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I trust you and your families are all coping okay during COVID. It is timely to provide you with an update on COVID’s impact on Zanshin Martial Arts. Yesterday Andrew Barr, the ACT Chief Minister outlined the ACT’s COVID-19 Pathway forward. It is a light at the end of the tunnel. The Chief Minister’s announcement is hopefully a positive pathway to a return to a post-COVID normal. For Zanshin, at this stage the key date in the ACT’s Pathway forward is 29 October. That is when restrictions are expected to ease for certain activities including gyms and organised sport. Maximum numbers and density limits are expected to apply as will COVID safety requirements. The full return to post-COVID normal is staged and will be in accordance with ACT Government requirements for our ACT dojos.

As we move forward toward 29 October, I will try and get as many ACT dojos / school gyms operating as soon as possible after 29 October. I will keep you informed as we inch closer to a return to Zanshin training. 

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I am really looking forward to the ACT’s COVID Pathway ahead and resuming the fantastic training we share together.Please stay healthy and look after each other.

Soshi Paul Murdoch

The ACT will be in lockdown from 5pm 12/8/2021 for at least 7 days. This snap lockdown will mean that all ACT Zanshin classes will be cancelled for the duration.

The Ai-Ki grading, scheduled for the 14/8/2021, will be rescheduled.

Following ACT and NSW public health advice, Zanshin has to suspend NSW classes for the time being until the current COVID restrictions lift. All of our instructors have been in the ACT in the last 14 days and so cannot take NSW classes.

Please keep an eye on the Zanshin website and Facebook pages for information and changes.

Zanshin will always follow the ACT and NSW Health Guidelines.

Stay safe and stay strong. Our priority is the wellbeing of the ACT and the Zanshin Community; students and family.

With the approaching school holiday period, a reminder for everyone that Zanshin classes continue as normal throughout the school holidays.

Zanshin celebrated a fantastic grading weekend. We had over 400 Junior and Senior students grade over both days at our Northside and Southside grading locations. Congratulations to all those who successfully graded this weekend and to the instructors who prepared their students.

Congratulations to Steve Moore and Alistair Phillips, Zanshin’s newest black belts. It’s been a long time coming and a lot of sweat and focus to reach this point. It is well deserved!

Grading forms are due this week!The Zanshin Martial Arts grading is on the weekend of 19th and 20th June 2021.Grading forms must be dropped off to the nearest class no later than Friday, 11th June 2021.Please make sure you note ‘North’ or ‘South’ on your grading form so you’re entered in the correct grading.How long do gradings go for?Junior gradings take approximately one hour per group. The senior gradings are in one block of about 3 hours, with a break in the middle for lower grades to get their results.When should I show up?If you arrive 10 minutes before the nominated start time, that allows time for uniform checks, attendance marking, and for last-minute nerves to be taken care of.We have stocks of uniforms, t-shirts, kicking bags and plenty of other things available at the grading shop.Ngunnawal GradingNgunnawal Primary School, Unaipon AveSaturday, 19th June 2021Grading Times9:00 AM Junior – Purple, Orange and Yellow Han10:00 AM Junior – Red, Red 1, Red 211:00 AM Junior – White 1, White 212:00 PM Junior – White1:00 PM Senior – All GradesConder GradingSt Clare of Assisi Primary School, Heidelberg StSunday, 20th June 2021Grading Times9:00 AM Junior – Purple, Orange and Yellow Han10:00 AM Junior – Red, Red 1, Red 211:00 AM Junior – White, White 1, White 212:00 PM Senior – White – Yellow 1When working out what your grading time is use your current grade, not the grade you are applying for.

Zanshin is proud to announce Sempai Amber will be the new instructor at Taylor dojo juniors class on Tuesday evenings, replacing Sempai Colin. Sempai Amber is one of several high performing women rising through Zanshin’s senior ranks. As Sempai Colin takes a break from instructing for a while we thank him for his efforts.

Over the Easter weekend, Zanshin classes will be open and operate as normal on Good Friday at Amaroo, Taylor, Conder, Coombs and Queanbeyan South, and on Easter Monday at Aranda, Bonner, Palmerston, Calwell and Googong! There will be no classes on Easter Sunday. but will be running as normal for the rest of the school holidays.

Zanshin Martial Arts is back into training for 2021. Check out the end of 2020 / start of 2021 training dates to inform you about the date each dojo recommences training in 2021.

Most of the 21 dojos across the Canberra/Queanbeyan region recommence classes in the week starting Monday 4 January.

Whether your 2021 goal is to attain your black belt, progress into the advanced class or through the ranks, or simply get fit and learn self-defence skills, there is no time like now to commit to a regular training regime. Zanshin Martial Arts is full of genuinely good fellow students, many of whom share strong friendships. Our strong group of experienced Instructors will help you to achieve your goals.

For parents of Zanshin kids, the resumption of classes is a great way to entertain your children – or wear them out – during their school holidays. As a parent watching your kids train, why not give it a go yourself? Come and do a trial class at one of our many seniors classes.

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