Easter Seminar

The dojo will be closed for normal classes from Friday the 2nd of April until Tuesday the 13th of April.

Over the Easter long weekend, Takeno Sensei (9th Dan) and Nakagawa Sensei (5th Dan) will be teaching a three day seminar. Takeno Sensei is the founder of Aikido Yoshinkan Yamanashi and was Instructor at Honbu Dojo for over 10 years.

30 Melbourne Aikido students will be attending this unique experience. There will photos posted after the long weekend

All classes resume as normal from Wednesday the 14th of April.

Test resuts March 2010

The results of the Adult Test held on the 27th of March 2010

The following Students have been promoted to:

7th Kyu

Georgina Costello
Mandi Sebasio-Ong
Aiden Varan
Aaron Drew
Leigh Stillard
Akshay Bhurtun

5th Kyu

Rory Christensen
Frank Mesiti

4th Kyu

Robin Linhart

3rd Kyu

Elly Davis

2nd Kyu

Daniel Gomez
Kelya Perez
Sophie Harle
Quang Kwanon Truong




Certificates and belts will be awarded during class

Saturday March 27

This Saturday (27th of March 2010) is a testing date. There will be no regular classes (adults or juniors) on this day.

Kids Test:

On the mats in a clean dogi, with neat and tidy hair by 10:45am sharp. All parents must fill out a testing form and pay testing fee by Friday the 26th of March (cash only payment).

Adults Test:

Senior test candidates must be on the mats in their dogi by 12:15pm. All candidates must have filled out a testing form and paid testing fee by Friday the 26th of March (cash only payment).

Family and friends are welcome to watch the test. Photos are fine - no flash please!

Gambate Kudasai!

Admin

Test results: February 2010

The results of the test held on Saturday the 27th of Feb 2010 are as follows:

7th Kyu

Dylan Mraz
Kristine Cao
Paul Melillo
Kate Hale
Andrej Mijanovic
Daniel Lee
Ngoc Bao Nguyen

6th Kyu

David Haidon
Andrew Bowles
Brad Ashlock
Simon McGowan
Bachir Khoury
Nigel Williams
Yvette Blanchard
Elnaz Sheshgelari
Jeffrey Blanchard

5th Kyu

Nesidah Jonsin
David Lewin
Masumi Namiki
Voytek Lapinski

Belts and Certificates will be issued shortly during regular class.

Dojo picnic - 14 March

There will be a dojo picnic on Sunday March 14 at Studley Park Boathouse from 11am to 2pm

Partners, friends and family are all invited, and is a perfect chance for all members of the dojo to catch up and relax. There are also various boating options available at the boat shed.

There is a sign up sheet at the front desk, as well as a map and other details.

Hope to see everyone there!

Labour Day long weekend

Dear Members

The dojo will be open on Saturday the 6th of March.

The dojo will be closed on Monday the 8th of March - Labour Day

arigato gozaimasu

Admin