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Gowa Ryu Aikido

The GOWA RYU, which translated means "Five Ring System", is a club situated in
Ashford, Kent. It was founded by Jim Dempster and has two sister clubs,
"Katsujinken Aikido Ryu" in Deal, Kent run by Mark Hayes-Watkins,
and "Genryukan Aikido" in Dover, Kent run by Christophe Courtin.

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Grading July 2010
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:53:43 PDT
 

An interclub ZETAR grading was held at the Genryukan dojo on 26th July 2010.

The panel was composed of Jim Dempster and Lis Jepsen from Gowaryu Aikido, Paul Smith from Mushin no Shin aikido, Phil Eyers and Christophe Courtin from Genryukan Aikido. The grading was supervised by Tom Davey and Eoin Kerrigan.

A big well done to all of those who passed, and thank you to Jim, Lis and Paul for joining us on this occasion.

The results are as below:

3rd Kyu (blue belt):

  • Martin Morris

6th Kyu (orange and stripe)

  • Simon Russel

7th Kyu (orange belt)

  • James Spencer
  • Ian Crumbie
  • Gabriel Kobol

8th Kyu (yellow belt)

  • Mark Ball
  • Lee Whitehall
  • Antonio Lambranca

Here are some pictures taken during the event:

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S•A•S
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:21:58 PDT
 
A new training ground has been established and will be made available on Sunday the 25th July at Saltwood Lads Club in Hythe. The Sunday Aikido Syndicate is invitation only and will be only extended to those who can successfully demonstrate the full RNK and RNK no Ura Waza on both sides. The syndicate will cost £15 pounds per month.
Bye Bye Bockhanger!
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:10:50 PDT
 
The Swan Centre is in the final stages of its renovation and we have been able to secure training for fridays in addition to the Tuesday with the exception of the first friday of every month. Moving fridays to the Swan Center will mean that the mats will be in one location giving us a much larger mat space to train in. Once we have been notified that we can move back into the Swan Centre we will publish a date.
South Of The River Seminar 2010 - Pictures
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:39:44 PDT
 
The "South Of The River Seminar" has been very successful.
We would like to thank all the students who attended, without your support events such as these would not happen. The coaches for this event were second to none with well thoughtout themes.


Here are some pictures of the events, the entire gallery is available here.

ZETAR Grading 10th July 2010
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:41:44 PDT
 
Grading at Canvey Island on Saturday 10th July 2010.
The following were successful:
Jim Dempster - Sandan
Lis Jepsen - Shodan
Jon Pieterse - ikkyu
Matthew Drinkwater - ikkyu
Emma Rutt - nikyu
Trever Orman - nikyu
Lloyd Martin - yonkyu
Mike DeFroad - yonkyu
Kris gooding - shichikyu
Jim Arundell - shichikyu
Lynn Bracken - shichikyu
Liam Bennett - shichikyu

Congratulations to everyone!

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