Congratulations Stan and Shawn

This past Saturday, Stan Rigby and Shawn Cooper tested for their respective kyu levels. We are proud to say that Stan passed his 3^rd kyu test and Shawn the 5^th. While any student advancing through the levels is impressive, it should be noted that these two dedicated students were able to find the time to focus on their martial arts training amidst the busy holiday season. Good work Stan and Shawn.

Training Interruption

To facilitate holiday travel and reduce stress, Haruka Dojo will not be holding class on Wednesday, November 21^st. Training will resume on Saturday the 24^th with the 11 am class.

Congratulations David

The Haruka Dojo would like to congratulate David Smith for all his hard work and his recent passing of the 5^th kyu test. Keep up the good work and enjoy practicing the rather dynamic 4^th kyu.

Back in the swing of things

Now that Weber State's fall semester is fully underway, Haruka Dojo's classes are up to speed as well. In addition to our core of Ninpo Taijutsu, we have been integrating KJJR Jujutsu, bikenjutsu, hanbojutsu and rokushaku bo-jutsu into class as well.

The return of Dr. Holt

Ron Holt will be back leading ninpo classes starting Wednesday, August 15th.  He will lead the Monday and Wednesday evening classes at 7 pm as well as a Saturday morning class at 11 am.  Terry Dodd will continue to lead the Saturday evening class at 7 pm.

Back to regular training

It seems that Weber State is finished using their community center as a storage locker so we can resume training there.  The next class will be Saturday, August 4th at 7 P.M.  After that we will resume our regular training schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 7-8:30 P.M.

Saturday night training site

Thanks to David Douglas we have a place to train on Saturday nights.  We will be training at the LDS church at Polk avenue and Kingston drive in Ogden.  If you head east on 36th street then turn north on Polk avenue, you will see it right away.  The access to a room with extremely high ceilings we now have calls for more practice of bikenjutsu and maybe a naginata technique or two.  Hope to see everyone there Saturday at 7 p.m.

Training Interruption

Starting on April 23^rd, the downstairs of the community center will be closed as it will be used for storage of furniture moved from the, soon to be demolished, promontory tower. Saturday, April 21^st will be the last day we will be able to train at the community center for about the next four months. We are working to find an alternative location until the community center becomes available again at the start of the fall semester.

Congratulations Brooklynn

The Haruka Dojo sends congratulations to Brooklynn Opheikens on her successful test for the 5^th kyu in Genbukan Ninpo Bugei Taijutsu. We look forward to more progress from her in the future as she prepares for the formidable 4^th kyu.

Congratulations, David

The Haruka Dojo would like to congratulate David Smith on his successful test for the 6^th kyu in Genbukan Ninpo Bugei Taijutsu. We look forward to more progress from him in the future as well as from the rest of the students in the dojo.

Quote for the new year

I thought I would start off the dojo's blog for the year with a quote from a practitioner of a related style:


"The way of the sword does not belong to any one type of person, knowledge of the arts belongs to us all." Christa Jacobson

Hopefully, in the coming year we will be able to share our art with several new faces as well as some familiar ones who haven't been practicing for a while.