South Of The River seminar 2013
Genryukan Aikido clubs is honoured to be hosting the 2013 South Of the River Aikido Seminar on the 24th/25th August 2013.
Again we have the wonderful sea views from our venue, the fantastic SAGA Pavilion in Folkestone, and have an exciting programme of Aikido scheduled for the weekend. We are hoping the weekend ticket will provide everyone with amazing value for money. It is an open event, so all are welcome. This year we have a dedicated juniors programme, with some fantastic activities lined up.
For more information, use this contact form.
Session with Itsuo Haba sensei
Itsuo Haba sensei, former JAA champion, and members of his high school are visiting Essex Aikido Dojo (Shoshinkan) on Tuesday 26th March.
Itsuo Haba was a personal student of Hideo Ohba, personal assistant to Kenji Tomiki.
Having such a high profile Japanese instructor teaching in Basildon is a great honour and warrants full support from our members.
Rising Dawn Seminar
The Tallaght Tomiki Aikido Ryu will be hosting the Rising Dawn Seminar
2013 in Belgard Community Centre on the 20th & 21st of April.
Guest instructors are Bob Jones 7th Dan, Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan and Mick
Pratt 4th Dan.
Topics being covered are the Koryu Dai Ni, Goshin Ho, Randori Variations &
much much more.
The cost of the seminar is €20 a day or €30 for the weekend.
Accomodation can be booked in the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin
for €140 for two nights B & B or for €70 for one nights B & B.
For more information please contact
k_mc_clean@hotmail.com
aikidopatrick@gmail.com
Or you can contact them via their website at tallaghttomikiaikidoryu.webs.com
I hope as many members as possible from ZATAR/ BAA will attend. The
last Rising Dawn Seminar was held in 2010 and was a great success. We hope this
years one will be bigger and better. See you all soon.
South Of The River seminar
ZETARclubs are honoured to be jointly hosting the 2012 South Of the River Aikido Seminar. Again we have the wonderful sea views from our venue, the fantastic SAGA Pavilion in Folkestone, and have an exciting programme of Aikido scheduled for the weekend.
We have a great line up of instructors: Tetsu Ehara, Yoshiomi Enoue, Ken Broome, Shaun Hoddy, Harvey Goodman, Mick Pratt and Danielle Jones.
For more details, visit our SOTR page.
Open Koryu Dai Roku Weapons Section
Shaun Hoddy Sensei, 6th dan, will be teaching the weapon section of the Koryu Dai Roku at the Goshinaikikwai Aikido Club (Welling) on Thursday 28th June.
The class will be from 8:00pm to 10:00pm.
Venue:
Goshinaikikwai Aikido Club (Welling)
St. Michael’s Community Centre
Wrotham Road
Welling
Kent
DA16 1LS
Seminar: Robert Mustard Sensei & Toby Threadgill Sensei
Our good friends at Meikyokai Aikido will be holding a two day seminar with Robert Mustard and Toby Threadgill this September. These two
undoubted masters of Japanese martial arts need no introduction and for the first time ever they will be holding a joint seminar.
Please find below an overview of the seminar dates, venue and costs:
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th September 2012
To be held at the Dartford Judo Club. The cost of the course is £100 for both days, however if you book before 1st July you will only pay £90.
Click here to open event poster
If you require more information please do not hesitate to contact the Meikyokai dojo at info@meikyokai.co.uk.
ETAN Competitions 2012
Junior European Championship 2012
October 27th and 28th Junior European Tournament
Sport- und Feriencenter, Fiesch, 3984 Fiesch, Switzerland
Pierre-Alain Zeiter competition host: zeiterpa@bluewin.ch
Lee Mazacs events co-ordinator leemazacs@hotmail.co.uk
Senior European Championships
August 17th-19th – Senior European Tournament
Moscow
Ilya Solonitsyn competition organiser and email is orgcom@raa.org.ru
Lee Mazacs BAA Contact point leemazacs@hotmail.co.uk
Both these competitions are open to all BAA members and are club-based events.
An indication of numbers is required by the host organization.
Would interested participants /clubs please register an interest by 1 May 2012 and provide approximate numbers please. This is to help with organization planning and facilities bookings. This does not constitute a financial commitment although final bookings will be required soon.
BAA Spring School
BAA Spring School 2012 at the Winchester Lido Sports Centre
Church Lane (Off Worthy Lane) Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7DZ
Date: Saturday 2 to Monday 4 June 2012
Times: Daily: 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Coaches from within the British Aikido Association will include; Mike Smith, Bob Jones, Paul Wildish, Lesley Hepden, Tony Davis and Lee Mazacs
Sessions include Traditional, Goshin-ho, Kory-no-Kata, weapon and free practice
Grading: BAA members on Monday from 1.30 p.m. (Dan Grading fee: £15.00)
For those wishing to take a junior grade, the examination will take place on Monday am as part of normal training
Coaching unit: Saturday : Level 2: Young People 9.30-12.45 – (£20.00)
Introduction to Judging and Refereeing seminar: Sunday 1.30 to 3.00pm
Mike Smith Seminar: Sunday 9.30 – 11.00am
For more information, and to pre-register, please contact the school organiser:
Mr F Burgess Tel 01962 883282: Mb 07734 325 838: francisdburgess@hotmail.com
Please ensure you sign the register on the day cheques to be made payable to:
British Aikido Association
Participants are asked to bring their Record Book and proof of current membership
Course Fees
Adults BAA member £15.00 per day
Adults non-BAA member £20.00 per day
Coach award Over 18s only £20.00 (this will also give access to rest of the day)
Under 18s BAA member £10.00 per day
Under 18s non BAA member £15.00 per day
NB Mike Smith will be coaching on Sunday morning as part of a celebration of his contribution to Aikido and the British Aikido Association. This will be a unique opportunity to be coached by one of the UKs most experienced Aikidoka in this “Sayonara” event.
ZETAR South of the River Seminar 2011
Genryukan Aikido and Mushin No Shin Aikido present
24th-25th September 2011
Although pre-booking is not necessary, we do have an upper limit on places. To guarantee your place, you can pre-book using Paypal or Credit/Debit cards below. We will add you to the prepaid guest list.
Any proceeds from the weekend will be donated to the SAGA Charitable Trust
- Ken Broome 7th Dan
- Shaun Hoddy 6th Dan
- Chris Stamate 4th Dan
- Mick Pratt 4th Dan
- Jim Dempster 3rd Dan
- Saturday Instructors
- Junior activities
- Sunday Instructors
- Junior activities
Shaun Hoddy
Chris Stamate
Mick Pratt
Jim Dempster
Aikido instruction from our special guest instructors
Shodo (Japanese calligraphy)
Origami (paper folding)
Junior competition
Ken Broome
Mick Pratt
Shaun Hoddy
Jim Dempster
Aikido instruction from our special guest instructors
Shodo (Japanese calligraphy)
Origami (paper folding)
Junior competition
- The Salisbury Hotel The Salisbury have kindly offered a discounted rate (£50 double room inc breakfast, £30 single room inc breakfast) at their hotel for our seminar guests who quote “SOTR” when booking.
- Chandos Guest House Chandos Guest House have offered us a discounted rate (£25 per person per night Single or Twin) at their hotel for our seminar guests who also quote “SOTR” when booking.
- The Royal Norfolk Hotel (nearest to venue)
- The Sandgate Hotel (next nearest) – The Sandgate Hotel have offered us a discounted rate of £60 per room per night, including breakfast. The rate is normally £80 (excludes balcony rooms), simply quote “Saga-Aikido” when booking by phone, or add the code to the comments box when booking online.
- The Burlington Hotel
- Hythe Imperial
A founder member of the Yawara Aikido Club, where he studied under Dr Lee Ah Loi 8th Dan, Ken is also a founder member of the European Aikido Association.
A most successful UK competitive aikidoka and a Team EAA member at numerous world championships in Japan, Ken is a former British & European champion,
Ken teaches aikido at Jugokan Dojo in London.
In November 1997, Shaun received his 5th Dan at Yawara Centre London (Examiners Dr Lee Ah Loi,Ken Broome, Fritz Van Gullik, Eddy Wolput). Today Shaun heads the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei and its 300 members from his club in Essex. As well as regularly teaching aikido to adults and children, Shaun’s focus is on ensuring that the Tomiki Aikido Koryu no kata are preserved.
Mick began Aikido in 1994 at Bradford Aikido Club under Garrett Baxter, and became the assistant instructor there in 1997. He has also participated and instructed at Leeds Central Aikido club, under Bob Jones since 1995. In 1999 Mick became a member of the British National Squad and competed in the International tournament in Brisbane, Australia. Since then he has competed at every International, including the USA tournament in 2007, and three times in Japan in 2001, 2005 and 2009. Mick’s biggest competition successes have been gaining a silver medal in the men’s individual randori competition in Leeds in 2003, becoming men’s team world champions in 2007 and winning a bronze medal in the Open Embu event in Japan in 2009. Since 2006, Mick has co-managed and coached the British National team. Mick won gold medals in Open kata and Dai San events at the August 2011 World Championships in London.
Jim Dempster 3rd Dan Pictured (left) with Tom Davey (right) at last year’s Seminar
Jim Dempster was first introduced to Yoshinkan Aikido whilst serving in the British Army over 25 years ago. He later trained in Tomiki Aikido, reaching Shodan (BAA) in 2003, when he started Gowaryu Aikido club in Ashford. Being a current serving Police officer, Jim’s aim for his Aikido to be practical, effective and fit for purpose.
Randori Application Seminar with Ken Broome 7th Dan Shihan
Shoshinkan Schools of Traditional Tomiki Aikido is hosting a seminar under the direction of Ken Broome 7th Dan Shihan on Saturday 14th May 2011.
The seminar will look at effective applications that can be applied in the various forms of randori.
Ken Broome has been one of the UK’s best competitive Aikido with an international career that spans many years.
The course will be held at the Waterside Farm Sports Centre (Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island Essex. SS8 9RA) from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.
Places are limited to 30, so fill in the Ken Broome Seminar application form and return it as soon as possible.