Cambridge Aiki Dojo
Aikido courses 
Please note - unless otherwise stated, the courses listed on this page are open to everyone , regardless of grade or experience. It doesn't matter if you have been doing aikido for 10 weeks or 10 years, you can still learn something at a course, and your abilities will be taken into account by everyone you train with there. Practicing with lots of different aikidoka will introduce you to endless nuances of this martial art, and it is always good to learn from other sensei
Always take your UKA book or other proof of membership/insurance.
Michele Quaranta sensei 6th dan so hombu, Swiss Aikikai
Friday, May 16th (20h - 22h) and Saturday, May 17th (12h30 - 17h30)
Friday evening:
Kelsey Kerridge, Queen Anne Terrace, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1NA
Saturday:
St Ives Aiki Dojo,
Burleigh Hill Community Centre,
St Ives,
Cambridgeshire,
PE27 3ER
http://www.stives-aiki-dojo.org.uk/
Quaranta sensei (6th dan Aikikai) will teach at our dojo in Cambridge on Friday evening, and then we can all head over to St Ives the next day, and train there. Prices and booking details are available on the course poster (JPEG). Book before April 17th, and you can get a discount!
If you read Quaranta sensei's biography, you will learn that he was a student and assistant to Ikeda sensei for some 20 years, and that his hobbies are football and funky music.
Terry Ezra shihan 6th dan so hombu, Komyokan Aikido Association http://www.aikido.co.uk/kaa/
May 17 - May 18, 2008
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
Saturday - 15h00 to 18h00; Sunday - 10h00 to 13h00. Please bring proof of insurance.
Peter Brown sensei, 5th dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai http://www.kyushinkan.com/ Kevan Ginns sensei, 3rd dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai http://www.kyushinkan.com/ Ivor Cinderby sensei 2nd dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai http://www.wokingham-aikido.org.uk/
May 18th, 10h - 13h00
John Sandford Sports Centre,
Western Boulevard,
Leicester,
LE3 5LX
http://www.kyushinkan.com/
Peter Brown sensei (5th dan Aikikai) will teach this course, along with Kevan and Ivor. Prices, etc can be found on the course poster (PDF).
Terry Ezra shihan
May 24th - 25th
Makoto dojo, Sporthal Lunetten, Wijk Lunetten, Zwarte Woud 201, Utrecht, 3524 SG, Netherlands
For more info (in Dutch... ), have a look at Piet Lagerwaard sensei's Arnhem Aikido website.
P Brown sensei and K Ginns sensei
Saturday, July 5th, 13h00 - 17h00
The Sobel Sports Centre, Hornesy Road, London, N7 7NY
This will be a joint course, held at the Airenjuku dojo in London, with Peter Brown sensei (5th dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai) http://www.kyushinkan.com/ and Kevan Ginns sensei 3rd dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai http://www.kyushinkan.com/ .
Koretoshi Maruyama sensei
Friday, July 25th - Monday, July 28th
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
KOMYOKAN AIKIDO SUMMER SCHOOL
August 18th - 22nd
Lilleshall National Sports Centre,
The Ford Hall,
Newport,
Shropshire,
TF10 9AT,
United Kingdom
http://snipurl.com/22n9w-33447 [www_aikido_co_uk]
Instruction by Terry Ezra Shihan 6th Dan. You can stay on-site, but book soon...
All the details are on the KAA website.
Hiroaki Kobayashi sensei Kobayashi Sensei, son of Yasuo Kobayashi shihan, was born in 1965 and started his Aikido practice at the age of 3. Kobayashi Sensei is now the present Fuku-dojocho (vice president) of Kobayashi Dojos and technical director of Kobayashi UK and Tenchikan Dojo. Kobayashi Sensei teaches all over the world including Indonesia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Finland, Sweden and of course England.
August 22nd - 24th
University of Bath, The AV, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
This annual seminar is becoming quite an event with Aikidoka from all over the UK and abroad travelling to see Kobayashi 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.
Peter Brown sensei 5th dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai
September 7th, 10h - 14h30
Kyu Shin Kan Aikido, Leicester
(Location TBC)
http://www.kyushinkan.com/
Peter Brown sensei (5th dan Aikikai) will teach this course. More details should be available nearer the time.
10 Year Anniversary with Yoshimitsu Yamada shihan, Donovan Waite shihan, and Haydn Foster sensei
September 12th - 14th
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.
Bernhard Köllhofer sensei Aikikai Germany
Friday, Nov 7th - Saturday, Nov 8th
St Ives Aiki Dojo ,
Burleigh Hill Community Centre ,
St Ives,
Cambridgeshire,
PE27 3ER
http://www.stives-aiki-dojo.org.uk/
A special workshop with Bernhard Köllhofer from the German Aikikai. No further details available yet.
Peter Brown sensei 5th dan so hombu, Kyu Shin Kan, United Kingdom Aikikai
November 16th, 10h - 14h30
Kyu Shin Kan Aikido, Leicester
(Location TBC)
http://www.kyushinkan.com/
Peter Brown sensei (5th dan Aikikai) will teach this course. More details should be available nearer the time.
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