I just wanted to cover some testing stuff for those of our members who may not have ever done it before. If you look at the back of your manuels you will see what level you are testing for in your MAIN weapon style. This is for ALL frist timers and the knowledge you have to know is pretty much listed there. You will be given twenty questions from the manuel.
If you are at level three or more you must tell me what weapon style you are testing for. While it is possible to try to advance in more than one style (especially now that we have so many members) please understand that if you try to do so I will be looking for you to be as perfect as possible. The knowledge you need to know is also listed in the manuel.
After verbal testing we will be doing COD testing where members who are advanced enough will be drilling while an upper classmen or officer will be calling the drill cards. Some new members will not be required to drill. Their drill portion will be covered by me during the verbal testing. This is because we have not been abale to cover as much on COD as we would have liked due to events.
After all of that we will have the tourney. Again, all you have to do is fight to your level.
Good luck, and we will see you there!