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Social (1 Nov)

Hey guys, for all you already coming to the Philippe Voarino seminars we’re hosting, we have another special treat: a meal at the Vegetarian Food Studio. The place is meant to be really awesome, and well worth trying out for even the most diehard carnivore!
If anyone would like to join us for this buffet-style feast [...]

No training 25th Oct

Just a little reminder, don’t go to aikido training at Talybont on Saturday 25th October, unless you fancy sitting and watching a jujitsu grading.
We will, however, be back the next week with some extra special seminars, with extended hours and a whole extra day, as we play host to Philippe Voarino. We have a post [...]

Philippe Voarino weekend course (30th Oct-2nd Nov)

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©Ian LlewelynWe are very pleased to be hosting a visit by a renowned 6th dan, Philippe Voarino.
Voarino began studying aikido under Nobuyoshi Tamura in 1977. He is one of several French aikido teachers of international reputation, having worked within and beyond France to promote and develop aikido. Philippe is a superb teacher, and [...]

Social (11 Oct)

Cathy has arranged the first social of the year, which should be fun:
Righto, time for the first Aikido Social, basic plan is to get knacked at practice on the Sat, have a little rest then do a civilised pub crawl around Cathays (starting at the Woody and moving on from there). Vague we know but [...]

Week one

Thanks to all the newbies that went out on a limb to try aikido this week. The new term has started out well, and we were glad to see many new faces at our first two sessions. If you haven’t yet tried our club but were thinking of doing so, please do come to a [...]

Freshers’ Fayre

Thanks to everyone that came talk to us, we met a lot of very lovely people. We hope to see many of you at training on Thursday, or any session after that, we welcome beginners at all times of the year. And of course the first training is FREE. So come along to Talybont and [...]

Yamashima

We’d like to extend our thanks to Yamashima sensei for a great training session. We hope to see him again sometime soon.
For those of you that missed him, he’s in Bath on the weekend. Contact Dave or the committee if you want to organise a lift.

Return to term-time schedule (2nd Oct)

I’m pleased to say that from the 2nd onwards we should be back to our usual timetable of Thursdays 20:00-22:00 and Saturdays 15:00-17:00. Rejoice.
If you are thinking of joining our club feel free to join any session from this point. You are also welcome to join us on 25th September, but be aware that we [...]

Upcoming courses (25th Sept, 29th Oct, 22nd Nov)

We have Yamashima training within two weeks (25th September), the session he is taking at the University dojo is at the excellent value of only £5. Later this year we also expect to see the luminaries Phillipe Voarino and Stephane Benedetti. Some details below.
29th October - 2nd November 2008
Philippe Voarino 6th Dan
Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental
Talybont Dojo, [...]