Rockwood School, Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3AL, United Kingdom

For more info, call 01264 773971 or email dojo@andoveraikido.demon.co.uk

This is an incredible chance to learn from Master Koretoshi Maruyama, founder of Aikido Yuishinkai, in the UK section of his World Tour for 2008. Maruyama Sensei is an original student of O'Sensei. ALL GRADES, ALL STYLES and BEGINNERS are welcome. Please bring your own lunch.

Check the course poster (PDF) for further details

Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Shropshire

*** CANCELLED ***

University of Bath

This annual seminar is becoming quite an event with Aikidoka from all over the UK and abroad travelling to see Hiroaki Sensei’s clean and dynamic Aikido demonstrated and explained with clear English instruction. For those people that attended the Yasuo Kobayashi shihan seminar last year, this will be a chance to experience his son and the technical director of the Kobayashi UK association. See their website or the course poster for more details, times, and prices.

Kyu Shin Kan Aikido, Leicester (Location TBC)

Peter Brown sensei (5th dan so hombu) will teach this course. More details should be available nearer the time.

Cambridge Aiki Dojo, Kelsey Kerridge, Queen Anne Terrace, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1NA

Times haven't been fixed exactly yet, but training will be on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, to give sensei and anyone from his dojo time to get between Birkenhead and Cambridge. Costs TBC. A poster will be made available for download, once we have those details straight.

A meal will be organised for Saturday evening, and we will need to have in advance a list of people who want to go to that, so that we can book a table.

St Ivo Centre , Westwood Road , St Ives , Cambridgeshire , PE27 6WU
Tel: 01480 388500

Celebrating 10 years of St Ives Aiki Dojo with three A-list senseis - Yoshimitsu Yamada shihan, (8th dan so hombu, New York Aikikai) http://www.nyaikikai.com/yamada.asp Donovan Waite shihan, and (7th dan so hombu, USAF) http://www.aikidocentercity.com/27.html Haydn Foster sensei 7th dan, Institute of Aikido

More details, poster and booking form will be made available when possible.

The Sobel Sports Centre, Hornesy Road, Islington, London, N7 7NY, UK

Course fee is £10 (£8 concessions), and there will be a short break. There will be a meal organised after the course. For further details, contact Andrew Humphreys sensei (Tel: 07709120518 or email: ahumphreys@hotmail.com).

Meadowbank Sports Centre, London Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH7 6AE

Okamoto Sensei started Aikido at Aikikai Honbu Dojo, the world headquarter in 1977, with the late Doshu Kissyomaru Ueshiba, then continued in France ( 1979-1981) with Christian Tissier Shihan. Upon returning to Japan, continued training with shihans in Honbu dojo following mainly late Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan, and I. Shibata Shihan (Current Berkley Aikikai Dojo-cho)

Established Portland Aikikai in Portland Oregon, in 1991, assumed a role of dojo-cho (chief instructor) until her return to Japan in 2003. Started Aikido Kyoto in 2003 for development of Aikido in Japanese and international community in Kyoto.
She currently holds the rank of 6th dan.

Contact: Neil Blacknell sensei - tel: 0131 6202403, email: neilblacknell@hotmail.com

St Ives Aiki Dojo , Burleigh Hill Community Centre , St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3ER

A special workshop with Bernhard Köllhofer from the German Aikikai. No further details available yet.

Kyu Shin Kan Aikido, Leicester - location TBC

Peter Brown sensei (5th dan Aikikai) will teach this course. More details should be available nearer the time.