A Gala must be a Gala!

It seems like we are returning to summer, nice temperature prevails at the moment. On the other hand, the large number of sick people around me is striking.
These people may be sick for a short time but it can be quite severe as I have experienced myself. At the dojo everything is going well and we are waiting for the 2 new fitness machines. In the near future the cameras will be adjusted to the new setup and we are working on the lockers that are coming up.
The planned renovation is fast approaching and very soon we will be able to get a virtual look at how and what our dojo will look like.

Message from Joop Kasteel

Hey!

I am Joop Kasteel, an old fighter from Amersfoort.
After a difficult period I picked up the thread since a year and am already in good shape. The heavy time, leukemia, had done a lot of damage, I literally had to recover from the ground up.
I did this with kettlebell training, a new world opened up for me.
Now it's time to share that knowledge and I can.

Starting Oct. 15, 10:00 a. m. I'll be at the gym weekly, we'll be doing a spirited class there.
In addition to all the basics of kettlebell training, I'll teach you a few things;

• Strength
  Condition
  Coordination
  Injury prevention/improvement

Last but not least, the BBB. Not just for the ladies, the tummy, buttocks and thighs are well covered in my program.
If you dare, I'll see you!!!

Joop Castle.

Taken verbatim from Joop's post on facebook. Commencement 10 a.m.

Dojo Burning Heart Youth

I had a conversation early this week with Salih Gitgel, who does a more than excellent job of arranging games for our youth. In it, he told me some things that bothered me and wanted to get back to them in my blog. u on Wednesday, Salih posted a message on facebook about, among other things, the goings-on this past weekend where about 10 fighters from Burning Heart came out. He tells his little story so clearly that I decided to copy the post in its entirety.

Here is Salih's story;

We had a very nice gala last weekend with great competitions all over the day and great results for us.
But still I want to say something about the mentality of some gyms. All gyms always have their mouths full when their fighters come to a gala again and matches don't go on due to just not being present, mismatching of the organization etc. But then I don't understand 1 thing: if everyone is annoyed by this why does the following happen?

• 1) We sign up a fighter with 5 games. Yes, calls another gym, we have someone with the same weight and 6 sides so that seems like a good match. We go along with that, because it seems to us too. On closer inspection, it turns out that the opponent has several titles and to get them she must have competed in at least 20 to 25 matches. That doesn't seem quite fair to us, so we offer someone else who matches in weight and number of matches. Then we get back the answer: no, this person has too much experience. (Strange)
• 2) And are we at the gala where during the weigh-in it turns out that only from our gym there are already 4 fighters whose opponents do not meet the weight. And I'm not talking about differences where you can say that's because of the difference of the scale at the gym and the one at the gala. It was really about pounds sometimes. If you sign up a fighter for a title fight to 34 kg, how do you come up with sending him at a weight of 35.4 with an empty stomach, so after the weigh-in some weight is added.

In another match, the opponent was 4 years older and 6 pounds heavier than our fighter. Because of such differences, our gym alone had 4 demo parties.
So could we as gyms all stick to the sought and requested number of parties, ages and weights, then the organizers of the galas would not have to hear how lousy they arranged it because often it is not up to them.

A story I have nothing to add to!!!

CBD Oxygen

Okay! So I say what an amazing effect this has on a body that has to live in this society 24-7. 93 prct of pure oxygen supplemented with CBD and certain oils. We breathe 23 prct of pure oxygen everywhere. So many say, "I'm going to try" but no one does it. Listen up futhermuckers! I don't make a buck off it and am excited as hell because I do it myself and see what it does to me!!!
To make a lot of talk short, the whole month of October 5 times for 35.00 instead of 75.00!!!
Just to let you experience how grateful your body is when you do this. 5 consecutive days must be done, preferably 10! Then there is foundation built up in the body and you can get by with times or 2 per week to keep up. The benefits are huge and read all about it at : www.cbdzuurstofbar.nl
For me it's about waking up so much nicer and energy level because I already look great ?!!! But brings so much more.... So! See ya soon at Denise's CBD oxygen bar....

Three copied articles from facebook that I did not want to change, not a matter of laziness but each wrote this straight from the heart.

Until my next blog,
Dick