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Happy New Year!!
Kick start 2008
& work off those holiday meals!
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Check out our new Dojo Calendar
for important dates!
Visit www.karateinedmonton.com and
click on “Dojo Calendar”
If you
haven’t registered for 2008, what are you waiting for? Get started with your training
early in the year to get ready for upcoming clinics & gradings.
Important
upcoming dates can now be found on our new “Dojo Calendar”
available on our website at www.karateinedmonton.com
. Visit regularly to keep
in touch with upcoming events, clinics, gradings, demo nights, dojo
closures & more.
WHEN PAYING YOUR JANUARY FEES,
PLEASE DON’T FORET TO ADD $60 PER STUDENT FOR THE ANNUAL
REGISTRATION FEE.
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Demo Night
& Certificate Presentations at the Dojo, Wednesday, January 23rd.
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Every month we will be having a demo night for the
children’s class where students will have a chance to
demonstrate their current kata to their friends & family as well
as receive certificates & accolades for recent gradings. Additionally, twice per year
(end of school year & at Christmas) we will have a celebration
with snacks & beverages where we’ll also draw for movie
tickets for anyone that has introduced someone NEW to the dojo. We encourage you to bring
friends & family to every demo night! So, bring your cameras on
Wednesday, January 23rd.
It will also be the first day to
get your name in for the June/08 draw for 4 movie tickets. So,
bring your friends and introduce them to the dojo so they can join us
for some fun and also think about starting Karate in 2008……..
and increase your chances of winning the movie
tickets at the same time.
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Yoshinkan Dojo Students Saved themselves
nearly $310 in dojo fees on the December Grocery Card Order!
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Order your
Grocery cash cards by Monday, January 28th and start saving!
On our last order, we generated dojo fee
Savings to Students which totaled nearly $310 between 6 students.
Some students generated enough Savings to have FREE Karate
classes!! You can get involved as well by ordering prepaid
grocery cards for your family & friends through the dojo.
As a value added way for members to save
on their dojo fees, Yoshinkan Karate Dojo is organizing
& administering a systematic way for you to order prepaid cash
cards from Sobey's and Safeway which will return a 5% credit (for the
amount you buy) towards your dojo fees and dojo merchandise.
By participating
you can save as much as your total fees every month and also have
credits for purchases toward merchandise and also help the dojo meet
ongoing operational expenses. You don't have to do anything
different other than to purchase these prepaid cards and you can save
5% (for the amount you buy) towars your fees. Everyone has to eat
and you likely shop at these stores anyways, so why not use collective
purchasing power to help pay your dojo fees each month.
You can involve
as many friends and family members in this opportunity and the savings
will still flow to you for your collective purchases. Talk to one of the Dojo instructors today
to ensure you can get started with our next order. The order
& payment deadline is a bit early this time on December 19/07 due
to the upcoming holidays.
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Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
receipts
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As you may already be aware, in 2007 the government had
introduced a tax credit for up to $500 per year (per child) in fees
paid to get your child(ren) involved in physical fitness
programs. The Yoshinkan Karate Dojo’s Chito Ryu
Karate program qualifies under the guidelines and anyone that has
attended at least 8 weeks of classes throughout the 2007 calendar year
will be provided a receipt for tax purposes.
In the case of families members, please note that these
receipts can only be issued for the portion of your fees attributed to
your child (after discounts, etc.). The receipts will be made
available to you in the first 4 weeks of January for the 2007 calendar
year.
For more information about this program or to determine how
this will impact you, please feel free to cut/paste this link into your
web browser and visit: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/fitness/
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Annual
$60/person Registration Fees in 2008
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Introduction of Registration Fees for
2008
As a result of ever increasing operation costs
we have started introducing Registration Fees to cover fees for
membership in governing bodies which are required for all members.
These fees are not new, they are currently being paid out of the
existing fee structure. Starting January 1, 2008 all members will
be required to pay an annual registration fee of $60/student
to cover these external expenses.
Membership organizations that you
belong to as a result of these fees are Karate Alberta, National Karate
Association, Alberta Chito Kai, Canadian Chito Kai Association &
International Chito Ryu Karate Federation. These are valuable to all
members for the purposes of subsidized clinics throughout the year for
students and instructors , subsidies available
for participation into local, regional, national and
international competitions and affiliated training programs, as
well as low cost group liability insurance for Dojo members.
Starting January 1, 2008 all kyu belt
members will have $60 per year added to their January
fees. Any members joining throughout the year will be required to
pay a pro-rated amount calculated as $5 per month for each
month remaining in the calendar year from the month they join the
Dojo.
This fee cannot be paid on a monthly
basis because we are required to pay the governing organizations for
the entire time remaining in the year regardless of whether a
member continues to come to class, or if they decide to take the summer
off, or if they are a drop in student.
Also, no family discount can be applied to this
portion of your Dojo fees as
the governing organizations do not offer family discounts as you may be
receiving from the Dojo. Also, these organizations do not discern
between children, youth or adults.
if you have any questions or want to
find out how you can take advantage of the many programs available
as a member of these organizations please contact any of your instructors.
You can start utilizing some of these benefits by attending the
upcoming ACK Clinic in May/08 in Calgary.
Details TBA.
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Next ACK Clinic in Calgary in May/08
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These clinics are paid either fully paid or subsidized by your
membership in the Alberta Chito Kai Association. The next ACK
clinic will be held in Calgary at Sensei
Gary Sabean’s new dojo in Northwest Calgary
in May/08 so keep checking these newsletters for clinic dates or visit
the website for our provincial association www.albertachitokai.com
and look under the "Events" section.
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Canmore
Summer Clinic 2008
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Dates set for Canmore
Summer Clinic 2008 from July 12 - 16
The dates for Canmore Summer Clinic 2008 have
been set as July 12-16, 2008. Schedule
this in now as many campgrounds & accommodations fill up
quickly. The Summer Clinic is always a great way to get some
focused training and meet some wonderful people from all over the
world. Details will be announced as they become available.
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Do you know anyone that would
like to rent the dojo for teaching Yoga or other types of Fitness
classes? Have them email info@karateinedmonton.com for more information.
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Help promote the Dojo and win Movie Tickets
Please take a moment to mention
the Dojo as a great place for children, families and adults to increase
their fitness level and learn self defense. Please see below for your
chance to win 4 movie tickets in our December draw while helping
to promote your Dojo during the "Bring a Friend" days and
throughout the year.
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