I have begun assembling some of the pics from the Spring 2008 Camp. Everyone had a great time!

Congratulations to Chuck and Stacey on their promotions as well!!!

Check out the pics here.

Date: April 4-6, 2008

Location: Camp John I. Hay, Hazlehurst, MS

Details can be found here. If you plan on attending, please feel free to print out the forms and regulations found here.

Location: Camp John I. Hay
Date: Apr 4 - 6, 2008
Details: Here is the page link, though details will be posted later.

Spring camp is coming up!!!

Date: October 26/27/28, 2007

Location: Camp John I. Hay, Hazlehurst, MS

Details can be found here. If you plan on attending, please feel free to print out the forms and regulations found here.

Although I could not attend the last camp, I was fortunate enough to get pics from the Spring 2007 Isshin-Aiki Camp sent to me from Dan Nix. Thanks a lot for the pics, Dan!!! Looks like I missed a GREAT time.....

[Check out the Spring 2007 Camp pics!]

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.
 
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

[Read more info about Memorial Day at the website below]

*From: memorialday.org

Spring camp is coming up!!!

Date: May 4/5/6 2007

Location: Camp John I. Hay, Hazlehurst, MS

Details can be found here. If you plan on attending, please feel free to print out the forms and regulations found here.

Hosted by Senseis Mark & Susan Riddle

Date: Feb 24 & 25, 2007

More info to be posted after the holidays

It is with a sad heart to announce that on Nov. 15, 2006, Sensei Steven Harry Armstrong passed from this life into one eternal. Our prayers and concerns go out to his family, friends and students across the globe.

Please take the time to read one his students words. http://veritas.swiftsite.com/sensei.html

Fall camp is coming up at the end of this month!!! Price has changed to $60.00.

Dates: Sep 22-24, 2006
Location: Camp John I. Hay, Hazlehurst, MS
Price: $60.00

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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Sensei Mark Riddle at the following address:  (mriddle703 [at] aol.com).