Move to new dojo (24/8/05)
The club will open its doors at Tattenhoe Pavilion on Monday 5th September.

Please note that next Monday is a Bank Holiday, there is no class at Eaglestone, this means that there are no more junior classes at Eaglestone, the last senior class will be next Wednesday 31st August.

We have to move the mats from Eaglestone to Tattenhoe next Friday evening ( 2nd September). Mark Robinson has kindly volunteered his van, I need some volunteers to help me shift the mats. This is an impossible task to do as alone, at least 4 are required (1 to stay with the open van, one to stay with the hall, two (or as many as possible) to carry the mats up to the car park and load onto the van. Could all members with a spare hour and able to help, give me a call (01908 506390). If there are not enough volunteers, they won't be moved, meaning that there will be no classes until the mats are transferred.

Tattenhoe Pavilion is located off Holborn Crescent, close to the Giles Brook Combined School. See here for map

Club Barbeque (21/7/05)
The club will be holding our second annual summer BBQ on Sunday 7th August, at Teardrops, Knowlhill. The BBQ starts at 13:00 and will run until either everyone goes, or 17:00, whichever comes first. All family members are welcome, the more the merrier. The cost is £6 per adult, £3 per junior, under 3 are free. The cost includes all food and drink.
In order to cater for food and drink, we need everyone coming to notify us as soon as possible, and to pay their money by Monday 1st August at the absolute latest. Please let us know if you have any special dietary needs (i.e. vegetarian etc.).

See here for a map.

Hope to see you all there.

Assocation Course(3/6/05)
We will be hosting Bob Spence Sensei, 6th Dan and Principal of our association, the Lancashire Aikikai. The course will be held at the Shenley Leisure Centre starting at 12:00 and finishing at 16:00. It's a long way for Bob to come, we hope that all senior members will support the day in order to convince Bob to come back again next year. The course will cost £8 to LAA members, and £10 for anyone else. Would all those attending please ensure that they arrive by 11:30 so that we can be ready to start at 12:00 promptly.

Assocation Course(26/4/05)
Our June LAA association course will be Shenley. 12th June, 12:00 - 16:00, Open to all associations -£10 (LAA
members £8). More details to follow.

Grading Results(26/4/05)
After the latest senior grading on 17th April we are pleased to congratulate the following students on their successful gradings:

Jennifer Rowe - 6th Kyu
John Nash - 6th Kyu
Akiko Bateman - 5th Kyu
Jake Bateman - 5th Kyu
Alison Freeman - 5th Kyu
Martin Nicholls - 5th Kyu
Gareth Perry - 4th Kyu
Kuldip Singh - 4th Kyu
Jan Slavik - 3rd Kyu
Mark Robinson - 2nd Kyu
David-Jon Walford - 1st Kyu
Marc Davies - 1st Kyu

Darren Clayton - 1st Dan

Junior Grading(24/1/05)
The Junior class took their first grading of 2005 on Monday 24th January. The club is extends its congratulations to all those who took part and is pleased to announce the following results:

Calum Moulder - 6th kyu san
Elliot Moulder - 6th kyu san
Nikul Gandhi - 6th kyu san
Ashley Robinson - 5th kyu
Katrina Bevan - 5th kyu ichi
Christopher Teagles - 5th kyu ichi
Kayleigh Robinson - 5th kyu ichi
Shalini Gandhi - 5th kyu ni
Karishma Gandhi - 4th Kyu
Vanessa Bevan - 4th kyu ichi

Particular mention is made of Vanessa and Karishma, for a perfrmance well above expectation.

Membership renewal(7/12/04)
Please note that it is almost time to renew our annual membership with the Lancashire Aikikai. Our membership of the LAA always runs from January to December, regardless of the date that you join the club. We do this by prorating membership through the year, and then renewing in January of the following year. Brown insurance slips are valid for 12 months regardless of when you join, they will automatically be renewed when they expire, providing that you have renewed in January.

Those of you who have joined in November do not need to renew as your membership will be carried until January 2006.

Everyone else will need to renew from the first of January. The costs are:
Senior Member - £16
Junior Member/ Student - £10

Forms will be available over the next few training sessions. All members need to provide Bryan with their blue books to get this years validation stamp

Christmas Party(30/11/04)
The club Christmas party will take place on Sunday 5th December at the Kam Tong Garder Chinese Restaurant in Great Holm, 12:00 – 15:00, eat as much as you can buffet. We have 32 people in confirmed bookings, if anyone not booked wants to come, they need to contact Bryan immediately on 01908 506390.

Gareth's Grading (5/9/04)
Gareth Perry took his first grading with the club, and we are pleased to be able to award him 6th Kyu

Edinburgh Course(5/8/04)
There is a course in Edinburgh with Yamada Sensei, Aikikai 8th Dan. on 2/3rd October. Click here for details. To learn more about Yamada Sensei click here or here. To read a fascinating interview with him click here.

First MK Seishin Bar-B-Q(25/7/04)
The vagaries of the English weather didn't dampen any high spirits and had only minimal effects on the club Bar-B-Q on Sunday. Congratulations to all those that came along to this first for Seishin; everybody enjoyed themselves. Our thanks go to Bryan for event organisation and Bryan & Darren T for the loan of the gas barbies, also to everyone involved in preparation, cooking and clearing up. About half the club came along; let's build on this success by making sure there's an even bigger turn-out next year!

Guest Instructor(20/7/04)
The club would like to say a big thanks to Russell, our guest instructor on 19th July. We all enjoyed an excellent evening of Aikido and look forward to meeting Russell again next time he is in the country.

Jan's Grading (20/7/04)
Congratulations to Jan Slavik on passing his 6th and 5th Kyu gradings on the same evening! Well done Jan.

Guest Instructor – Monday 19th July. (14/7/04)
A 3rd Dan instructor from the Seibukan Dojo in Kobe, a very friendly chap called Russell, will be staying with Bryan for a couple of days. He will be our guest Sensei for the night next Monday. For those of you who remember Nakao Sensei, Russell is one of his top students, who has made a giant step by being one of the few foreigners teaching at a dojo in Japan. It should be a fun night, so come on down.

Changes to Schedule(7/7/04)
Because Kents Hill is unavailable on the second Tuesday of each month, we have decided to accept the offer to change to a Thursday evening, therefore making for continuous practice each week. July 27 will be the last Tuesday night at Kents Hill. From August (5th) we will be training on Thursday evenings. Monday and Wednesday evenings continue unchanged.

Club B-B-Q(23/6/04)
Don't forget the club B-B-Q at Caldecotte lake on Sunday 25th July, starting at 12 noon. Tickets in advance (see Bryan):
Adults £5, children £3, under 6 years free (children must be accompanied by an adult). A map can be found here

Junior Grading(14/6/04)
MK Seishin Aikido Club began its first Junior class November 2003. The class started with 4 members and grew to 12 within the first month, it now has a steady 14 members aged between 7 and 14 years old. The club was pleased to hold its first junior grading on Monday 14th June 2004. All of the junior students that took part demonstrated their Aikido for the first time, giving an excellent display, the grading panel were so impressed that some students were promoted up 2 or 3 grades. The club would like to offer its congratulations to all of our students.

Irchester Grading(13/6/04)
There is a day course and grading on Sat. 19th June starting at 10am. The venue is Parsons Hall, Little Irchester.

Club Barbeque(11/6/04)
We are having a club barbeque at Caldecotte lake on Sunday 25th July, starting at 12 noon. All family welcome. Tickets in advance - Adults £5, children £3, under 6 years free (children must be accompanied by an adult)

Association Course(6/6/04)
MK Seishin hosted another successful Lancashire Aikikai day school. Aikidoka from the Lancashire Region along with local MK and Northampton clubs enjoyed instruction from Bob Spence Sensei, principal of the Lancs Aikikai and Graham Harrison Sensei, 5th Dan. Seishin would like to express their gratitude to Mr. Spence and Mr Harrison for their teaching as well as to all other visiting aikidoka for making this such a successful day. The clubs thanks also go to the staff of Shenley Leisure Centre for organising the facilities so smoothly.

Welcome new students(2/6/04)
The beginners course which started on June 1st was well attended and we would like to welcome all the new students to the club. You can see pictures of the evening on the gallery page. If you are interested in joining then please contact us for more details.

Kippy's Grading(17/5/04)
The club would like to congratulate Kippy on passing his 3rd Kyu on 17th May.

Association Course(5/5/04)
We are hosting an association course at Shenley Leisure Centre on Sunday 6th June. The course starts at noon and will run until 4pm. All students are welcome to attend.

New Class(5/5/04)
We have a new regular Tuesday evening class starting on Tuesday 1st June at Kents Hill Community Centre. The class will run from 19:30-21:30 and is open to all Aikidoka and new students.

Darren's Grading(31/3/04)
Darren T. passed his 5th Kyu grading on 31st March 2004. Congratulations from all at Seishin Aikido.

Marc's Grading(3/3/04)
Well done to Marc Davies on pasing his 2nd Kyu grading on March 3rd. The panel were very impressed with an excellent display of Aikido.

Chilrens Coach Course(28/2/04)
Bryan Bateman successfully passed the childrens coaching course over the weekend of February 28th.

Leroy's Grading (14/1/04)
Congratulations to Leroy on passing his 6th Kyu grading on Jan 14th.

Website facelift (18/12/03)
We have given the website a major facelift and tried to rationalise it to make information easier to find. Any comments, please email webmaster@seishinaikido.com

Shodan Gradings (26/11/03)
Seishin club extends its warmest congratulations to Bryan Bateman and Paul Maher on achieving Sho-dan on 26th November. Both students demonstrated to the club and panel eminent evidence of their aikido. Paul and Bryan would like to thank Keith and Ray and all our ukes, Derek, Sally, Tim, Darren, Marc and Mark.

Eddies Grading (18/11/03)
Well done to Eddie on passing his 6th Kyu. Congratulations also go to Darren who successfully passed the two day BAB Coach course over the weekend of 15th/16th November.

Price Changes (26/9/03)
Unfortunately due to increased insurance costs we are having to increase the cost of each training session to £4 (unwaged £2). At the same time we are also going to introduce a monthly payment scheme of £29 per month.