Here is the March 2018 aikido update for the Ki Federation. We hope everyone is well and had no problem with the recent extreme weather. Unfortunately, due to the travel conditions, we had to postpone the 5th & 6th Dan group course and the Advanced Sword course last weekend. The new dates will be 30th June […]

Here is the February 2018 aikido update for the Ki Federation. Congratulations to the following members who passed their Grading on the New Year Seminar, and thank you to everyone who came to make ukemi… 2nd Dan: T. Butement and E. Wilson. In the previous (January) update we asked if anyone could take a visiting […]

Here is the January 2018 Aikido Update… As usual, we require Dan grades to make ukemi on the New Year Course. Please contact the office if you can attend. Would teachers please contact Sensei Margaret if they wish any of their members to re-take their Dan Grading this year. Shakir Absur-Rahman has now opened a new […]

Congratulations to the students who passed their Dan Gradings on the 2017 Christmas Aikido course. They were as follows… 1st Dan: David Rae and Jacco Toorment. 2nd Dan: Alistair Macknight. 3rd  Dan: Martin Brandt, Michael Cullingworth and Jesse Learoyd-Hill. Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the New Year.

Here is the Ki Federation’s Aikido update December 2017, from Sensei Margaret. It was good to see all our Teachers on the Teachers course. Unfortunately. I was unable to answer all the questions on the course, but we did go through 23 of them.  I have emailed the teachers who did not get an answer […]

Here is the Ki Federation’s Aikido update October 2017. We hope all is well with our members and that no-one has had a problem with the recent gales that swept across the Atlantic. It was good to see all our 5th and 6th Dans on their group course and we thank Jeremy Baile for taking […]

Here is the Ki Federation Aikido Calendar 2018, as a file, for importing into a calendar on your computer, tablet or phone. There is a spreadsheet file in comma separated value format (.csv file), and a second file in iCalendar format (.ics file). Either file will import into a Google calendar. This has successfully imported into […]

Here is the Ki Federation’s Aikido update September 2017. As reported in the August update, Rose Garrard, at the age of 91, passed her 1st Dan grading on the Summer Seminar Unfortunately, she had to leave immediately after the grading. As she was missing from the group photo of successful candidates, we’ve shown Rose on the […]

Here is the Ki Federation’s Aikido update August 2017. We all enjoyed a fantastic Summer Seminar, once again, and the committee members would like to thank everyone for our generous presents. It was good to see so many of our International members from Australia, America, Canada, France and Holland along with our National members. We hope […]