Shodokan Aikido @ University of Sheffield

Without doubt the Student Nationals is the biggest event in the Aikido Shodo Daigaku Year!
All the Universities with Shodokan Aikido Clubs join together for the biggest Student Aikido Competition in the country.
This year it is being hosted by the club at the University of Leeds with Club Instructor Justin Gallagher.
So on the weekend of the 17th and 18th of April we hope to see all our University of Sheffield members taking part. I am organising the team sheet of who will do which events. I will be entering all UoS members unless they tell me otherwise.
Please email me at aikido@sheffield.ac.uk or RSVP via our Facebook Event Page for more details or to tell me one way or the other if you are coming or not as soon as possible.

Joe

Now that the new semester has started we have gone back to normal training times.

Give It A Go
The next give it a go will be on the 23rd February. We will meet outside Bar One on the Glossop Road entrance at 6pm then head down to the dojo. The session starts at 6.30 until 8pm and costs only £3.

As always everyone is welcome to join. More information here.

Kangeiko
This is the big one. One week of intensive training, with session in the morning, lunch and normal evening. The dates run from 7th March until 13th March and the timetable is as follows:
Sun: 12:00 – 17:00
Mon: 07:30-08:45,12:30 – 13:30,17:00 – 18:30
Tue: 07:30-08:45,12:30 – 13:30,18:30 – 20:00, 20:00 – 21:30
Wed: 07:30-08:45,12:30 – 13:30,17:00 – 19:00
Thur: 07:30-08:45,12:30 – 13:30,17:00 – 18:30
Fri: 07:30-08:45,12:30 – 13:30, 17:00-18:30, 18:30-20:00, 20:00-21:00
and finish on Saturday from 12-5pm.

The changes to the holiday time are:

Tuesday: 7-9pm

Friday: 6:30 – 8pm

Payment is directly to the town club not Uni, there will be an update when the student timetable returns.

Hope you all had a good holiday and good luck to those working hard for the exams!

It’s that time of year again.  Its the UNMISSABLE Christmas Social.

This Thursday (17th),  will be the traditional aikido christmas training complete with fun, games and Santa Hats!!!

After training we’ll move on to Fagans the Irish Bar, for more merriment and amusement.  Grab a curry/chill for just £3!!!  Then feel free to sit by the bar and enjoy a pleasurable evening with all your aikido chums!

This is the most important social that you’ll attend for the rest of ‘09!  You really CANNOT miss out!

This Saturday (28th) is the Aikido Marathon. A packed day of 14 hours training in one day! As with most of our events this is open to anyone and so make sure you come along. Training will start at 7.00 am prompt, so make sure you’re there and changed before then. It will go on untill 9.00pm. Be sure to bring plenty of food and drink!

Cant make the whole day? Turn up for what you can! Doing 2 hours out of 14 is
better than none at all!
You’ll learn so much in this one day, be sure not to miss out!

The Shodokan Closed event is this Sunday, hopefully you’ve all recieved the info from Chris and know what embu you are doing. Remember the meeting point is outside the dojo at 9am and registaration ia at 10am at the EIS.

Also, the gi’s have arrived at the dojo so pick them up if you haven’t already done so or let someone know if you need one reserved. Any other aikido clothes can be bought via Kitlocker

Missed the Give it a Go last Tuesday? Still want to train? Well you can still start and train with us any time! Beginners are welcome to any of the Uni or Hallam training sessions Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday.

Feel free to contact us via email or join our Facebook group.

This Tuesday (6th October) the Aikido club will be hosting the first GIAG session. Everyone is welcome to this from beginners to those who have already trained in aikido.

We will meet outside Bar|One on the Glossap Road entrance at 6:00pm and then head down to the Kyogikan Dojo near Victoria Hall and Opal 1. The session lasts from 6:30 to 8pm and costs only £3. Membership to the club is a mere £10 which includes insurance.

Please wear a loose fitting T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, we have changing facilities at the dojo.

If you can’t make it to this session we have many more running throughout the Autumn semester so please check out the GIAG booklet, or come to another training session.

Join the Facebook Event here!

The Aikido club would like to welcome all freshers to the start of the new year and invite you to join us! We will be at the Sports Fair during Freshers Week so come down and visit us.

Our introduction session will be held on Tuesday 6th October at 6:30, meet us outside on the Glossop Road entrance to BarOne and we will take you down to the dojo, alternatively you can meet us there. In this session we will introduce you to the basics of Aikido, including throws, locks, footwork and breakfalls. For more information come see us at the fair or email us at aikido@sheffield.ac.uk

In other news our top players from both the Uni and Hallam team are representing the British Team in the World Championships this summer. This event brings together the finest Aikidokas from around the world to compete for the ultimate prize.