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If you’re coming to the camp, please come to this meeting!

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Starting at 3PM the party went on till late evening with a few guests that resisted all the way to the early Sunday morning

Here is a short clip with some of the relevant moments for the event:

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This announcement provides some new details about the camp, including revised dates and travel arrangements.

The Summer Camp (SC) is a special training event lasting one or more days where all students of the club have the opportunity of practicing together in a relaxed environment.

Given the great success of previous years, we decided to organize the sixth
SC at the same place: a pleasant location in the Hungarian countryside. The whole event will be based in a village called Csokonyavisonta in the Somogy region, in the South East area of the country, by the Croatian border. You can have a look at where it is by clicking on this link.

Participants

Every member of CARISMA is invited to the Summer Camp: lower ranked people usually benefit of the high percentage of instructors and high ranked people that help their development and knowledge. There is no charge from CARISMA to participate to this event: just the costs associated to travel, substistence and fun.

What to do next?

Firstly, read the rest of this page which contains details of what to expect from the Summer Camp, travel arrangements, etc.

Then, let us know whether you will be coming or not, by registering your attendance against the Carisma Summer Camp 2010 event on the Carisma Facebook page. If you can’t or won’t use Facebook, use the email address below instead.

Finally (for now), if you have any questions about the camp, send an email to info (at) carisma.org.uk stating [Summer Camp] in the Subject.

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Provisional Agenda

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NOTES

In previous years we have reached Csokonyavisonta by flying Stansted to Budapest and renting cars to drive the remainder of the way. A similar journey via Zagreb (HR) is also possible.

This year, flights from Stansted to Graz (A) are available for around 60GBP, while flights to Budapest or Zagreb tend to be 150GBP or more. We therefore anticipate Ryanair flights FR 5732 (12:10 11/08/2010) and FR 5733 (15:40 18/08/2010). Transportation from Graz means renting cars in groups of 3-4 people per car to be arranged once it’s known who is going. Europcar currently has some good rates available for online pre-paid bookings.

The distance between each of these places and the final destination is approximately the same, and it is possible to reach Barcs, near Csokonyavisonta by train from Budapest – this is the recommended backup route for anyone unable to take the flights listed above for some reason.

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SUGGESTIONS AND HINTS

• activities: aim of the Summer Camp apart from training is to have fun: what is described above as Activities can be anything between chilling by the local pool or visiting a nearby town or forest for some hiking: it’s easier agreeing day by day what to do rather than rearranging things later because of weather or other reasons.
• money: local currency is the Hungarian Forint that changes to the GBP at about 346 (Google 25/06/10) to 1. Try to have plenty of cash with you. The best way to have local currency is carry some GBP cash and change it locally: alternatively you can draw cash with a maestro, delta card or credit card: all ATM are opened to international circuits such as VISA and MASTERCARD. Please do not rely entirely on plastic for payments over the counter because it cannot be assured that bars and rural restaurants will accept them. Changing at the airport in the UK is also possible but surely less convenient.
• food: Hungarian cuisine is not necessarily the lightest and most balanced in the world. They eat lots of meat, mostly pork, turkey and chicken. The area where we are going is also rich in game so dishes based on venison and wild bore are fairly common. Vegetables are usually very fresh and good. Eating in restaurants costs probably 20-40% of what it costs in the UK. At least one of the nights we’ll have a traditional goulash (or gulyas as it should be correctly spelled). A pint of beer costs between 60p and £1.50 and wine is also very reasonably priced. We let you work out what the budget should be for each of you.
• vegetarians: given the negligible percentage of vegetarians in Hungary most restaurants do not really have special menus to cater for vegetarians. In any case pizzas are fairly common, salads and vegetables are available everywhere even if they are usually considered side dishes. Fish dishes are also widely available: mostly fresh water fish from the local lakes and rivers.
• driving: we will have cars so please make sure to carry your driving licence: it makes life easier for everybody if more than one person per car is insured to drive the same vehicle.  Many car rental companies want drivers aged at least 25 and with a full driving license for a number of years: please check with the company you are choosing to avoid bad surprises.
• Accommodation: the village has a small tourist resort with villas and a Camping: prices for villas will be in the order or £15-20 PP/night: for a couple of pounds you can have breakfast in the nearby restaurant.
• uniform: we are going to be CARISMA ambassadors abroad therefore everybody’s uniform must be impeccable. CARISMA T-shirt, Gi trousers, belt, shoes. Needless to say that you should carry your full kit of pads.
• shoes: training will be outdoor, either on concrete or grass so please wear shoes. Martial arts shoes are probably the best solution. If you don’t own a pair of those the any kind of light weight trainers (not high top) will do just fine.
• sun: middle of August, Hungary: it’s likely to be very hot and sunny. We will be
  training outdoor so don’t forget strong sun protection if you have sensitive skin.
• clothing: evenings are pretty cool as the village is surrounded by forests: make sure to have reasonable warm clothing and a wind/water proof coat.

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TMAS, one of the most important exhibitions of martial arts in Europe, was a great celebration of all martial arts with many workshops, demonstration, competitions and exhibition stands. CARISMA had the opportunity to run two demonstrations at TMAS so a group of members was selected to prepare and perform the short demonstrations that could synthesize the whole essence of our training in just a few minutes and a handful of combinations.

Please have a look at the video:

A big thank you to Georgios Evengelinos, Aaron Lewis, Philip Richardson and Marcia Spoelder for their time and effort to help with the success of these demonstrations. A video of the event is being edited and it will be available soon.

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There will be a small charge of £10 (£5 for non drinkers: these figures are for active members, guests will be subject to £5 extra to the above figures) to partially cover the cost of food and drinks that will be fully provided.

Please register your interest in participating by speaking to us during the lesson or by commenting to this post.

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The Festival will have a section with exhibitors presenting their own products and services as well as running a number of workshops and demonstrations from both national en international martial artists and personalities.

A small group of CARISMA member will be selected to represent the club in the 2 shows to be held on Sat 22 May.

Please express you interested in being part of it (minimum technical standard and rank required) or if you would like to visit.  Those intending to be part of the show should consider to be busy for the whole of Sat, leaving Cambridge at about 7:30am.

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