881 days ago

Summertime Karate Fitness Classes, Seido Karate Lower Hutt

Sean from Petone

Some of our junior student parents have expressed interest in attending daytime karate fitness classes at the dojo, so we have decided to hold trial Summertime Karate Fitness classes for the remainder of the year with the view to extending these into next year if interest is strong enough.

The invitation to join these classes is extended to anyone in the wider community who would like to work on their fitness and learn more about Seido Karate and our family values dojo.

These Karate Fitness classes will be headed by Sean Hill, one of our class instructors in our junior student classes.

If your weekly schedule allows you to have some spare time during the day and you would like to try karate fitness sessions, then you are very welcome to join us in these trial classes, whatever your level of fitness.

Classes will be Wednesday mornings at 11am, starting on Wednesday the 1st of November.

Casual sports / gym dress code, socks permitted but no shoes on the dojo mats please and bring your own drink bottles and training towels.

A $5 fundraising donation to attend will apply for each of these trial classes.

Please email your interest to Sean Hill directly at sean.hill.nz@gmail.com

We hope to see you soon!

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A reminder this hunting season

The Team from New Zealand Police

As thousands of hunters are making their plans for autumn – the Roar – recreational firearms groups are urging hunters to always be 100% sure of their targets.

Te Tari Pureke - Firearms Safety Authority NZ, which chairs the Recreational Firearms Users Group, has begun a public information campaign reminding hunters everywhere of Rule #4 of the Firearms Safety Code: to identify their target beyond all doubt.

Director Communities and Corporate, Mike McIlraith, says there is an estimated 50,000-60,000 New Zealanders involved in big game animal hunting each year, and the Roar is the key event for many hunters each year.
“The Roar is a fantastic time of year for hunters to get out into the hills after a trophy animal but hunting safely and making sure everyone gets home in one piece, still must be the most important goal of every trip,” says Mike McIlraith.
“The consequences of not fully identifying your target beyond all doubt can be catastrophic. Our message to hunters is a really simple one: If you are not sure, then don’t shoot.”

Mike McIlraith says while hunting fatalities are thankfully rare, research has shown that misidentification of the target is the largest firearms related risk to New Zealand deer hunters, and 80% of the time this involves members of the same hunting group.

The Authority says hunters should not feel pressured to take a shot: “Instead, hunters should take the time to analyse their target, wait and see if it is a hind or stag, how old is the animal, how many points does its antlers have? Identifying your target means never firing at sound, shape, colour or movement alone.”

Mike McIlraith says good hunters will slow down, and run through some simple mental checks:
- Can I see the whole animal, or could this be another hunter?
- Where are my hunting companions – could this be them or someone else?
- How much of the animal can you see, if it is a hind or stag, how old is the animal, how - many points does its antlers have?

“Taking a little extra time to identify your target and check the firing zone is the key to safer hunting. No meat or no trophy is better than no mate,” he says.

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