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Last updated: September 21, 2006
On Saturday, September 9th, 2006 the Rideau Osgoode Karate Club held it's annual Fall Open House. The open house featured demonstrations of Karate and Jiu Jitsu, and a grading ceremony for members who participated in the previous evening's Karate Grading. The open house resulted several new members joining the ROKC family. To all new members: welcome aboard!
On June 8th, 2006 Sensei Albert was presented with his Rokudan (Sixth Degree Black Belt) by his long time instructor, Professor Georges Sylvain (Judan). Sensei Albert began his martial arts training with Sensei Sylvain in 1967 and has remained a dedicated student over the many years. Recently, Sensei Albert helped Sensei Sylvain produce his outstanding book, "Can-Ryu Jiu Jitsu 2000: A 50 Year Journey Into The Study And Evaluation Of Self-Protection Techniques".
Sensei Albert's students and family were in attendance for the low-key award ceremony during which Sensei Sylvain lauded Sensei Albert's dedication and his success at building a real family-oriented environment in his Dojo.
Congratulations Sensei Albert, and thank you for your many years of dedication to the Rideau Osgoode Karate Club and its members!
Fun was had by all.
Fun was had by all.
Once again, many brave souls jumped into the Ottawa River to raise funds for the Children's Hospital. This year 39 souls braved the cold weather and had a great time.
The ROKC Kid's tournment was well attended by many clubs from around Ottawa including Rising Sun Martial Arts, The Ottawa-Gloucester Martial Arts Academy, and Uplands Karate Do. Some participants came from as far away as Kingston and Napanee! Everybody had a great time.
The ROKC hosted a Police pressure point seminar by Professor Georges Sylvain with 19 participants.
The "Back to Basics" Camp was held at the Long Island RCMP Camp on June 25th, 2005. Sensei Jack Donovan was there teaching Jiu Jitsu along with the ROKC instructors who all took turns teaching Karate, grapping, Tai Chi, and weapons. There was--of course--swimming, food, and lots of fun.
The first meeting of the ROKC demo team was a resounding success. We spent some time working out team kata, self-defense, and board breaking demonstrations. In the future we will add some weapons kata demonstrations.
The ROKC had an amazing showing at the Rockland Tournament, with the following results:
- Jay Lauzon: lst place black belt kata, 1st place black belt sparring, 1st place black belt grappling
- Mike Martino: 2nd place black belt kata
- Dylan Trickett: 3rd place black belt kata, 3rd place black belt sparring, 1st place black belt weapons kata
- Cody Clark: 4th place black belt sparring, 2nd place black belt weapons kata
- Shawn Beaton: 1st place white belt kata, 1st place white belt sparring, 2nd place grappling
- Kenny Beaton: 3rd place yellow belt kata, 3rd place yellow belt sparring, 2nd place grappling
- Chris Stanford: 1st place orange/green belt kata, 1st place orange/green belt sparring
- Cody Bastien: 2nd place orange/green belt kata, 3rd place orange/green belt sparring, 1st place kyu belt weapons kata
A good time was had by all.
Once again, many brave souls jumped into the Ottawa River to raise funds for the Children's Hospital. This year, we had to cut through almost 50 cm of ice to make the hole.
The ROKC presented the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario with a cheque for $7300.00. The funds were raised during a collection of events and activities, including the ROKC Polar Bear Dip for Charity 2004 and the ROKC gumball machine.
The Rideau Osgoode Karate Club held its 8th annual Polar Bear Dip in Ottawa on January 1st, 2004. The temperature this year was very mild and so we did not have to even cut through the ice (some 2 metres of open water was exposed close to the shore). Forty-two brave souls braved the elements to jump into the frigid winter waters of Mooney's Bay. The annual event raises money for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
The ROKC's annual "Back to Basics" Summer Camp was held again this year at the Rideau Hills Campground in Osgoode. Fun (and lots of hard work) was had by all.
'Back to Basics' means lots of kicks and punches. 
Sensei Albert celebrates the ROKC's 15th year. 
Sensei Jack Donovan was on hand to teach Ju Jitsu. 
What's a camp without swimming? 
On June 7th, a Black Belt Grading was held at The Rising Sun Karate Club in Rockland, Ontario. After five grueling hours, Cynthia Kitson graded to First Degree Black Belt along with several members from The Rising Sun Dojo. Congratulations to everyone.
There was a lot of pain... 
Students from many clubs attended. 
Professor Sylvain enjoys his work. 
Did we mention the pain? 
The Rideau Osgoode Karate Club held its 6th annual Polar Bear Dip in Ottawa on January 1st, 2002. Relatively mild temperatures this year left only four inches of ice to cut. Twenty-five hearty souls braved the elements to jump into the frigid winter waters of Mooney's Bay. The annual event raises money for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
