Iwama Ryu Wales will be hosting Sensei Pat Hendricks for the weekend of 3rd and 4th of April 2010. Current information:

 

The initial proposed timetable is as follows but please be aware that this is subject to change:

Sat 3rd April 2010 Sunday 4th April 2010

Registration 9am

1st Keiko - Taijutsu 10:00 – 11:15
2nd Keiko - weapons 11:30 – 12:45

Lunch 12:45 – 14:00

Special Keiko 14:00 – 15:00
3rd Keiko – weapons 15:15 – 16:15
4th Keiko – Taijutsu 16:30 – 17:30

Registration 9am

1st Keiko - taijutsu 10:00 – 11:15
(this session is the only session on which
juniors are allowed to participate)

2nd Keiko - weapons 11:30 – 12:45

Lunch 12:45 – 14:00

3rd Keiko - weapons 14:00 – 15:15
4th Keiko - taijutsu 15:30 – 16:45

Photo session to follow Sunday practice.

At the time of posting , due to the Easter holiday we are unable (at present) to use the venue on Easter Monday (5 April) as it is closed to the public. We are however searching for an alternative venue in order to offer a third day of practice on the Monday. If this goes ahead it will be 3 hours weapons practice split in to either two 1 ½ hour or three 1 hour sessions.

Cost: Fees for Saturday and Sunday are £30 per day or £10 per Keiko. (so if you do a whole day – 4 Keiko’s – you get four for the price of three) excluding the special Keiko which is an additional £10. Monday’s practice is £20 for the full 3 hours or part thereof.

If you take part in all sessions, including the special keiko your fees will be £90.
All participant will need to provide evidence of insurance when registering. If you are taking part in the weapons keiko’s then you will need your own bokken and jo.

Accommodation: there are plenty of options in and around Caerphilly, however as this is Easter weekend we advise that you make your arrangements early to avoid disappointment!

{ 0 comments }

Special Offer for January

by glenn on 15 January, 2010 · 0 comments

in News

We’ve added a new Special Offers page where we will feature special deals throughout the year.

The deal for January is for two people to come along and train and only one mat fee is charged! So a Buy One Get One Free deal. Come along next Tuesday and/or Thursday.

See the Special Offers page for details.

{ 0 comments }

How to do a break fall

by ellis on 25 November, 2009 · 1 comment

in about aikido, multimedia

Here is a nice step by step instruction we found on how to high fall by Maung Maung Thant (San dan).  

{ 1 comment }

1980s photos from British Airways Aikido Club in Cranford, Middlesex. Sensei Leslie White:

{ 0 comments }

Aikido photos from circa 1995-2003

by ellis on 22 November, 2009 · 0 comments

in multimedia

Here are some photos taken at the club and various serminars between roughly 1995-2003:

{ 0 comments }

Aikido photos from the 1970s

by ellis on 22 November, 2009 · 0 comments

in multimedia

These are club photos taken in the 1970s, at the old Cranford dojo:

One photo was taken in circa 1985, in Cambridge.
This is of Saito Sensei with Sensei Leslie White.

{ 0 comments }

Our club’s origins are from the British Airways (BOAC) Aikido club.

These photographs, from Sensei Leslie White, were taken from club demonstrations in the late 1980s.

{ 0 comments }

Our new dojo

by ellis on 19 August, 2009 · 0 comments

in News

Here are some pictures of our new dojo

{ 0 comments }

We’re moving 11 August

by ellis on 6 August, 2009 · 0 comments

in Club administration, News

After 18 happy years at Spelthorne School of Gymnastics’s hall behind Brooklands College in Ashford, we’re moving to the hall at Staines and Laleham Sports and Leisure (SALSAL).

SALSAL is a 7 Hectare/17 acre site located between Staines Town Centre and Laleham Village. The club is home to Staines Hockey Club, Staines and Laleham Cricket Club and Laleham Archery Club.

Address: Worple Road Staines, Middlesex, TW18 1HR (opposite the Angler’s Retreat pub).

Training will still be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8pm-10pm

We’ll be moving on 11th August 2009.

Directions:

From The M25 - Junction 13:
Take the A30 towards Staines/London. At the Crooked Billet roundabout, head towards Staines Town Centre (this is a nightmare junction, traffic lights on a roundabout!). Go straight across the first set of traffic lights, then left at the second set. Go straight across the next roundabout, approximately half a mile away, then right at the next one just after the parade of shops. This is Worple Road. Carry on down for approximately half a mile, the entrance to the club is through a gateway, about 75 metres back from the T junction at the end of Worple Road.

From Sunbury Cross - Junction 1 of the M3:

Head towards Staines from the Sunbury Cross, down the dual carriageway. Go straight across each set of traffic lights, then turn left at the first roundabout you come to, which is approximately two miles from Sunbury Cross. Turn right at the mini-roundabout (about 50 metres on), then keep going for about one mile - straight across the traffic lights to the third mini-roundabout. Turn left at this roundabout, you are in Worple Road. Carry on down for approximately half a mile, the entrance to the club is through a gateway, about 75 metres back from the T junction at the end of Worple Road.

From Staines Bridge (Chertsey/Egham side):

Go across the bridge and turn right at the lights. Get into the right hand lane to head towards Laleham. Keep going down the Laleham Road for approximately one mile. About 150 metres past the Threshers Off Licence (on the right hand side), there’s a mini-roundabout next to a pub (The Anglers Retreat). Turn left and you are now in Worple Road. About 75 metres down on the right hand side, is the gateway into SALSAL.

{ 0 comments }

No lesson on Thursday 6th August

by ellis on 5 August, 2009 · 0 comments

in News

The gymnasium is shut this week, so there will be no aikido classes.

{ 0 comments }