Black Belt Project

It is actually difficult to explain the Black Belt Project. The purpose of this project is to produce more Black Belt Karateka from IIUM Shito Ryu Karatedo Club. Anyway, it's been almost one year since this projected was 'launched'. The results? Glad you asked me. We were able to TRIPLE the number of the senpais in our dojo. And if things goes well, we will have at least 3 new senseis by the end of this year.

Name	Current Belt Rank	Belt Rank (12/12/2010)
Muhammad Luqman Bin Azlan	2nd Kyu	4th Kyu
Muhammad Zaid Bin Hasni	2nd Kyu	5th Kyu
Ameen Topa	2nd Kyu	7th Kyu
Amanina Hasanah bt Asopllah	3rd Kyu	4th Kyu
Siti Khadijah Abdul Rahman	3rd Kyu	4th Kyu
Umi Nur Binti Rahmat	3rd Kyu	4th Kyu
Siti Hajar Mohd Azhar	3rd Kyu	5th Kyu
Aliman Awang Ali	3rd Kyu	7th Kyu
Nasriah Mohamed Ropi	4th Kyu	6th Kyu
Mohd Raziman Md Dom	4th Kyu	6th Kyu
Qatrunnada Bt Muhammad Faiz	4th Kyu	7th Kyu
Farah Zalikha Bt Ameri	4th Kyu	7th Kyu

Karate-do Mustangs 2011

In this year, 2011, the Karate-do Mustang team had numerous memorable moments, a lot of laughter, ups and downs, ins and outs. Our last participation in a tournament was two weeks ago, and most probably it would be the last time for this semester since we are in the 12th week already. Anyway, since I don't have the time to write down the happenings of a whole year in one post, I will just share the achievement of the team.

Tournament	Date and Venue	G	S	B
Malaysia Shito-Ryu Inter-Dojo Championship 2010	18-19 December 2010 Penang	2	6	6
Kibokan International Karate Championship 2011	25-27 February 2011    Shah Alam	0	0	1
MASUM Sport Carnival 2011	25-30 June 2011 UPM	1	1	5
East Malaysia Zone Shitoryu Karate-do Championship 2011	16-18 September Sarawak	1	3	2
IIUM-Selangor Interdojo Championship	22 October Female Sports Complex	2	1	4
IIUM Karate do Open Tournament 2011	23 October Female Sports Complex	1	2	7
3rd  Gojo Kai Selangor Open Karate Championship 2011	26-27 November Selangor	2	2	7
TOTAL		9	15	32

InshaAllah, after the final exams of this semester, we will start back fighting, striving, and training hard. We will come back with ten more times of enthusiasm and determination! Our team is the best team! You just watch and see!!!

Dojo Kun

The Dojo Kun are the rules of the Dojo that have been passed down from Okinawan Karate masters to the presents.

Hitotsu- Jinkaku kansei ni tsuto meru koto
Hitotsu- Makoto no michi o mamoru koto
Hitotsu- Doryoku seishin o yashinau koto
Hitotsu- Rei gi o omonzuru koto
Hitotsu- Kekki no yu o imashimaru koto

One- Seek perfection of character.
One- Be faithful.
One- Endeavor to excel.
One- Respect others.
One- Refrain from violent behavior.



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New semester

So we just finished our first training for this new semester. Although we were expecting more new students, the attendance was good, but it could have been better. Maybe because of the rain kot...

The training tonight was somehow different. I won't bore you with details. Sensei Mizan told us at the end of the class, that this will be the way this semester.

The training tonight was special. As sensei Najwa and sensei Fadhil did a surprise visit! The training with them around is a priceless experience.

After the training, we had a heart to heart session. Thanks to all the senseis, for sharing with us all their experience and for giving us a great time.

One last thing, as the captain for the karate-do Mustangs, I wish good luck for those who are going to EMZ tournament. And as the exco for demo, I wish good luck for those who are going for grading next week

IIUM joint Training

The first IIUM joint training was held on 16th of July. It was an idea inspired and materialized by some of our senseis and senpais. The training was held on Nilai Dojo. Only 5 karateka from Nilai campus attended this program because the rest of them went back home. And only 3 karateka from Gombak joined the program. The rest decided to have a good rest after they had a very extensive training for MASUM and then for the Grading.

First, sensei Rijal was in charge. The training started around 9 am with Basics and theory session, followed by basic kumitee training. Then Sensei Iman took over in the kata session. He shared the kate Naifachin Shodan with everyone, along with its Bunkai. And the last session was by sensei Mizan, and was about self defense.

Although it was only few of us, although they say the more the marrier, we had a good time there. Also, the fact that only few karateka attended was in our advantage as the senseis can focus more on us as individuals and find mistakes and correct them more easily.

Oh, yeah, the most important part which was the ‘lunch time’. We all had lunch together, and the karate couple, sensei Fadhil and sensei Najwa, did a surprise visit to us. We, including them, along with sensei MIzan’s family had a nice time in that restaurant!

The Kata Naifanchin Shodan

Us!

After Lunch

Sensei Mizan explaining how to...erm, I dont' remember what? haha

Gombak Karatekas!

quickie update

sem 2 2010/2011 has comes to its ends. ended on 16th april 2011 if I'm not mistaken. anyway, it has ended. with the exception of those who are currently doing their final year project, thesis, n something to do with final year final sem work. those who are in these category, all the best, do ur best n good luck. for the rest of us including myself, let us enjoy this holiday. some words for both category: since we are karateka, we are ought to do our best. cant remember where i get this quote. 


so summary of what we IIUM Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Club have done this sem.
1) Karate Week: new member recruitment
2) Demo for USC closing
3) IIUM Karate-Do Closed Tournament (IKCT): preselection for MASUM
4) Onegaishimasu & Family Day
5) Solat Hajat
6) Grading

thou 6 might be a small number for some. but for us it is quite an achievement.
for next sem, we will be better, with more programs for our members.

Asian Games 2010

16th Asian Games 2010, Guangzhou, China

Written by Chok Kong Yu

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Karate Championship Date: 24th-26th November 2010 Location: Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Malaysia Karate Contingent Results : 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze Gold Medallists : 1. Ku Jin Keat (Men's Individual Kata) 2. R.Puvaneswaran (Men's Individual Kumite) Silver Medallists : 1. Jamalliah Jamalludin (Women's Individual Kumite) 2. G.Yamini (Women's Individual Kumite) Bronze Medallist : 1. Lim Lee Lee (Women's Individual Kata) Karate Medal Tally Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals Rank by Total M W T M W T M W T M W T 1 Japan 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 6 1 2 Malaysia 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 3 3 Iran 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 China 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 5 4 Kazakhstan 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 5 6 Athletes frm. Kuwait 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 5 6 Jordan 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 6 Viet Nam 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 5 9 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 1 10 Indonesia 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 3 5 11 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 13 12 Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 5 12 Macao, China 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 14 Hong Kong, China 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 14 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 16 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 16 Totals 7 6 13 7 6 13 14 12 26 28 24 52 so what is written above is directly copy paste from makaf.net. if u can see from the above result, Malaysia rank second after Japan. This time we only win 2 golds, maybe next time we can get more golds, who knows btw, two UIA students, Bro Nasree and Sis Shamsiah, represent Malaysia and manage to get medals for thier category in the ASEAN university games. photo taken from FB :) so who's next. maybe you. or myself. hehe. all we need is to work hard, not to skip dojo training, and we might can achieve better than them.