Another excellent course by Hiroaki Sensei
Another excellent course by Hiroaki Sensei – well attended with lots of energy throughout all the sessions and into the evening. Thanks to everyone who took part!
Congratulations to Myra on passing her shodan grading with flying colours.
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London Open Course
It’s almost time for the London Open Course.
Hiroaki Sensei will be arriving mid-week and it may even have stopped raining by Saturday. Don’t forget your weapons!
News from Bristol – Jeff reports strong sales of tickets for Kobyashi Shihan’s seminar in October. This is by ticket only, and numbers are limited, so contact Jeff to make sure of a place.
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Courses, Courses, Courses.
This will be an other grate course so book early
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A course in our London dojo where we celebrate something or other.
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Course and Gradings with Hiroaki Sensei
As ever an excellent course led by Hiroaki Sensei – a lot of fun and good practice. Very well attended in the Bath University dojo – a luxurious venue! Many thanks are due to Jeff Mills for organising everything.
Gradings. Congratulations to everyone who graded. Everybody passed. Thanks also to all the uke’s who stepped in to take part!
- 3rd Dan – Matthew Riley
- 2nd Dan – Justin Marchant & Barney Wilkinson
- 1st Dan – Julie Abbot & Paul Davidson
Hungary 10th Anniversary Seminar 2006
Lovely course, lovely dojo and lovely people.
Great fun and no shortage of training partners!
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New Mats, New Mats!
Now even more ‘fully matted’ than before! The London dojo has been completely rematted, with that unmistakeable new mat aroma. The first chance to practice on the new mats (other than Barney’s sneaky forward breakfall after we laid them) is on Tuesday 13th December – they’ll never be this new again! So soft you’ll wish we did zagi practice non-stop.
But seriously, this is excellent news. A photo for those with mat (not Matt) fetishes!

Open Course and Grading News
On his most recent visit to Japan, Jeff took his Nidan grading at Hombu Dojo with Aikido Kobayahi Dojos. No mean achievement. We even have Justin as a gaijin witness!
Saturday Open Course at the London Dojo for November.
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Justin in Japan
Justin Marchant heads off to Japan to begin 3 months as an Uchi Deshi in Aikido Kobayashi Dojo’s Japan.To follow his exploits tune into his blog (be warned – it’s explicit!).
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Photos from various Hiroaki courses from 1999 to 2005.
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