Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei

South Of The River Seminar – Pictures

The Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei held its annual summer school at the Saga Pavilion Folkestone Kent.

The Saga Pavilion is set in award winning gardens and overlooks the English Channel and is a fantastic setting for teaching Budo.

The instructors for this summer school or better known as the South of the River Seminar were Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan Tomiki Aikido, Greg Barton 5th Dan Tomiki Aikido, Jim Dempster 3rd Dan Tomiki Aikido ZETAR, Julian Goldsmith 3rd Dan UK Shimwakai and Mark Hayes Watkins Daito Ryu.

The morning sessions of the seminar was taken by Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan who taught the Koryu Dai Roku Kata. This kata is not very widely practiced and was the last kata that Hideo Ohba formulated before his death. Sensei Hoddy’s teacher Dr Lee Ah Loi Shihan was studying in Japan at the time with Ohba and assisted him with this kata. The thought behind this kata is to practice it slowly in a very controlled manner.

Mark Hayes Watkins taught techniques from Daito Ryu and showed the link the some of the Tomiki Koryu No Kata have. Much of Kenji Tomiki’s Aiki practice took place in the early part of the 20th century and was Daito Ryu Aiki-Jutsu and Aikibudo.

Greg Barton 5th Dan taught the Tachi tai tachi sword to sword section of the Koryu Dai San. This section of the Kata is closely linked to the Kendo No Kata with Greg explaining how Ohba Sensei weapons background influenced this Kata.

Julian Goldsmith taught kuzushi (breaking balance). This session allowed students to try techniques from various distances and attacks. The theme behind this section was the importance of posture and body allignment.

Jim Dempster taught a very interesting session on Kumi Jo. Although this is not a part of the Tomiki syllabus it was a good tool for training the student in the use of distance and good movement.

Congratulations to both Jim Dempster & Lis Jepson who passed their Dan grading Jim was graded to 3rd Dan and Lis was graded to 1st Dan.

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

July 22nd, 2010 | Events | No Comments

ZETAR “South Of The River Seminar”

Gowa Ryu Aikido Club is hosting the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei’s “SOUTH OF THE RIVER SEMINAR”.

It will take place at the Saga Pavilion near Folkestone
(Enbrook House, Sandgate High Street, CT20 3SE)
on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July, 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Price is £15 per day for pre booking or £20 pounds for those paying at the door.

Instructors:
Shaun Hoddie 6th Dan
Gregg Barton 5th Dan
Mark Hayes Watkins 3rd Dan
Julian Goldsmith 3rd Dan
Jim Dempster 2nd Dan

May 11th, 2010 | Events | No Comments

Republic of Ireland Seminar

The Tallaght Tomiki Aikido Ryu will be hosting a Seminar on the 18th & 19th September 2010 in the Tallaght Leisure Centre, Fortunestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Sensei Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei,Aikido Development Society/BAB, 5th Dan European Aikido Association/ JAA, 1st Dan Tai-Ho-Jutsu will be instructing over the two days.

The seminar will be focusing on the Koryu Dai Yon mainly, but i have no doubt we will be trying a few other idea’s over the course of the two days.

The training times are as follows;
Saturday 18th September 2010: 14:00 – 17:30
Sunday 19th September 2010 10:00 – 14:00

This seminar is open to all Tomiki Aikido Students (Kyu grades and Dan grades). The cost of the Seminar will be €30 for the two days.

If you would like any more information please contact one of the committee members or fill in the form on our Contact Us page. We look forward to hearing from you.

May 8th, 2010 | Events | No Comments

A new club joins ZETAR

Tallaght Tomiki Aikido Ryu is the latest club to join ZETAR.

The club is located at the Belgard Community Centre, Tallaght, Dublin.

Tuesday 19:00 to 22:00, Kyu Grade Class

Friday 20:00 to 22:00, Dan grade Class

More info at http://tallaghttomikiaikidoryu.webs.com

Welcome to Tallaght Tomiki Aikido Ryu and its members.

May 8th, 2010 | News | No Comments

ZETAR instructor course

Here are some pictures taken during the Instructor Course at Canvey Island on 27th March 2010.

They are hosted on the Gowaryu Aikido website.

Thank you to everybody attending.

April 14th, 2010 | Events | No Comments

New venue for Genryukan Aikido

Genryukan Aikido is moving to a new venue.

From the 22nd February, training will take place at the Clarendon & Westbury Community Centre, Belgrave Road in Dover.

Training will be every mondays from 7 to 9:00pm as usual.

For more information, visit www.genryukan.co.uk

February 6th, 2010 | News | No Comments

Instructors Course

Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei is hosting a free course for ZETAR instructors. This course will look in depth at ma ai and kuzushi of the Randori no kata.

Venue:
Waterside Farm Sports Centre, Canvey Island. Essex.

27th March 2010, 2.30pm-5.30pm

February 6th, 2010 | Events | No Comments