Brighton Aikikai

Pascal Durchon – 5th dan Aikikai – will return to Brighton on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of November at the Brighton Judo Club in Dorset Gardens.

Session times are:

• Saturday:
  • 11am to 1pm
  • 2:30pm to 4:30pm

• Sunday:
  • 11am to 1pm

The price for one session is £15, or £40 for the whole weekend. No pre-booking is required.

PDF posters for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka are available below:

• Pascal Flier November 2011 (grey background)
• Pascal Flier November 2011 (white background)

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

We are proud to announce that Christian Tissier Shihan – 7th dan Aikikai – will return to the UK for a two-session, one-day course on Saturday 24th March at the Dartford Olympic Judo Club.

Session times are:

• 10:30 to 12:30
• 15:00 to 17:00

The price for one session is £25, or £45 for both. No pre-booking is required, but you can RSVP on our Facebook event page:

Registration starts at 09:30 on the day.

BAB insurance is required for UK practitioners, so please remember to bring your certificates!

PDF posters for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka are available below:

• Tissier Flier (chocolate background)
• Tissier Flier (white background)

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

Check out the video and photos of Tissier Shihan teaching last year!

EDIT: We hope you enjoy this new teaching video from last years seminar:

At long last the resident video-monkey has been able to edit down some of the footage from the Seminar with Christian Tissier back in February.

Rather than a fast-and-furious demo-reel, the video is a refresher of some of the techniques and principles taught during the day.

We hope you like it!

Phil Rozier – 4th dan Aikikai – will host a course on Sunday the 31st of July at the Brighton Judo Club in Dorset Gardens.

The course will run from 11am to 4:30pm with a short break. The price for the course is £15, no pre-booking required.

A PDF poster for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka is available.

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

Check out the highlights video from the previous course:

Thanks to all who attended the course on Saturday! We’ve thrown together a highlights video – check it out on YouTube.

Congratulations to our friends and gracious hosts, Kritonas Christoforou and Elena Markitani, who passed their 3rd kyu gradings under Phil Rozier at the weekend course hosted by Cyprus Aikikai.

Congratulations also go to their students who passed 5th kyu gradings. The excellent level and attitudes reflect on their teachers and show that the club has both a strong foundation and great potential.

Much thanks go to Kritonas and Elena for their fabulous hospitality:

We hope to see you again soon!

Phil Rozier – 4th dan Aikikai – will host a course on Saturday the 4th of June at the Brighton Judo Club in Dorset Gardens.

The course will run from 11am to 4:30pm with a short break. The price for the course is £15, no pre-booking required.

A PDF poster for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka is available for download.

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

Check out the highlights video from the previous course:

Many thanks to sensei Pascal Durchon for a great course at the weekend, and thanks to all those who came from far and wide to attend! Pascal will return in November for another weekend seminar.

View at Picasa 07-May-2011 12:18, FUJIFILM FinePix E550 , 4.7, 20.2mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 200

View at Picasa 07-May-2011 12:14, FUJIFILM FinePix E550 , 3.4, 11.9mm, 0.026 sec, ISO 200

View the full gallery here.

Congratulations to Jack Tyrrell and Jeff Balmer who both passed their nidan (2nd dan) aikikai gradings under Pascal on Saturday.

Last but not least, many thanks to Tim Hewson and his wife who put on a spectacular barbecue on Saturday!

View at Picasa 26-Feb-2011 11:10, Canon Canon EOS 550D, 5.6, 85.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 2500

View at Picasa 26-Feb-2011 11:17, Canon Canon EOS 550D, 5.6, 135.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 3200

View at Picasa 26-Feb-2011 11:35, Canon Canon EOS 550D, 5.6, 120.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 2500

View the full gallery here. The photos will eventually be whittled down to just a dozen or so, so if you see any you want to keep for posterity download them while you can!

Video is still being sorted and edited, so that will take a bit longer.

Rick Smaridge – 4th dan Aikikai – is hosting a course this Sunday at the The Karate Academy, Bradley Lane, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Session times are:

• 10am to 12pm
• 1:30pm to 3pm

Apologies for the short notice. If you think you can attend, please contact us for more details.