December 2009

Annual Party: Thank you all for a great success and it was wondeful as we gather together for a night of celebration!

Looking forward partying with everyone again. It was truly an unforgetable night! Thank you EVERYONE!!!

 

Congratuations to all members who passed the December 2009 grading exams.

Grading Exam Results

Passed 2nd Kyu Exam: William Chung, Bernard Kwan, Matthew Wong

Passed 3rd Kyu Exam: Renato Reyes

Passed 4th Kyu Exam: Daniel Churchill, Chizu Kurihara, Masayoshi Kurihara, Clayton Myers

November 2009

Aikido Doyukai demonstration day at Hong Kong Baptist University. Special thanks to Allen Jalali for inviting us!

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October 2009

Ms. Anna Stensland and Mr. Peter Spangport, Senior dan grades from Sweden visited us for a week of practice! It was a pleasure practicing with you and looking forward to seeing both of you again soon!

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Stephen Hui from Aikido of Sacramento took time off from his vacation in Hong Kong to practice with us this week. Great seeing you again Stephen!

September 2009

Congratuations to Quincy Ho who passed his September 2009 grading exam.

Grading Exam Results

Passed 4th Kyu Exam: Quincy Ho

August 2009

Clayton Myer and Matthew Wong attended Endo Sensei's Saku Dojo Seminar in Saku, Japan. They had a great time training with Endo Sensei, Shimizu Sensei, Ariga Sensei, and Fukumori Sensei. Summary and photos to come!

July 2009

New classes updated. We have kids and weapon classes now. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

 

Grading Exam Results

We would like to congratulate all the members who participated in the June Grading Exam 2009. Well done!

Passed 3rd Kyu Exam: William Chung, Bernard Kwan, Greg Li, Masanori Sasaki, Matthew Wong

Passed 4th Kyu Exam: Renato Reyes

Passed 5th Kyu Exam: Lee Yang Cheng, Daniel Churchill, Chizu Kurihara, Masayoshi Kurihara, Clayton Myers

 

Aikido Doyukai Hong Kong featured in the 8-21 July 2009 issue of Time Out Magazine!

June 2009

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What a pleasant surprise!

Mr. Nhi Huynh from New Zealand, good friend of Shane Bentley visited us on 27 and 30 May 2009. Mr. Nhi has very nice techniques and it was a pleasure for our members to practice with him. Mr. Nhi, looking forward to your next visit!

May 2009

eymard

Our Saturday class enjoyed a very special training with an old friend of Nagai Sensei from Makati City, the Philippines: Eymard S. Laureano Sensei, Chairman of Aikido Shinwaka.

Not only did Eymard Sensei trained with us, he also shared a few techniques and tips to the class.

Thank you Eymard Sensei and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Sham Shui Po Grading Exam Extra Sessions

For all those who are taking grading examination on 6 June, we will have extra practice sessions with a focus on examination techniques. The classes will be held at 9-10am in the Sham Shui Po Dojo. (Yes! An hour prior to our Saturday class so that you can join right after!)

The classes will be held on May 9, 16, 23, and 30). Please come early. The faster we fix the mats, the faster we can get on with training! Looking forward to seeing all of you examinationees there!

Grading Exam 6 June 2009

Grading exam is almost here and will be held at Kwun Chung Dojo from 4 to 6pm on Saturday, 6 June this year.
Looking forward to it!

Hombu Shihan's Visit

Shigeru Sugawara Shihan (7th Dan) and Terumasa Hino Sensei (3rd Dan) from Hombu Dojo will be visiting Hong Kong to conduct three Aikido seminars. We will be joining HKAA for this special event.

Dates are as follows: Sunday, 31 May (details to be confirmed), Monday, 1 June (Java Road Dojo from 6-8pm on 3rd floor) and Wednesday, 3 June (Kwun Chung Dojo from 7-9pm).

There will not be classes on those dates but you are welcome to use our normal venue for self practice.

We highly encourage everyone to participate in this rare event and an opportunity to meet Sugawara Shihan and Hino Sensei.

There will be a mat fee of HK$40 for each session, payable to Hong Kong Aikido Association.

Stephen Hui from Aikido of Sacramento took time off from his vacation in Hong Kong to practice twice with us this week (April 29 and 2 May)! Stephen, it was great having you here and we look forward to practicing with you again. Please stay in touch and enjoy your Aikido training!

April 2009

Otsuka

Our Wednesday class (8 April 2009) was also very fortunate to have Mr. Shizuo Otsuka from Shinko Securities Aikido Club join us this evening!

Mr. Otsuka demonstrated holding techniques (Morotedori and Ushirowaza) and reminded us the importance of being relaxed against a strong grip. Thank you Mr. Otsuka! Fun evening and great class!

Have a good rest of the week everyone and to those going away for Easter, have a safe and pleasant trip!

mum

Our Monday class was very fortunate to have Mr. Matt Mumford from Cambridge Aiki Dojo in the U.K. visit us on 6 April 2009.

Matt, it was a pleasure training with you. We had a lot of fun!

Your techniques are very clean and dynamic. Thank you once again for coming!

Looking forward to seeing you again soon and have a good trip in Asia.

Jan 2009

Keiko Hajime (First practice of the year in 2009). Thank you all who attended and had a great training!

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keiko

2008 稽古納めに、本家船橋合気道道友会より横井貴代さんが参加されました。

 

アニュアルディナー2008 12月)

 

家族、友人が集い、素晴らしいアニュアルディナーとなりました。

大勢の参加、ありがとうございました。 次回も楽しみにしています。

 

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