New Year Beginners Classes 2010

Added: December 24th, 2009 | By: Shoshinkan | Topic: beginners, shoshinkan

We will be starting our very popular beginners’ course aimed at complete Aikido novices on Tuesday 12th January in Derby & Thursday 14th January 2010 in Nottingham and they will continue to run all year.

Classes take place over a rolling 8 week period enabling you to start at any time, and provide an introduction to Yoshinkan Aikido focusing on the basic techniques at a pace suitable for everyone.

These sessions will take place at:

Shoshinkan Nottingham dojo situated at Games Workshop on:

Thursday evenings from 6.30pm to 7.30pm starting Thursday 14th January 2010.

or Shoshinkan Derby Dojo situated at Lees Brook Community Sports College on:

Tuesday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.00pm starting Tuesday 12th January 2010.

Beginners Course

Because each class is stand alone a missed class isn’t an issue. Once you have attended a minimum of 8 weeks students will be encouraged to join the regular classes.

Cost
Only £5 per class or £30 for 8 classes.

If you would like to attend please fill in our brief contact form typing “Beginners Course” in the subject and let us know which Tuesday or Thursday you will be attending.

For further details: admin@aikidoshoshinkan.com or 07912 114 845.

For even more information on getting started please read our FAQ.


19th December 2009 Test Results

Added: December 20th, 2009 | By: Shoshinkan | Topic: test results

Adult all levels grading held on the 19th December 2009, congratulations to all those who tested - Osu.

8th Kyu
Jacek Zarzycki
Wayne Tolliday
Lorenzo Pala
Rachel Lunn

7th Kyu
Robert Tillyard
Daniel Rennocks
Marianne Marques
Emily Wheaton

6th Kyu
Zdenko Duco
Andy Swift

5th Kyu
Genevieve Nadeau
Andy Grant
Stephen Lindsey
Martin Stevens

4th Kyu
Davie Elliott
Will Rea
Steve James

3rd Kyu
Nick Findlay
Stephen Flaherty
Amit Shahar
Kevin Attrill

Tested By:
Sensei Andy Hobday
Sensei Neville Coupland
Sensei Mark Farr


Xmas & New Year Opening

Added: December 2nd, 2009 | By: Shoshinkan | Topic: shoshinkan The last classes before Christmas will be on Wednesday 23rd December 2009. The dojo will close fully till the following Wednesday 30th December 2009 when we will hold two regular classes open to everyone. We close again until Monday 4th January 2010 when we will start the new Aikido year with our fulltime schedule. This means the dojo will be closing for only one and a half weeks with the opportunity for people to train in between on the 30th December 2009. We hope this will give you all a rest over the holiday season ready to start back fresh in the New Year. Monday 21st Decenber 2009 - open Tuesday 22nd December 2009 - closed Wednesday 23rd December 2009 - open (Nottingham) Thursday 24th December 2009 - closed Friday 25th December 2009- closed Saturday 26th December 2009 - closed Sunday 27th December 2009 - closed Monday 28th December 2009 - closed Tuesday 29th December 2009 - closed Wednesday 30th December 2009 - open (Nottingham) Thursday 31st December 2009 - closed Friday 1st January 2010 - closed Saturday 2nd January 2010 - closed Sunday 3rd January 2010 - closed Monday 4th January 2010 - open