Organisation for the regional grading opportunity is steadily progressing, and I would like to thank everyone who has already put in their expression of interest to grade, and attended to some of their preliminary administrative obligations.

Just a reminder that if you do want to challenge for grade (Kendo, Iaido or Jodo), you need to lodge your paperwork and payment with the QKR no later than this Saturday (4 September). We have already had folk from Brisbane Kendo Club and Bayside Budokai put in their forms alongside those from BBRD members, so the event is shaping up to be a good representation across the Clubs of SEQ. Hopefully, we shall see some more come in over the next few days.

The grading will be held in our usual dojo space at the CBRC on Saturday 18 September, and will be accompanied by training opportunities in the morning prior to shinsa. Unfortunately it will mean no Jujutsu or Systema training will be possible that Saturday.

I would also like to gauge interest in going out for dinner with Kuramochi sensei on Saturday night. It is the weekend of Carnival of Flowers, so we will no doubt have to book a table relatively early due to the expected increase in visitors in Toowoomba that weekend. I would appreciate it if you could let me know on or before training on Saturday so that we can get some planning around the weekend. Dinner is not limited to QKR-art practitioners/members either. Sensei is great company, and very knowledgeable across the breadth of budo activities, so I would encourage everyone to consider coming out to dinner.