A busy year…

It’s been a very focussed year for our members this past year, all training very hard to improve and develop across the board. In addition to giving it their all in class, students have been attending Aikido seminars with many world-renowned teachers, both in this country and by travelling abroad. The hard work has been paying off all year, and…

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Aikido: Instructor Training

It must have caught me when the zanshin was low. Sensei Sion emailed me with news of a British Aikido Board instructors course, BAB approved, at Woodford Green. It’s a place I know well so, ‘Yes’ I thought, might be fun, useful even. The course was a 2 day session split between the Classroom, (day 1) and the Dojo, (day…

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Aikido Legend to visit the UK

Following young Alec’s  trip to Europe to train with world-renowned Aikido teacher Christian Tissier, soon the rest of the club will have the opportunity to share the experience as he comes to the UK to teach a special seminar. On Sunday the 19th of March, Brighton Aikikai will be hosting him for a course at the Medway Park Judo Centre,…

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A Celebration of Aikido

Every year in early January, our governing body, the Kai Shin Kai gives everyone an opportunity do dust off the Christmas cobwebs and burn some of the one-too-many chocolates by starting the year with a national aikido seminar. In that regard, this January has been no different, and a number of Satomi Kai’s students headed off for a fantastic day’s…

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New Midweek Aikido Classes At MSLC

Satomi Kai Aikido has opened new midweek classes at the Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket. Satomi Kai have long standing ties with the centre, as the club has run martial arts classes there for almost 30 years. Both the Sunday and Thursday classes will run in Studio 1 – a large, fully air-conditioned fitness studio, making full use of…

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New Aikido Coaching Qualifications

This month two of our instructors, Sion Oxford and Adrian Munteanu, stepped their teaching up a gear with a British Aikido Board Advance coaching course. Known as the CL2 course, it consists of several distinct and lengthy sessions. It was a marathon, cramming it all into one month, but we hope the results will be clear to see in the…

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Aikido Gradings & Seminars

Its been a busy time at Satomi Kai Aikido, as much of this month has been spent on grading exams. Almost all the club members took exams this time around, across a whole range of levels. For some members it was their first time grading, while others have been working towards some of the more senior grades for very long…

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Kai Shin Kai Seminar

This month, students from Satomi Kai Aikido in Stowmarket took a trip to Oxfordshire for a national seminar at our organisations headquarters in Aylsbury Teaching on the day was shared by Roy Chandler and Ian Morgan, both senior instructors in the Kai Shin Kai.

Thursday Aikido Classes now open

We are happy to announce that after much work, we now have a Thursday night Aikido class at the Cedars Park Community Centre in Stowmarket. The class is taught by Sensei Adrian Munteanu, of the Aikikai. Classes run from 8.00 – 9.30pm and are open to beginners and experienced students alike. The classes were officially opened on Thursday 11th of…

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Tameshigiri Seminar

On Sunday May 26th, students from Satomi Kai had another opportunity to take part in a Tameshigiri seminar. Tameshigiri is the Japanese sword art of cutting rolled mats with a single strike. Sword work is an integral part of Aikido, but most training is done with a wooden practice sword (bokken). It was a great experience for all those involved to…

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Community Centre Open day

Today Members attended the opening weekend of Cedars Park Community centre. A huge thank you to those people that turned out. Especially thank you to those who took part in the several demonstrations during the day. It had been rather a last minute decision to do a demo, rather than just having a presence. Hope everyone had a good time….

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New Classes Starting – Cedars Park, Stowmarket

Satomi Kai are pleased to announce that they will soon be opening a new Aikido class at the newly built Community Centre at Cedars Park. This new Centre is a huge positive step for Cedars Park. There are a large number of people living on the new-build estate who now have a real focus point for coming together and sharing…

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