Sprung Floor Building at Our Dojo’s New Home
This past weekend, we spent 2 full days working on moving into our dojo’s new home. On day 1, we arrived early on Sat. morning to get organized with Kevin Holter, our project manager for the sprung floor and all other construction projects. Complete with detailed blue prints and cardboard templates, the guys got to work on gluing foam springs to the bottom layer of plywood of our sprung floor, while Kevin was busy cutting up the wood pieces for the second layer and edges.
- GENIUS IDEA of Kevin’s:Using a cardboard template to indicate placement of foam springs
New Dojo, New Sprung Floor
This weekend we are moving into our new location at 140-12811 Clarke Place in Richmond BC. It’s an exciting time for us as it is our first location that we have had complete autonomy over. It is a vast improvement over our last location, with 50% more training space, bigger changing rooms, even a lounge in which parents will be able to watch their children train by video camera in our new martial arts classes for kids 9+. (more…)
We're proud to announce that Lori O'Connell Sensei's new book, When the Fight Goes to the Ground: Jiu-jitsu Strategies & Tactics for Self-Defense, published through international martial arts publisher Tuttle Publishing, is now available in major book stores and online. More about it & where to buy it.