We are holding a Self Defence Class on Friday 23rd September 6pm-8pm (the evening before the South of the River Seminar). Cost is a £5 donation to SAGA Charitable Trust. Instruction will be from Jim Dempster.
It is an open event, so all adults of any fitness level are welcome to attend.
The flyer for the event is available for download here.
The official newsletter of the Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei for January/February 2010 is available for download:
As you may already know, Genryukan Aikido are holding a sponsored ukemi challenge on Monday 19th September. The challenge is for each participant to perform 100 flips (over arm breakfalls) within the single class.
We are raising money for SAGA Charitable Trust. We are looking to pay for a bore hole to provide 2000 people in Mukuni village, Zambia with a permanent clean water supply.
If you would like the sponsorship form you can download it here
We will of course film the event for everyone’s enjoyment afterwards.
Your support is very much appreciated.
Phil
Here is a website called “AikiWaza.net” that collects interesting aiki related videos in one convenient place.
There are quite a few videos that would help everybody, regardless of their ranks, as an instructional or reference material.
It is not style specific so you will find a mix of Tomiki, Yoshinkan, Aikikai, etc…
“Meditation plays an important part in martial arts across the entire world. It’s often overlooked as the thrill of combat always seems more important, but for who take the time to incorporate some form of stillness and introspection into their path of learning claim it makes their training complete.” …
More here: http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/the-role-of-meditation-in-martial-arts
