Author: Peter

Calm Awareness

When I started practising Zen meditation with a teacher, I didn’t think it worked too well. Instead of becoming calmer, my mind seemed to get louder and more chaotic, with trains of thought and emotions I could not control. I came to understand that my mind hadn’t gotten busier. I had just become aware of…

Winter 2019 Classes

Winter 2019 Classes

Our karate classes will continue through the holidays into the New Year on the same nights and times. But in December and the beginning of January, there will be three class cancellations: Thursday, December 6, 2018 (church event) Tuesday, December 25, 2018 (Christmas) Tuesday, January 1, 2019 (New Year’s Day) We will have a class…

Feel the connection

Feel the connection

On the weekend of July 16, 2016, we held the annual Canadian Ryusei Summer Camp, arranged by Rick Going and Kam Miranbigi in the Calabogie resort area, outside Ottawa. This year, 17 karateka participated: Ryusei member from four Ontario dojo and Sherbrooke in Quebec, as well as Koshin-ha Chito-Ryu members from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The instruction…