01/09/2008
British Aikido Board National Course 2008
Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre - Saturday 27th September 2008
The National Course is held to provide an opportunity for the wider aikido family to meet together and to train in a variety of styles under some of this country's leading instructors:
Advance payment £20, payment on day £25
13/07/208
BAA Junior Championships (South)
Following the success of the last years competition the 2008 BAA Junior Competition (South) is going to be on Saturday 15th November in High Wycombe.
Venue: Wycombe Judo Centre
Date: Saturday 15th November 2008
Events to be confirmed but will follow same for mat as last year
| Under 8 | Under 10 | Under 12 and 14 | Under 16 |
| Basic Kata 1-5 Ninidori Tanto |
Basic Kata 1-10 Ninidori Tanto |
Basic Kata 1-14 Ninidori Tanto |
Basic Kata 1-17 Ninidori Tanto Open Kata (no weapons) |
The venue is confirmed as http://www.wycombejudocentre.co.uk/.
Cheers
John Carpenter
Eastleigh Aikido Junior Club
07830040625
29/05/2008
Koryu Dai San Suwari Waza & Tachi Waza Sections
The Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei in association with the Aikido Development Society is hosting a Koryu Dai San Suwari Waza & Tachi Waza Seminar at:
Waterside Farm Sports Centre. Canvey Island, Essex.
Saturday 6th September from 2.30pm to 6.00pm.
Course tutors Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan & Greg Barton 4th Dan
Course Fee’s:
- Junior £4.00.
- Adult £8.00.
www.tomiki-aikido.org
29/05/2008
AIKI MAIL
The official newsletter of the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei,
Aiki Mail June 2008 available here
04/01/2008
AIKI MAIL
The official newsletter of the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei,
Aiki Mail January-February 2008 available here
10/12/2007
CLUB GRADING
There will be a club grading on Friday 1st February 2008 up to 2nd Kyu.
26/11/2007
NEW SELF DEFENCE COURSE
As from Friday 4th January 2008 we will be running a self defence course, every Tuesday and Friday from 6.30 to 7.30pm until the end of January.
This is open to everyone, not just club members. The course will comprise various grappling, stick and edged weapon techniques, as well as striking and control techniques as taught to the British armed forces, Japanese and UK police forces.
This will be a mixed class, i.e. juniors and seniors will be sharing the same mat though will not train together for safety reasons.
Each lesson will cost £4, though club members will get a rebate on this fee. There will be no gi's worn during these training sessions, order of dress will be tracksuits.
26/11/2007
NEW BELTS
Some of the senior members of the club went to The Sleeping Storm Dojo on Sunday 25th November 2007 and took the area grading. The grading staff headed by Sensei Adrian Tyndale, Godan awarded the following grades
Christophe Courtin - Shodan
Kirsty Bricknell - 1st Kyu
Eoin Kerrigan - 2nd Kyu
Jim would like to take this opportunity to thank the grading panel and all the coaching staff at Kikusui Kai Aikido for running the grading and say very well done to Christophe, Kirsty and Eoin.
Christophe, Kirsty and Eoin
10/12/2006
DECEMBER GRADING
Here are the result of the grading held on 10th December 2006:
Adult section
Yoshiko Sidoli 3rd Kyu
Josie Bricknell 3rd Kyu
Andy Mahon 4th Kyu
Keiron Le Tournier 5th Kyu
Gavin Le Tournier 5th Kyu
Junior section
Josh Latter 3rd Kyu
Kelly Dempster 3rd Kyu
James Norman 4th Kyu 2nd mon
Rebecca Norman 4th Kyu 2nd mon
Hannah Aiton 4th kyu 2nd mon
Bethany Norman 4th Kyu 1st mon
Oscar Coleman 5th kyu 3rd mon
Jamie Coleman 5th kyu
James Le Tournier 5th kyu
Gemma Phipps 6th kyu 3rd mon
Sam Delfiore 6th kyu 2nd mon
Ashton West 6th kyu 3rd mon
Tristen West 6th kyu 2nd mon
Jay Jackson 6th kyu 2nd mon
Student of the year went to Josh Latter
The Aiki 'Spirit' award went to Rebecca Norman
Most promising new comer awards :
girls section - Hannah Aiton
boys section - Oscar Coleman
Student of the month for Nov 06 was Kelly Dempster. Dec 06 was Jamie Coleman.
The Gowa Ryu Uchi Deshi for 06 is Tom Davey.
Well done everybody!
16/11/2006
NEW GRADES
Tom and Richard passed to brown belt and orange belt respectively on Sunday at Thanet Judo Kwai.
They successfully got through a tough session, so a well done.
26/07/2006
PICTURES OF THE EAST STOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION
The demonstration at the East Stour Primary School was quite a success, with the club's students braving the heat to show what Aikido is all about.
You can see the pictures here.
25/05/2006
AIKIMAIL
The May/June 2006 issue of Aiki Mail, the official newsletter of the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei is now available here.
21/04/2006
GRADING RESULTS
Kirsty Bricknell and Eoin Kerrigan passed to blue belt and green belt respectively on Wednesday night at Thanet Judo Kwai.
It was a very energetic grading and they both performed really well. So a hearty well done
06/01/2006
SENSEI'S NEW BELT
Jim Dempster was promoted to second dan on Saturday 1st April (or was it a cruel April fool?).
So from all the Gowaryu's students: "Well done Jim!"
06/04/2008
TANSEIKAN FUNDAY MARCH 2006 RESULTS
16 Juniors from Eastleigh Aikido plus Jamie, Nicole, Alex, John, Kirsty and parents
11 Juniors from Ashford Aikido Club plus Jim and parents
8 Juniors from Winchester Aikido Club plus Bob, Alistair, Tim, Adam, William, James and parents
17 Juniors from Tanseikan plus Vanda, Sean, Volkan, Joe, Charlie and David
Junanahon
Starter Grades
1st Emma Whitlock & Niamh Carpenter
2nd Dylan Hawksworth & Daniel Wright
3rd Lucie Dick & Louise Young
Middle Grades
1st Rebecca Norman & Kelly Dempster
2nd Oliver Hunt & Chris Wolstenholme
3rd George Ellis & Charles Ellis
High Grades
1st Charlie Keeper & Jenna Barnes
2nd Sian House-Merritt & Africe Townsend
3rd Louis Barnes & Adam Collins
Ninindori
Beta B
1st Joshua Fielding, Emma Whitlock & Tamara Field-Wilson
2nd Billy Savage, Ryan Muhareem & Dylan Hawksworth
3rd Jordon Ellis, Mathew Belayneh & Oliver Rowe
Beta A
1st Lucie Dick, Curtis Price & Oliver Hunt
2nd Thomas Murphy, Jacob Platt & James Norman
3rd Louise Young, Max Magill & George Ellis
Alpha B
1st Nick Woodman, Josie Bricknell & Chris Wolstenholme
2nd Rebecca Norman, Charles Ellis & Charles Yuen
3rd Perry Robert, Louis Barnes & Bethany Norman
Alpha A
1st Sev Nzsdejan, Charlie Keeper & Freddie Hawkings
2nd Birkan Parlar, Adam Collins & Sean Muharrem
3rd Sian House-Merritt, Jenna Barnes & Ed Thomas
Tanto Taisabaki (Beta)
1st Jacob Platt
2nd Bethany Norman
3rd Curtis Price
Tanto Taisabaki (Alpha)
1st Jenna Barnes
2nd Adam Collins
3rd Ed Thomas
Best Aikidoka Awards
Africe Townsend
Kelly Dempster
Dylan Hawksworth
25/03/2006
PICTURE OF THE ADULT COMPETITION (BISHAM ABBEY)
On Sunday 26th February 2006, the club is taking part in an Area Randori Competition at Bisham Abbey, Buckinghamshire.
Here are the pictures of the team in action.
Well done Yoshiko Sidoli for bringing back a medal!
20/03/2006
KIDS COMPETITION TRAINING PICTURES
At last, the pictures of the competition training day with Nicole Anson & Marlon Hoating are available here.
The event was held on 21st January 2006 at the Triangle Community Centre in Dover. The "freeplay" training day was designed to direct children and young people in the art of Tanto Randori.. You'll see just how much fun the kids have had that day. :)
20/02/2006
TRANSPORT FOR THE COMPETITION
On Sunday 26th February 2006, the club is taking part in an Area Randori Competition at Bisham Abbey, Buckinghamshire.
Competitiors have to be at the venue for a 9.30am registration so the mini bus will be leaving:
- from Dover at 7am.
- from Folkestone Police station at 7.30
- from the Swan Centre at 8am. Again the cost for the bus will be £7.
17/11/2005
A COUPLE OF PICS
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Students attending the Judo Go-Shin-Jutsu Kata course ran on Sunday 16th October 2005 in Epsom with the Kano Society.
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Students who went through the grading at the Thanet Martial Arts Centre (Margate) on Wednesday 5th October 2005.
From the Gowa Ryu club, Kirsty Bricknell was promoted to 3rd kyu (green belt), and Christophe Courtin to 1st kyu (brown belt).
11/10/2005
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
We are proud to announce that the Student of the Month for October 2005 is Alex Vergara.
Well done Alex! :)
11/10/2005
KIDS COMPETITION AT CANVEY ISLAND (01/10/2005)
The juniors participated in the competition held at Canvey Island on the 1st October 2005.
Check out the result at the here.
15/09/2005
KORYU DAI GO COURSE WITH SHAUN HODDY
The Aikido Development Society, Gowaryu Aikido, Katsujinken Aikido Ryu, Winchmore and David Lloyd Clubs visited Shaun Hoddy's Dojo on Canvey Island on the 4th of September 2005 for a Koryu Dai Go course.
Shaun Hoddy can be seen performing the Koryu Dai Go on Aikido Development Society.
A big thank you to Shaun and his club member for an enjoyable afternoon.
14/09/2005
KIDS COMPETITION, SATURDAY 10th 2005
Saturdays competition was quite a success, with contestants from the Ashford and Deal clubs battling it out in four different categories.
