• Aikimail May-June 2012

Junior European Championship 2012

October 27^th and 28^th 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 2012 

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.

• Aikimail Winter Spring 2012

The new venue is:
Basildon Sporting Village Cranes Farm Road, Basildon. SS14 3GR

Tuesday 7:30pm to 9:00pm Adult 14+
Saturday 2:15pm to 3:15pm Family 6+
Saturday 3:15pm to 4:30pm Adult 14+
Adults can attend for the full two hour session (Saturday)

• Aikimail Autumn 2011

Shaun Hoddy (6th dan), Julian Goldsmith (3rd dan) and Jim Dempster (3rd dan) were on the panel.

Achieving Shodan (1st dan):

• Sam Wills
• Dave Larkins
• Matt Drinkwater
• Jon Pieterse
• Lizzie Wisbey
• Nick Blackwell

And a big well done to Jack Voss who reached Yondan (4th dan) !

(From left to right: Sam, Dave Matt, Jon, Jack, Lizzie & Nick)

I would like to say firstly, a massive thank you to our fantastic team of SOTR instructors Ken Broome, Shaun Hoddy, Chris Stamate, Mick Pratt and Jim Dempster.

Thank you to Jim Dempster, Julian Goldsmith, and Castle Community College who let us use their mats for the event. Thank you SAGA for the amazing venue, and for supplying the food and water.

Next I would like to thank those who helped with all the running around collecting and laying mats, moving tables, selling merchandise, cleaning up, entertaining the juniors, and driving duties. To Julian Goldsmith for looking after the activity on the junior mat. Also to my Mum for making the sandwiches, Yvette and Emma for the cakes & ninjabread men, and to all those who helped us in any way during the event. Thank you so much, and much love to you all. We quite simply could not have done it without you.

Our thanks go to Mark Ball for being on hand with his First Aid skills. He did a fantastic job.

Huge thanks to Rob Darling and Julian Goldsmith for the financial support. Absolutely vital.
Thank you Christophe for doing all the design work for the event, and being so flexible when we changed our minds about things (frequently).

I would like to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended SOTR and made it such an unbelievable success. The figures are not in yet, but we’re really hoping to have made a great contribution to SAGA Charitable Trust (will keep you posted).

Congratulations to all those who graded over the weekend. Very well done to all of you.

Lastly I would like to say thank you to the person behind the decision to organise this year’s Seminar. He provided the ideas, the relaxed attitude, and the incredible ability to haggle for the best deals. An exceptional person, and always genuinely kind and humble, he is well deserving of the credit for SOTR 2011. Nice one Paul Smith.

Phil Eyers

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• Aikimail Summer 2011