Kyu Grade Success
Congratulations to our members that successfully passed their tests in the recent grading. 5th Kyu Simone PradhamSaloni PradhamNazia Bhuyain 2nd Kyu David DaviesDavid Barnard
News
Club information updates
2024 Kagami Biraki Promotion
The club is pleased to announce that following recommendation by Nakao Sensei, Bryan Bateman has been promoted to 5th Dan by the Akikai Hombu during the 2024 Kagami Biraki celebration. http://aikikai.or.jp/pdf/suisen/2024.pdf
Japan 2023 Trip Essays
At the end of our recent trip to Japan, Nakao Sensei asked us to write an essay about the trip. These are the essays that we sent him. Bryan Bateman Due to the pandemic, It’s been 4 years since I last came to Japan. That is the longest time away for me since I first …
New DojoCho
With the recent relocation of Bryan and Akiko to Scotland, Peter Gombala has been promoted to DojoCho at Milton Keynes. Bryan and Akiko remain involved in the club and Bryan now holds the position of Kaicho. Many congratulations to Peter on his promotion, we wish him all the best in his new journey leading the …
New Assistant Instructors
The club has 3 newly promoted Assistant Instructors Joe Szmutko 1st Dan, Tony Epps 1st Dan and Hayley Epps 1st Dan have all been promoted to Assistant Instructor after completing their Joint Aikikai Council Coach Level 1 training. Congratulations to all on this new step of their Aikido path.
New Class SChedule
Please note that from the 1st February, our class schedule will change. The Class on Monday has moved to Kents Hill at a slightly later time of 20:00 – 21:30 The Class on Wednesday remains at Tattenhoe The class on Thursday is no longer running
Class closed for the Jubilee Bank Holiday
There will be no class on Thursday 2nd June due to the Jubilee bank holiday.
Grading Essays
Grading Essays – March 2022
