Stephane Benedetti with sensei Dave
Click image to enlarge. © 2007 Ian Llewellyn
Stephane Benedetti is coming back to Cardiff!!
He will be here on the 21st of March from 2pm until 5pm. For those of you who have not trained with Stephane before, he is a 6th dan and an amazing teacher. His aikido is both soft [...]
Our august examination panel ponder.
Courtesy Cathy Murphy.
A little late coming, here is the list of all who were successful in their gradings.
ROKKYU
Desmond Brennan
Jon Hartley
Sarah Modde
Kate Neale
Uzman Rasheed
Robert Sword
Jiaxian Wang (sophia)
Michael Brunner
YONKYU
Ben Beech
Rafal Jennek
Martins Pilegis
SANKYU
Nicola Zonta
Joel Burton
Catherine Murphy
Greg Maio
William Tindle
NIKYU
Jonathan Meldrum
IKKYU
James Harrison
Yousef Bendaoui
A little message from Sue (which you may have already got…):
Hey everyone, there will be a dinner in Topoli Restaurant at 230 City Road after the workshop this Saturday (28 Feb 09) around 7pm. The website of the restaurant is http://www.topoli-persian.co.uk . Its a great place, very nice staff, good food, good prices and we [...]
Upcoming event
WHO : Danny DaCosta - 4th Dan Aikido, 6th Dan Judo
WHEN : Saturday 28th February 2pm-5pm
WHERE : Talybont Sports Centre
COST : £5 students
Usual place, slightly earlier than usual start, and excellent training with national figures at superb rates as usual!
Also don’t forget: gradings 21st Feburary.
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Click image to enlarge. @David ColwillWe promised gradings and we don’t disappoint. They’ve been set for Saturday 21st February at the normal timeslot. Practice will be focused on preparing for them in the run up so please do your best to attend if you would like to grade.
The gradings themselves usually follow a syllabus at [...]
A little note from Cathy:
Hi everyone,
just to let you know that practice has now started back at Talybont at the normal times. Gradings will be happening in the 2nd or 3rd week of February, so if you want to grade, now is the time to get practicing!!
Don’t let exam revision stop you from coming [...]
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Eric Talmadge from AP posted on a Japanese archery event over on Yahoo news.
ZUSHI, Japan – It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no [...]
Click image to enlarge. @David Colwill
As a little New Year’s treat, here’s a photo of an aikido poster I randomly came across last summer down a dingy alleyway in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana. Enjoy.
This year we’re holding our end of term meal at Ichiban on Albany Road. Come along for some delicious Japanese cuisine!
Then we can either walk or share taxis into town for a night on the raz! (Cathy’s words not mine :P)
Join us for fun and games! Just make sure you meet us at the Albany [...]
Next weekend we are playing host to the ever excellent Stephane Benedetti. Those of you who have trained with Mr Benedetti on other occasions when he’s visited us will be able to vouch for the quality of his teaching, which is soft and subtle. A favoured saying of his is that “laziness is an exact [...]
