Ah the pressure has settled now the gradings are over and done with which can only mean more fun in the Dojo!! Monday saw the Black belts enjoying a sword lesson with Richard San whilst preparing Nick San for his imminent sword grading on Wednesday. And Tim San explained the ins and Read more…
First of course a hearty congratulations to all our students who went for their gradings last Sunday, you all did so well and the whole dojo is very proud of you! Mention of course must go to Mark San who obtained his 2nd Dan, anything above first Dan is a Read more…
Syllabus, syllabus and yet more syllabus on Monday!! Everyone was looking good and on track for Sundays Gradings with everyone performing very well indeed. So much so that Richard San decided, seeing as everyone was looking so sharp we might have a light reprieve and got Tim San to run Read more…
This is a great time for students who are grading, they now know their stuff so it’s all about performance and looking good, and that was certainly true this Monday night! Great kata performances from Mark San, Sempais Ben and Andrej and from Dohigh Chris. Weapon performances were well covered Read more…
Monday night saw a lot of grading activity… Well done to Dohigh Lucy for passing her 1st part aikido brown belt, an excellent and very physical Grading! 30 minutes of spontaneous aikido and kata demonstrations without a break! Good stuff! And Dohigh Jose passed his Nunchaku First Part Test with Read more…
Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 22:47 Lots of excellent work covered this week… On Monday night Sempai Kevin ran a great aikido group, and then did his first part black belt! He performed full partner applications for all the katas at a swift tempo, plus did knife and combat wazas, Read more…
Yet another busy week as the gradings loom ever closer. On Monday night Sempai Kash was in charge of the Aikido group and despite being a bit sore from his latest ‘Spartan challenge run’ he did a great job! This is becoming a very useful exercise for the dojo’s Read more…
More fun and games this week with Monday nights training getting off to a flying start with the Nunchaku Class. Congratulations to Dohigh Jose on learning his Nunchaku Kata, very well done, just the Waza to go now:-) Meanwhile, Richard San put the Aikido students through their paces with the Read more…
The gradings march ever closer and the atmosphere of nervous excitement grows stronger as the weeks roll on. Consequently Monday night was very busy and everyone seems to be enjoying the new format. As part of this new system where high grades gain invaluable teaching experience, Sempai Kevin ran a Read more…
Our self defence session in November seems to be drawing a lot of attention with a number of ‘non-members’ making enquiries as to the nature of the workshop!!! We hope to see some new faces in attendance as well as you veterans. Monday saw Tim San true Read more…