We were lucky enough to have a social visit from Sensei Pete Bailie, who teaches in Bristol Redland, this weekend. He made a very long journey up to see us, so we took advantage and…
This past weekend saw the Spring Seminar gradings and course. The Saturday started with successful Dan grading tests. Congratulations to the examinees from the Panteg and Hitchin clubs. Grading officers, teachers, ukes, and examinees In…
In the run up to the Summer Seminar, there are some odd-jobs needing done around the headquarters building. If you’re coming to the Spring Seminar (16th May), please let us know if you can spend…
What is a “Third Place”? The book The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg (co-authored by Karen Christensen), defines a person’s “first place” as the home and the people they live with, while a person’s…
A fantastic day at Muswell Hill for the course on Saturday. Huge thanks go to Sensei Greenley for putting on a course that was challenging and highly informative. We (the Wolverhampton club) also had a…
A heartfelt merci beaucoup to the French Ki Federation clubs for a wonderful weekend seminar, and welcome cheese-coffee-and-chocolate lunches between practices. Sensei Bonita led illuminating practices covering shihonage & yonkyo and shedding new light on…
At the end of March, the Paisley-Elderslie club hosted the other Scottish clubs for a course taught by Sensei O’Connell. It’s always a great opportunity to catch up with friends, but it’s particularly good to…
Saturday 14th March saw the 1st Kyu, 1st and 2nd Dan groups come together to train with Sensei Greenley. They started with the first bokken kata, before moving on to studying the tanto: nikkyo, shihonage,…
Stoicism has had a remarkable revival in recent decades. You’ll find Marcus Aurelius on the bookshelves of CEOs and in the reading lists of elite athletes; Seneca quoted in productivity podcasts; Epictetus cited by cognitive…
