Bun Bu Ryo Do Martial Arts Association Inc.

Lots of changes for BBRD over the next few months.

Some of you may have noticed that the website and Club attached emails are not working. In addition to being physically homeless, we are kinda digitally homeless as well.

This is due to a domain name registration issue that we are trying to resolve as quickly as possible, though it may take some time.

Currently, the page will be our primary way of communicating with the world.

One more challenge, I suppose …

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/1/9/2024/the-usq-martial-arts-club-is-dead

The USQ Martial Arts Club is dead… — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club After 16 years as an affiliated UniSQ Club, BBRD was unceremoniously deregistered by the Student Guild on Friday. The proximal causes of this were a list of reaffiliation criteria that we would always find impossible to meet, including having an Executive fully staffed by current studying UniSQ stu

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/23/6/2024/bbrd-is-moving-to-whatsapp

BBRD is moving to WhatsApp! — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club BBRD is moving to WhatsApp for communications regarding training with the launch of the Bun Bu Roy Do Martial Arts Community. This will enable a safe and up to date place for members to get information in the announcements group - only admins can post here. Plus each discipline of the club can/wil

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/20/5/2024/update-membership-renewal-for-2024-25

Update: Membership renewal for 2024-25 — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club It has been a big few weeks since I last wrote a blog, and am only now coming up for air. I am trying to get this out to as many people as possible, so some of you will have received an invite for membership via e-mail already. There are many friends and supporters of BBRD who have graced the Club

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/29/4/2024/membership-renewals-for-the-2024-25-year

Membership renewals for the 2024-25 year — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club This is a quick reminder that the Club membership year has ticked over and everyone will need to renew your membership status for the coming year. We will be holding an AGM in June once there is more certainty around the constitutional changes required to realign under the entity of the Guild and

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/29/4/2024/club-updates-many-things-on-the-table

Club updates: many things on the table — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club It has been somewhat of a tumultuous start to 2024 for the Club. I acknowledge that I haven’t managed to put out a Budo Blog/bulletin since January, and we are now in that lovely post ANZAC day autumn that Toowoomba experiences. Unfortunately, the University/Guild finally came back to us with a

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/15/1/2024/interim-training-timetable-works-in-progress

Interim training timetable (works in progress) — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club We go into this third week of January with a little more clarity regarding Club training session. After our meeting with Facilities Management, the Guild and Student Services, we are still awaiting what might be the weekend training schedule for Saturdays, and what shape the weeknight sessions migh

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/15/1/2024/some-kendo-and-iaido-goals-for-this-year-coming

Some Kendo and Iaido goals for this year coming — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club Coming off the back of the enforced break from training and my own recreational holidays this week, I wanted to prompt everyone to think about their training goals for this year. This might be improving your consistency of training, working towards a grading, or targeting a competition. Entries cl

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/15/1/2024/self-care-and-supplemental-trainin

Self care and supplemental trainin — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club Given the large break that we have had since before Christmas, I would like to encourage everyone to reflect on what you may need to improve your general physical fitness and capacity to train in the coming weeks. It can be very tempting to push all limits the first session you get back into train

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/1/1/2024/a-new-year-beckons

A new year beckons (cursed to live in “interesting” times) — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club It has been some time between Budo Blog/Bulletin posts and sitting here at the very start of the new year, I though that it would be good to share with the Club’s members and friends what has been happening over the past few months. When last I posted we were in preparation for a visit by Jason Gr

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/16/10/2023/87irxusuuqkn3jmbpxnhe2rqrpyr3l

Training and events for the next few weeks: Jason Griffiths, Renshi; Street Fiesta; training with Brisbane Kendo Club. — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club The weather has certainly turned warmer, and we are coming into a patch of Club committments leading up to the end of the year. Some quick updates for the next few weeks. First up, Jason Griffiths, renshi will be coming up this Saturday (with some additional visitors) to run a two hour Arnis s

http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/18/9/2023/cu1emvpip2ly8pf7p10umy9hbn115a

Congratulations Brady Albrand — Bun Bu Ryo Do - The USQ Martial Arts Club I would very much like to congratulate Brady on his success this weekend in passing his Shodan examination in jujutsu. The panel consisted of Kurt Graham kyoshi , Jason Griffith renshi , Peter Hills renshi , and myself. Brady is the first person to reach shodan under the BBRD Jujutsu syllab