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Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! 

2015 has been fun-filled year with lots of opportunities for training together as well as with others thanks to the many visiting instructors we have had grace our shores. Its been great to see the remarkable progress of everyone within the dojo over the year, and next year looks to continue the tradition with planned visits from travelling Sensei’s – stay tuned for details as they emerge.

But for now, we wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Christmas-New Year break and I look forward to training together with you all again in 2016 – Classes will resume on Tuesday 12th January.

Take care everyone

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Limited Spaces Available for Upcoming Gasshukus

Limited spaces are still available for both Takeda Sensei’s visit this weekend to Sydney and Suzuki Sensei’s visit to Hobart on 5 & 6th December. If you wan to participate you will need to hurry!

For details on Takeda Sensei’s visit go to: http://www.aikidosydneycity.com/sydney-seminar-with-yoshinobu-takeda-shihan-21-22-november-2015-registration-now-open/

For details on Suzuki Sensei’s visit to Hobart see for our earlier post at: https://rydeaikido.org/newsandevents/

Hope to see you there!

 

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6th Anniversary training this Thursday

It was AKI Ryde Aikido’s 6-year anniversary last week. Wow, can you believe it? Sometimes it seems like the years have just flown by.

So we’re going to celebrate with an anniversary training on Thursday followed by dinner at a local restaurant (to be confirmed).

Training will start a little earlier – about 6:45pm so please make sure you are there early to help prepare the dojo. And it looks like we might have a couple of sempai from our sister dojos joining us so it should prove to be an enjoyable evening. Hope to see you there!

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Gradings night – Thursday 22nd October 2015

Its that time of year again! We’ll be holding our Spring gradings for a number of students on Thursday 22nd October at the dojo. Please come along and support your fellow students who are grading. Who knows, we might even have a little celebration afterwards! 🙂

Look forward to seeing you all there.

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Return of Suzuki Sensei (7th dan), Hobart 4-6 Dec 2015

Following the fantastic January summer gasshuku in Canberra, Suzuku Sensei (7th dan) has agreed to return to Australia – this time to Hobart- for another summer gasshuku on the 4-6th December. Come along and experience Suzuki Sensei’s relaxed yet powerful style of Aikido for what should prove to be a wonderful gasshuku in a wonderful location. Hobart is beautiful in December, so take that short holiday you deserve and combine it with some wonderful training.

Numbers may be limited so register early!

Click on this link for a flyer with the preliminary details of the event: YSuzukiHobartFlyer2015

When: Friday 4th – Sun 6th December 2015

Where: Hobart Tasmania

Contact: Uwe at info@aikidoutas.org.au or 0422 513 453

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Winter Gasshuku with Sensei Gleason 6-8 June 2015

Don’t forget this weekends Gasshuku with Sensei Bill Gleason (7th Dan) from Boston USA. Sensei Gleason will be focussing on developing internal power without force, and if last nights class is anything to go by, you will come away with much to work on. Full details including waivers, registration forms and poster are available on the Balmain dojo website:

http://www.aikidosydney.com/events.html

When:
Saturday 6th: 12 – 4 pm
Sunday 7th: 9am – 4pm
Monday 8th: 9am – 1pm

Where: Montessori School Dojo, 3 Myoora Rd Terry Hills

Cost: $250 for whole weekend
Daily rate: $120 for Sunday or $80 for Saturday or Monday

Contact: Steve Seymour 0414 376 912

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Sense I Bill Gleason will be joining us this week and next

Sensei Bill Gleason (7th dan) from Boston is arriving this week to lead a 3 day workshop this long weekend at Terry Hills, and he has kindly agreed to take classes at Ryde before and after. This is a rare opportunity to learn from someone who has dedicated his life to developing his aikido. Classes will start a little earlier and go for 2hours. Details are:

When: Thursday 4th June, next Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th

Where: AKI Ryde dojo

Time: Classes will start 6.30 to 8.30 on these days.

Cost: $20.

Visitors are welcome but will need to arrive early to complete a waiver. Please also join us afterwards for a meal and refreshment if you can.

Hope to see you there!

This should be a great warm up to, and taste of the weekend gasshuku. Details on the weekend gasshuku are available at: aikidosydney.com

 

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Grading certificates

We will be awarding grading certificates this Thursday for those who graded recently. Hope to see you there to either receive your certificate or congratulate those that do. 🙂

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Hiroshi Yamamoto Sensei (6th dan) Gasshuku: 21 & 22 March 2015

UNIIts all confirmed! Hiroshi Yamamoto Sensei (6th dan) from Yokohama City University Aikido club will be visiting Australia in March with around 10 of his students from Japan. Hiroshi Sensei has a powerful, yet soft style of Aikido. Come along and experience both his wonderful teaching and the delightful training with his students. Click on the image for the poster or see below for all the details on the Gasshuku.

Weather permitting, there will be a BBQ and swimming after keiko so bring your swimmers along as the water temperature will be beautiful at that time of year. This should prove to be a wonderful weekend.

 

Dates:  Sat 21st and Sun 22nd March 2015
Time:   
Saturday 10am – 2 pm  and  Sunday 9am – 1pm   (please be early to registered help prepare the dojo)
Location:
Seaforth Scout Hall on the corner Sangrado Rd & Seaforth Cres, Seaforth, Sydney NSW 
Map link:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Seaforth+Cres+%26+Sangrado+St,+Seaforth+NSW+2092/@-33.7983064,151.2412536,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x6b12abe6ef37667f:0x64788f870db2ef2a
Cost:    
 $100 for two days  or  $50 for one day

Contact: Steve Seymour aikidobalmain@gmail.com  or 0414 376 912

Registration: Download the registration form here

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Ryde Aikido starting back Tues 13th Jan

Happy New Year! Ryde Aikido will be starting classes again for 2015 from next Tuesday 13th January. Classes will coommence as usual every Tuesday and Thursday. Look forward to seeing and training with you all again this year.

Dont forget we have yasu Suzuki Sensei (7th dan) leading the gasshuku in Canberra over the January long weekend. Register now if you havent already, for a great weekend of training and catching up with friends.