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 aikido association membership book or other proof of membership/insurance.
There is now a publicly available Google Calendar available which lists all these course dates, and other key events for the dojo. If you have a Google account, you can very easily subscribe to it, and you can also connect to it via an electronic calendar like iCal.
Rather than seeing this list of events, you can view the calendar on this page, instead.
June 20th, 15h - 18h and June 21st, 10h - 15h
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
The Saturday session will be held at Ezra sensei's main dojo in Birkenhead. Cost is £20 (£15 concessions). If you have no idea what this "iron balls" thing is, and think it sounds a bit like an obscure Shaolin monk training practice, useful only for men... it's not!
You can download the course flyer, where you will noticed that the course title has sensibly been changed to "Iron Spheres"... :)
On Sunday, training will move to the Oval Sports Centre (CH63 7LF).
July 5th, (probably 10h00 - 16h00)
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
Although this is primarily an instructors course, everyone is welcome to attend.
Friday, August 21st (19h30 - 21h) and Sat/Sun 22nd (11h00 - 16h30) and 23rd (10h30 - 15h30), 2009
Friday evening:
Finsbury Leisure Centre dojo, , Finsbury, London,
Saturday and Sunday:
Somerstown Community Sports Centre, 134 Charlton Street, , London, NW1 1RX
The KOBAYASHI Hiroaki Sensei, 6th Dan, Aikikai summer course. More details nearer the time, probably. Exact training times and cost TBC
September 19th - 20th
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
Weekend course at the Komyokan dojo.
October 11th, (probably 10h00 - 16h00)
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
Although this is primarily an instructors course, everyone is welcome to attend.
October 10th and 11th
Location TBA, St Ives
Details to be announced
November 28th - 29th
Komyokan Dojo, 146 Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 7HX
Weekend course at the Komyokan dojo. The Komyokan Aikido Association AGM will also be held on the Saturday.
Friday June 18th - 20th, 2010
Welsh Insitute of Sport, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, South Wales, CF11 9SW
We are delighted and honoured that Doshu, Ueshiba Moriteru, has accepted an invitation from the British Aikido Federation, the Scottish Aikido Federation, the United Kingdom Aikikai, British Birankai and the Komyokan Aikido Association to visit and teach in the UK.
This is Doshus' first visit to the UK for many years and the first time he has visited us since he became Doshu in 1999. We are pleased to announce that Doshu will be accompanied by his son, Waka sensei, Mitsuteru Ueshiba, and a third Hombu dojo shihan.
Dates and times subject to change!
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