We had a very enjoyable Spring Seminar and it was good to see the students again, from both Paris Associations, and Normandy. Our thanks go to the Federation Committee, the Grading Officers, and those members who made ukemi for the Dan Gradings. Also, we need to thank Liz, Sabine, Trudy and David who helped prepare the Headquarters for the Seminar. Congratulations to…
A letter on Diabetes and Ki Aikido was received by the Ki Federation in July 2010. It was written by Derek Martin who found a surprise improvement in his diabetes after starting Ki Aikido. Derek has kindly given us permission to reproduced the text of his original letter, and has also provided an update for April 2015. The original letter…
Here is a great video of a Sensei Williams Course, from May 1987. It shows snippets of the course given on the occasion of the opening of the Alness dojo in Northern Scotland. It is 38 minutes in duration.
We congratulate the members who passed their Dan Grading on Saturday, 11th April. We also thank the members who came to make ukemi, and especially those who travelled down to our Somerset Headquarters from North Scotland. 1st Dan: J.Thorpe 2nd Dan: J. Hodge 3rd Dan: T. Yates, T. Austin-Heath, J. Sherlock
Here are some pictures from the Muswell Hill 2015 course held on 7th March in London. Click on an image to expand it and view optional slideshow. Go to Aikido galleries page.
Course Attendees We congratulate the members who passed their Dan Grading on Saturday, 28th February and also thank the members who came to make ukemi. The Successful Candidates 1st Dan: D. Gianetto, S. Foster, E. Riches, P. Zack, W. Neill 2nd Dan: D. Smyth
Here is a nice testimonial from an ex student that was sent to our Facebook page… Hi, I practiced Ki Aikido at the Bristol Dojo run by Sensei Bob Isles way back in 1991-92. Over the years I travelled throughout Europe and never found another Ki Aikido Dojo, but have never forgotten what I learned…
The rescheduled Paris course has been confirmed for 11th and 12th April. Times are still to be confirmed. An additional area course has been booked for Glasgow on 28th March. Times and location are still to be confirmed.
We all had a wonderful Christmas Aikido course with Sensei Williams on 6th December – the final course of the year. Congratulations to the following members who passed their Dan Gradings… 1st Dan: C. Whyton 2nd Dan: V. Stephens 6th Dan: K. Easdon In January, Vaughan Lewis will taking over the Argoed club…
Here is the Aikido Calendar for 2015 in a spreadsheet file. It is in CSV format (comma separated values). You can use this to import the course list into your own calendars. This has successfully imported into my Google calendar which then synchronised with, and updated, my computer and phone. You may possibly need to modify the format to…
