Lil' Dragons Class Changes

Beginning on September 3rd 2008, Lil' Dragons classes will follow the following schedule:

Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:00
Fridays from 4:30 - 5:00
Saturdays from 12:00 - 12:30

Dragons classes will NO LONGER meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Ju Jitsu Grading Photographs

Fabulous photographic highlights from the July 19th 2008 ju jitsu rank test are now available here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/IM1ofHis2/JuJitsuTest71908/photo#s5225550515023888754

The rank candidates were Dennis Duggan for 6th kyu orange belt, and Ned Flanagan, Kenny Moore, and Richie Gleason for 5th kyu yellow belt.


All photographs ©2008 by Lori Schiavone. Used with permission of the artist.

Adult Shiai Photo Essay

An absolutely STUNNING slideshow comprised of 280 photographs taken by Sempai Holly Schnaudigel of our adult karate shiai on May 4th 2008 is now available to view online. Check it out at:

http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll288/mtstreambudo/?albumview=slideshow


All photographs are ©2008 by Holly Schnaudigel. Used with permission of the artist.

Karate & Kobudo Kyu Rank Changes

In order to endeavor to achieve a level of synchronicity between our youth & adult karate kyu ranks, we are changing the adult 6th and 5th kyu belt colors from green (with one stripe) and green (with two stripes) to solid blue and solid green.

The order of the kobudo 6th - 4th kyu rank colors will also be changed, from purple, green, and green/black to green, green/black, and purple. This will put our kobudo system more in synch with our karate kyu system, as well as the kobudo kyu level system of our sister school in Michigan, Golden Dragon Martial Arts.

These changes will take effect immediately; however, students who already have 6th/5th kyu belts in karate or 6th/5th/4th kyu belts in kobudo will keep their belts until their next test, at which time they will roll over into the new colors.

Ju Jitsu Photographs

Photo highlights from Pat Coyle and Ned Flanagan's 6th kyu ju jitsu test can be viewed at

http://picasaweb.google.com/IM1ofHis2/Jooj5308/photo#s5198918440662717778

All photographs ©2008 by Lori Schiavone; used with permission of the artist.

Website Updates

The Mountain Stream Budo website has just been updated. . . .the new features include an extensive etiquette page, an in-depth look at the kobudo curriculum, a hyperlink to the "Ask Sensei" portion of the Weblog, and various minor updates to the News, Links, Instructors, Terminology, and Home pages. . . . so head over to www.MountainStreamBudo.com and check it out!

Kobudo Class Schedule Change

The Wednesday kobudo class time has been changed from [5:30 - 7:00pm] to [6:00 - 7:00pm].

This change takes effect IMMEDIATELY.

All kobudo rank tests for 5th kyu green belt or higher will be held on Wednesdays at 5:30. All other grading and all regular Wednesday kobudo classes will meet at 6:00pm.