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A busy year…

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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…

Seki Shoji Seminar

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Seminar with Seki Shoji Shihan. All students welcome. Please take bokken, Jo and proof of insurance. Contact Neil Mould: ndmould@yahoo.co.uk

New Aikido Classes in Norton, Bury St Edmunds

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Satomi Kai Aikido are excited to announce the opening of a new midweek classes on Thursdays at the Norton Village Hall. Currently, as well as local members, we have many people travelling from as far East of Stowmarket as Felixstowe. It’s hoped that having another venue West of Stowmarket will encourage many new people from that area to come and…

Aikido: Instructor Training

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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…

Aikido Legend to visit the UK

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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,…

Aikido beginners course

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Satomi Kai Aikido would like to extend a warm welcome to all the new students who joined our beginners course this month. We’ve had a good response to the course again, and our new starters seem a great bunch – enthusiastic, and quick learners. We look forward to seeing some of them branching out into our general classes in the…

A Celebration of Aikido

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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…

Aikido Beginners Course

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New people are always welcome to come along and join in at Satomi Kai, but once a year the club runs a special beginners course. One of these introductory courses will be starting on Sunday 24th January at the Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket. It’s perfect timing for anyone making New Year’s resolutions to come and try something new….

Onami Dojo Visit

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Following the success of our This Girl Can session where we were the hosts, we started this month with an outing to be guests at someone else’s class. We’ve always encouraged cross-training at Satomi Kai, as an important part of every student’s development. Whether visiting other Aikido classes to experience another style or another teacher, or even visiting clubs who…

This Girl Can – Do Aikido

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You have likely already seen the TV adverts for ‘This Girl Can’ – a national campaign developed by Sport England and a wide range of partnership organisations. It’s a celebration of active women up and down the country who are doing their thing no matter how well they do it, how they look or even how red their face gets….

New Midweek Aikido Classes At MSLC

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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…

Aikido Seminar with Bill Harris (7th Dan)

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On Sunday March 3rd, Satomi Kai Aikido had the great pleasure of hosting a one-day seminar in Stowmarket with Sensei Bill Harris, and two of his assistant instructors.
Sensei Harris has been training in Aikido for over fourty years, attaining the rank of 7th dan, and is the Chief Instructor / Examiner of the Kai Shin Kai.

Aiki Peace Week

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This month, Satomi Kai Aikido held a special class as part of International Aiki Peace Week. Aiki is the core of Aikido, and means not going against the flow/movement the attack, but instead sidestepping the power of the attack, joining into its flow, then adding to it so as to unbalance them, and control their ability to attack. Aikido practitioners…

Movember 2013

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This month is special for a charity that has come to mean a lot to Satomi Kai Aikido. It is of course Movember… Last year, our facially-hirsute team raised over £800 for the cancer charity, and this time we are hoping to do even better. If anyone can spare some upper lip real-estate to grow a moustache with us, please…

New Aikido Coaching Qualifications

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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…

Aikido Gradings & Seminars

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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…

Kai Shin Kai Seminar

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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

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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…

Tameshigiri Seminar

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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…

Community Centre Open day

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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….

New Classes Starting – Cedars Park, Stowmarket

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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…

International Aikido Visit

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This month, one of our members took the opportunity to train as a guest at a dojo in the USA. Richard was in Nebraska as part of a work trip, but not wanting to miss practice had contacted Randy Porter of Aikido Omaha and arranged to join him at his class.

Red Noses at Aikido

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As ever, this year’s Red Nose Day fell on a Friday, but Satomi Kai Aikido were still keen to show their support for Comic Relief with a Red Nose event of their own during their Sunday class. It was an interesting mix of attire, as the traditional Japanese uniforms were accompanied by this year’s bright red ‘dinosaur’ noses. Many members…

Aylsbury Aikido Seminar

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On Sunday 13th January, students from the Satomi Kai aikido club in Stowmarket and Needham Market visited a seminar in Aylesbury given by sixth-degree black belt instructor Vincent Sumpter and guest instructor fifth degree black belt Steve Lindsey for Newport Ninkukai aikido club. Vincent Sumpter started aikido in Japan back in 1974 and teaches internationally as well as being the…

Aikido Beginners Course – January

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As part of the latest round of Olympics ‘Sportivate’ programmes, Satomi Kai Aikido Club are running another 6 week introductory course for beginners.

Aikimo – Members raise money for Movember

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Well, the year has flown by once again, and already it’s November. Or should we say “MOVEMBER”? Each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

Meeting The Dragon

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It was a special month for martial arts this month, as the area had a very special guest in the shape of “The Iron Dragon”, Sigung Richard Bustillo. Richard Bustillo is probably most famous for being a direct student and close friend of the legendary Bruce Lee, and was Instructor to Bruce Lee’s children

Live Blade Seminar

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On Sept 30th, students from Satomi Kai had a rare 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…

Olympic Excitement

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Stowmarket Aikido Club had an exciting visitor to the class recently, in the shape of the Olympic Torch.

Aikido Summer School

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Last month Adrian Munteanu, one of Stowmarket Aikido club’s instructors, took a trip to see two very special teachers at the British Aikido Federation Summer School:

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