We have just finished the New Year Aikido course – the first course of the year. It was generally reported as a wonderful and exciting experience by those who attended. Congratulations to those who passed their Dan grading exams… 1st Dan: R. Whitlock. 2nd Dan: A. Kwiatkowsk. 3rd Dan: R. Nguyen and P. Fellows. Congratulations also to those who…
We wish everyone a Very Good, Healthy and Happy New Year. We require Dan Grades to make ukemi on the New Year Seminar, so please let the office know if you are available. If a student is required to re-take their Dan Grading, the teacher can inform Sensei Margaret when their member would be ready – a new invitation…
This post is aimed specifically at our Aikido Teachers. As Ki Federation club administrators we have to maintain details of our own students, including grading dates and, in particular, Ki Federation membership renewal dates. I decided some time ago that it’s not worth me investing (at club level) in a computer database – a paper…
Christmas Course 2016 We wish all our National and International members and families a wonderful Christmas and a very peaceful New Year. Congratulations to the following members who were successful on their Dan Gradings at the Christmas course… 1st Dan: C. Williams. 2nd Dan: M Griffin, C. Whyton. 3rd Dan: D. Bailey, C.Rudge. Congratulations also to the members…
Congratulations to those Dan Grades who were awarded 6th Dan on their dan group course. They are: I. M. Bamford, A. Botto, T. Brown, I. Lakin, D. Parr and F. Blake. For the Christmas Course, on the 10th December, we have 5 members going for 1st Dan grading, 3 for 2nd Dan grading and 3 for 3rd Dan grading. So, we require…
Here is the Ki Federation 2017 Aikido Calendar for importing onto a calendar on your computer/tablet/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 my Google calendar which then synchronised…
It is with great sadness that we have to report that Les Bragg passed away this week. He had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Les, from Plymouth, has been an enthusiastic and committed student of the Ki Federation for many years – attending as many courses as he could, including those outside the UK.…
Autumn Seminar 2016 It was good to see everyone who attended the Autumn Seminar and we thank all the members who helped out on the weekend and with the gradings. Our congratulations to the following members who passed their Dan Grading… 1st Dan: C. Kasba, Z. Sullivan, A. MacDonald and T. Ramsay. 2nd Dan:…
2016 Teacher’s Course It was good to see all the teachers on the annual teacher’s course this month, including Sensei Seerha from Canada and Sensei Bennett from Holland. For 2017, there are now 5 seminars – all Kyu gradings and Dan gradings are now to be held on these seminars, or the Christmas (party) course. From now…
Summer Seminar We’ve finished another very enjoyable Summer Seminar, with many of our members from Australia, America, Canada, France, Holland and Russia attending. We hope they all had a good journey home. Sensei and Sensei Margaret thank all for their presents and cards at the end of the Seminar – very much appreciated. Sensei Walters would…
