trial week
Trial Week review: Judo
February 12, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer The spring 2024 trial week had several appealing options — from dance to yoga, and various martial arts. It was a difficult choice to make personally, but I ended up going with judo. Judo was created in 1882 by Japanese scholar Jigoro Kano after he had studied the ancient martial art jujutsu and decided there should be a defensive martial art with educational benefits. In the literal Japanese translation, “Judo” means the “gentle way.” Organized Judo is also celebrating 100 years in Canada, after Shigetaka “Steve” Sasaki immigrated from Japan to Vancouver in 1922, opening…
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Try your hand at trial week
February 1, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor SFU Recreation is hosting this spring semester’s trial week from January 15–20. Trial week is a five-day free of charge look at some of the recreation programs being held for the rest of the semester.…
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Trial week: Exploring SFU Recreation’s dance offerings
February 8, 2020By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer SFU Recreation’s Trial Week allows students to try any program offered by SFU Recreation free of charge. This allows students, staff, and community members to try new ways to get active, meet new friends, and…
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A Trial Week journey into the world of Iaido
January 26, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer (they/them/theirs) I decided SFU Recreation’s trial week would be a good opportunity to try out an activity that would not normally be up my alley. I chose iaido because, though I had never heard of…
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