News
July 2010
Aikido Victoria Fundraising
We are hopeful that Sensei will be able to attend Summer School and Aikido Victoria is seeking to fund raise in Victoria to cover anymedical costs associated. We are also planning long term fund raising to cover the ongoing costs of mats for the State.
Please visit the fundraising page often for details of these initiatives.
Dan Gradings
Aikido Victoria would like to congratulate our 3 recent Dan grade promotions: Nidan - Justin Bree & Tony Naughten and Shodan - Marcel Tjandraatmadja.
View all the latest grade promotions here
Passing of Tamura Shihan
Some of you may not be aware of the passing of Tamura Shihan. Please see the link below for some details. As many students know, Sugano Sensei invited him to his Summer School some years ago. He had tried for some time to get him to Australia. It was a very memorable school indeed. Some of us were lucky enough to train with him again at the IAF in 2008.Passing of Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan of France on July 9
Children's Classes at CHD
Children's classes are being held at CHD in 2010 during the school terms. These will commence on Saturday 17th July. The classes will begin at 9am and end at 10am.
Purchase of new mats
You may notice a pile of new mats at CHD. Aikido Victoria has purchased 24 new acromats mats for a princely sum of approx $6,500. These mats will be deployed at CHD which will improve the uniformity of the appearance of the mats at CHD. The lightest weight mats will then be moved to Heidelberg dojo once a new frame mechanism has been devised by Leon Sensei. The old jigsaw mats will be transported at some stage to Bendigo, when new premises are secured.
This investment represents a significant cost for Aikido Victoria. So that we can purchase new mats inside of the next 10 years the fund raising projects that I hope to announce shortly will be seeking to jointly raise funds for Sensei as as well as Aikido Victoria.
Saturday 24th July - Special day of training - Caulfield Dojo
Come to Caulfield dojo in mid winter and enjoy the only dojo with heating. It is a very large dojo and the training emphasis will be on jiyu waza and multiple attackers.We are featuring one of Australia's most senior aikidoka: John Watson Sensei, (Roku dan). John Sensei is a member of Aiki Kai Australia's Technical and Teaching Committee (TTC). In addition James Waller Sensei (yon dan) will also be teaching. James Sensei is renowned for his no sweat extreme flexibility aikido.
(Information form here)
June 2010
TTC Training & Kyu Gradings
We had 72 attendances at the TTC/Grading day on June 5th, one of our busiest days. The condensation was running down the walls in true CHD fashion as Robert Shihan put us through our paces.
View the latest grade promotions here
May 2010
Easter Mountain Training
Go to the Gallery to see the details and photos of the mountain training held over Easter.
February 2010
Arthur Moorshead Shihan
We note with sadness, the passing of Arthur Moorshead Shihan.
Aikikai Victoria held a commemorative training session for Arthur at the Caulfield Dojo on 17th February. To understand more about Arthur's contribution to Aikido in Australia, read this note by Bob Hill Sensei, written before the training session.
Beach Training
Go to the Gallery to see the details and photos of the beach training held in February.
CHD Floor Renovations
There is a new page in the gallery section of the site. The page describes the work that went on to renovate the floor at Clifton Hill Dojo.