SCOA Globe Walk

KIWANIS PARK NORTH  (north of the Delta Bessborough on Spadina Crescent)  12:00 – 12:50 pm     Meet: Kiwanis Park washrooms

PHYSIQUE – JULY 18, 20, 25 & 27   Presented by Motion Fitness

Strengthen and tone your entire body and improve posture with this proven cardiovascular program of sometric exercises and orthopedic stretches.  Bring a mat.  Maximum of 25 participants.

Register:  motioninthepark@gmail.com  Registration starts June 30th

GENTLE FLOW OUTDOOR YOGA –  AUG 1, 3, 8, & 10  Provided by:  Inner Peace Yoga

Balance mind and body through gentle postures.  Suitable for all ages and fitness levels – no experience or flexibility required.  Bring a mat,  Maximum of 25 participants.

Register:  joelle@innerpeaceyoga.ca  Registration starts July 15th

URBAN POLING – August 15, 17, 22, & 24   Provided by City of Saskatoon Leisure Centres

A joint-friendly, full body cardio and muscular workout.  Pole walking instruction followed by a walk along Meewasin Trail.  Poles provided.  Maximum of 25 participants.

Register:  Saskatoon Field House  Registration starts June 30th

Zoomer Idol 2017 will take place on October 19th, 2017 at TCU Place

Auditions for Zoomer Idol 2017

June 25, 27 and 30, 2017 – Knox United Church (use side door)

To book your audition time or for further information:

Phone the Saskatoon Council on Aging – 306 652-2255 or email admin@scoa.ca

Today’s inspiration, Australia’s oldest professional cowboy, is 84 years old, looks about 60, and feels about 40.  Bob Holder  has been competing in rodeos for 70 years, at countless events across Australia, Canada and the United States.  In the past he competed in bronc riding but he currently competes in timed team (steer) roping.  He says it keeps him involved and fit.

“I don’t want to sit in a chair and talk about people and read papers and talk about how my bones are broken.  “I just want to get out and keep on doing whatever I can because I love life.”

He was dismissive when asked if he planned on continuing to ride in the years to come.  “My word! I haven’t even started yet,” he said.

Our inspiration of the day is Keiko Fukuda, a Japanese American judo expert.

Her motto was “be strong, be gentle, be beautiful in mind body and spirit”  She was the highest ranked  woman in Judo (10th degree Black Belt)   She also earned a degree in Japanese literature.

Fukuda, standing at only 4′ 11″ (150 cm) and weighing less than 100 lb. (45 kg), became a judo instructor in 1937 and continued to teach judo until her death at 99 years old.   She was an early advocate for women and encouraged women to throw one another around on judo mats at a time when most women dared not bare their legs.  In the 1960s, the glass ceiling for female judo was the 5th dan (degree). After a letter campaign by martial artists, she became the first female judo practitioner to be awarded a 6th dan.

Her life was the subject of a documentary ““Mrs. Judo – Be Strong Be Gentle Be Beautiful”.