12 August, 2003 - Karate Demonstration
In conjunction of Piasau Boat Club open day, karatekas from different dojo were invited to do karate demonstration. The demonstration was held in PBC on 12th September, 2003. The team was invited for another karate demonstration for the official closing ceremony of Malaysia Independence Day that was held on the 16th September, 2003 in Miri Indoor Stadium. Thanks to all the karatekas who involved directly or indirectly. This include those who support morally or immorally.... hehehe.
17th August, 2003 - Upgrading
There was an upgrading session held on 17th September 2003, in Gymkhana Club Miri (GCM). All the Karatekas, mainly from the Shiwa Karate Centre of Gymkhana Club Miri, Lutong Shell Club, Piasau Boat Club and Curtin University of Technology (Sarawak Campus), performed well. During the upgrading session, six of the CUT Dojos’ members were promoted. Elaine Wong and John Lim were promoted from 8th Kyu to 7th Kyu (Green Belt). Jeremy Soon, Yee Kuok, and Elsie Wong promoted from 7th Kyu to 6th Kyu (Blue Belt). Mei Ling and Andy Liew perform very well and were awarded double promotions. Mei Ling promoted from 9th Kyu to 7th Kyu (Green Belt) and Andy Liew promoted from 7th Kyu to 5th Kyu (Purple Belt). Congratulations to all the karatekas!!
3rd August, 2003 - Welcoming New Members
There will be a free trial session for those who are interested to learn karate on Sunday, 3rd August 2003. During the trial session, there will be some performance by the Seniors to give an insight of the great martial art - ShitoRyu KarateDo. All those who are interested are welcome for the free trial.
28th-29th June, 2003 - 4th G.C.M. Junior Shito Ryu Karate Championship 2003, Miri
The 4th G.C.M. Junior Shito Ryu Karate Championship 2003 was held in Miri from 28th to 29th June 2003. The event was held in the Main Hall of Gymkhana Club Miri. In conjunction of the tournament, Curtin University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) send a team which lead by the Team Coach, Sir Pele Boris. Overall, CUT Team manage to grab 3 Gold, a Silver, and 2 Bronze medals, with only 5 CUT representative, namely Sir Pele Boris, Elsie Wong Ling Ching, Elain Wong Siew Hui, Jeremy Soon and Andy Liew Chee Chung. The CUT's first Gold medal earned by Elsie from the "Intermediate Individual Kata (12 years and over)" event, and Silver medal by Andy from the same event. The CUT's second Gold medal is from the "Junior Team Kata" event, performed by Elsie, Andy and Jeremy. Another Gold for CUT grab by Elaine from the "Junior Individual Kata (12 years and over)" event. In the event of "Men Individual Open Kumite", Sir Pele manage to grab Bronze medal for CUT Team. The last Bronze medal obtained by Sir Pele and Andy through "Men Team Kumite". Overall, CUT Team performed well although the team only have 5 members, compared to other team that have more than 20 members. For what I think, CUT Dojo can be classified as "Cili Padi", small team, but spicy enough, trained efficiently and effectively. :P Lastly, "CUT!!! C U There............!!"
2nd-5th June, 2003 - 7th Rakan Wajadiri National Martial Arts Championship, Malacca
The 7th Rakan Wajadiri National Martial Arts Championship was held in Malacca from 2nd to 5th June 2003. In conjunction of the tournament, The Shiwa Karate Centre of Sarawak send a team to participate in the Shito Ryu Karate competition. The team consist of 13 participants which accompanied by the Team Manager, Puan Noreni D. Jalil and the Team Coach, Sensei Edmond C. Fernando. Curtin University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) Dojo represented by Pele Boris and Elsie Wong. The other Dojo namely Gymkhana Club Miri, Lutong Shell Club and Piasau Boat Club represented by Christopher Chia, Louie Ting, Jordan Lim, Joseph Ruffus Kaos, Clarissa King, Amelia Chia, Nurul Adha Abdul Razak, Nur Almas Ahmad, Adrian James, Arthur Chia and Jamis Huong. Overall, The Sarawak Shito Ryu Karate team managed to get 3rd place with 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 9 Bronze.
After the tournament is over, everyone grab every single chance left to 'enjoy'. Although some of the participants injured during the tournament, the injury seems to be gone during the happy hours. That's strange? Ha! Ha! We as normal human being is always like that. I don't want to explain further, else someone will kick my ass out of here. Here are some of memorable moments...
11th May, 2003 - Upgrading
There was an upgrading session held on 11th May 2003, in Gymkhana Club Miri (GCM). The upgrading session participated by Shiwa Karate Centre of Gymkhana Club Miri, Lutong Shell Club, Piasau Boat Club and Curtin University of Technology (Sarawak Campus). All the Karatekas who participated during the upgrading session include the Karatekas from CUT Dojo performed well, although some of the participants were highly under pressure. During the upgrading session, six of the CUT Dojos’ members were promoted. Elaine Wong and John Lim were promoted from 9th Kyu to 8th Kyu (Yellow Belt). Jeremy Soon, Yee Kuok, Andy Liew and Elsie Wong perform very well and were awarded double promotions, which entittled them to be promoted from 9th Kyu to 7th Kyu (Green Belt). The rest of the CUT Dojos’ members did not turn up for the upgrading session due to some reasons. Hopefully, the members who did not turn up during the upgrading session will train harder for the next upgrading session, which is expected to be hold in August 2003. For the members who pass during the upgrading session, congratulations! Train harder for the coming upgrading to achieve outstanding results. Jiayo! Jiayo!
Gymkhana Club Miri
1st May, 2003 - Gathering
As early as 7.00 am, a number of Karatekas from different Dojo around Miri gather in Bulatan Park in lieu of Labour Day Celebration. The activities lead by Sensei Edmond during the gathering include jogging around Bulatan Park, usual warming up, Kata practices, and speed test. The attendance is quite low, so hopefully the number of participants during the future gathering would be higher. Before the gathering ends, we managed to take some photos.
Future activities planning:
Training session on the beach
Members BBQ
Karate performance for some of the campus events
Training session in other Dojos
Trip to Kuching
