All Month in June: New students train free. We offer four classes a week and if you attend six or more during the free month, we will gift you a uniform upon registration afterwards.
Mondays in June: Nick Sensei teaches jo and bokken.
Saturday, June 6: Yard sale and goodbye party for Encian Pastel. After twelve beautiful years of training, he is moving to Canada to pursue graduate school. Hope you can join us 11am – 4pm in Berkeley (see email list for more information).
Sunday, June 14: Hao C. Tran gives a reading from his new book, The Old Village Road. Hope you can join us at 5pm (326 23rd Street in Oakland) for an event hosted by Nomadic Bookshop.
Thursday, June 18: Family Day in youth class. Parents and siblings age 7 and up can join us for practice. The timing is the same as usual (4:30pm – 5:30pm).
Sunday, June 28: Meal at Picante after class. It’s a chance to enjoy delicious food and drink and get to know each other.
June – August: The youth program is open all summer with a regular schedule.
Wednesday, July 1: Virtual Q&A with Nick Walker Sensei at 7pm. We’ll send the Zoom link through email.
Monday, September 7: Open on Labor Day.
Sunday, September 13: Dean promotes to 1st dan. The promotion takes place during the regular class (students showing up at 12:30pm and guests by 1:15pm).
Sunday, September 27: Martha promotes to 1st dan. The promotion takes place during the regular class (students showing up at 12:30pm and guests by 1:15pm).
Monday, October 12: Open on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Friday, October 16: Dojo closed due to a special event. Another group at the studio has a theater performance.
Sunday, October 18: Zoe promotes to 1st kyu. The promotion takes place during the regular class (students showing up at 12:30pm and guests by 1:15pm).
Sunday, November 22: Christine and Ben promote to 6th kyu. The promotions take place during the regular class (students showing up at 12:30pm and guests by 1:30pm).
Tuesday, November 24 and Thursday, November 26: Youth class is closed for Thanksgiving week.
Friday, November 27: Open the day after Thanksgiving.
Sunday, December 13: Meal at Picante after class.
Tuesday, December 15: Last class before winter break.
Sunday, December 27: We return to a regular schedule.
… and looking ahead to 2027…
Friday, January 1: Open on New Year’s Day.
Monday, January 18: Open on Martin Luther King Day.
Monday, February 15: Open on Presidents’ Day.
