Hi, I’m working away on Tuesday, so there won’t be a practice. Back to normal on Thursday.
Cheers Steve
Hi, I’m working away on Tuesday, so there won’t be a practice. Back to normal on Thursday.
Cheers Steve
Hi everyone, we will be back on the mat on from Tuesday 3rd October.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers Steve
Due to my and students’ holidays in July and also that I need a medical procedure at the end of July, which requires 4 weeks of recuperation, I’ve decided to cancel all practice over July and August.
I hope to restart in September and look forward to seeing you then.
I will keep you posted!
Cheers Steve.
Hi all, I’m being treated to a night out at the theatre on Thursday 15th June, so there won’t be a practice.
Back to normal next week (well with me possibly slightly more cultured !)
Cheers steve
Hi all, as I am on holiday this week, there is no practice.
Back as normal next Tuesday (18th)
Cheers steve
Hi Everyone,
Our last practice before Christmas will be next Tuesday, 20th December and we will return on Thursday 5th January.
We wish you all a safe, restful and enjoyable Christmas and New Year !
Hope to see members old and new next year !
Cheers Steve
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We are now able to use the facility at Berrywood and classes have restarted !
Same times 8:00pm to 10pm on Tuesday and Thursday.
Hope to see members old and new !
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Hi all, I’ve received the following email today from the BAB. ____________________________
Information Received from Sport England.
Based upon this information the BAB expects that in England, clubs will be able to train with full contact aikido as of the week commencing 19th July. In light of this please ensure your BAB membership is current & valid as it includes your person to person and public liability insurance. ___________________________________
Last weekend I sent off a few insurance renewals for those members who had expressed an interest in starting up again soon, so once I have confirmed all is in order on the insurance front and also that Berrywood Hospital is ok for us to resume practice and triple checked the T’s and C’s from the BAB perspective We are good to go !!
If anyone would like further info, please either email me using s.w.copson@gmail.com or phone me on 07808 571089.
Failing that, please watch this space for the latest info.
I anticipate it may be a week or 2, before we get back to a very gentle reintroduction of our bodies to the mat !
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON
Cheers Steve
Hi all,
Following the announcement from the government tonight, I’ve decided the safest course of action is to stop practices until further notice.
This is not a decision I’ve take lightly, but I hope you agree that we need to do whatever we can to help stop the spread of the corona virus.
Lets hope the actions we all take now help to make this situation as short a duration as possible and we can all get back to life as normal.
Please keep an eye on the website for more info or feel free to call me on 07808 571089.
Cheers Steve
Hi, just to confirm there is no practice this evening. Back to normal next week.
Cheers Steve
Hi all,
We are unable to use the room at the hospital this Thursday as it being decorated.
We will not be practicing the following Thursday either due to both instructors being unavailable.
We are however there on Tuesday 25th and the following week is back to normal.
Cheers steve
Ou friends at Kettering Aikikai are holding a course with Sensei Pierre Citti 8th Dan on 1st/2nd February 2020.
Details:
1st/2nd February 2020
Saturday 1pm-6pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
£20 per day OR £30 for both days.
Kettering Aikikai
Kettering Olympic Gymnastics club
Brunel close
Kettering
Northants
NN16 9QQ
Please try to attend, even just part of a day if you can. I’m sure you will find it enjoyable and useful.
Cheers Steve
Hi everyone,
We hope you had a great Christmas, are wishing you all a fantastic New Year and want to remind you that we start back at practice on January 7th 2020.
This should give us all enough time to rest any aching joints, have had our fill of the Christmas excesses and made new resolutions to continue / return to our practice.
We look forward to seeing you all in 2020 !
Cheers Steve.
Hi all,
Sorry for short notice but tonight’s practice is cancelled. Back to normal next week. Hope to see you then.
Cheers Steve
Bob Sherrington, friend and instructor to many in the area is leaving to go and live in South Wales, so this is your chance to have one last practice (for a while) with him before he leaves.
The Practice will be from 10:00am to 1:00pm, after which there will be a picnic in a nearby park.
The Club can be found at
Kettering Olympic Gymnastics Club
Brunel Close
Kettering
NN16 9QQ
Every One is welcome Friends, Family, Children !
Hi All
We are going to change the format of this Thursday’s weapons class so that the session will start at the normal time of 8:00 and all of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido.
Cheers – Steve
Hi All
Tomorrows class is the first session of the month, so the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month is this format.
Cheers – Steve
Hi all, due to various holidays and injuries, we will not be practicing this week. Sorry for the short notice.
See you on the 11th Sept.
Cheers steve
Hi all,
just to say that although this Thursday is the first session of the month, Â we won’t be having a weapons class and therefore will be starting the class at 8:00pm not 7:00pm. The reason for this is purely down to a number of students being away on holiday.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers Steve.
Hi All
Tuesdays class is the first session of the month, so the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month is this format.
Cheers – Steve
Hi All
Tuesdays class is the first session of the month, so the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month is this format.
Cheers – Steve
Hi All
Tuesdays class is the first session of the month, so the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month is this format.
Cheers – Steve
Congratulations to Charlie and Mike for passing their 3rd Kyu (Green Belt) on the 5th April. A well deserved grading chaps !
Keep up the practice and many more smiles lay ahead.
Hi All,
This Thursday, Charlie and Mike will be taking a grading, so if at all possible, please come along.
It would be great to get a few people there for moral support and to also provide different Uke for them. If you’re a relative beginner, it would be good for you to see what is required of you for the intermediate grades.
There will be a normal class through to around 9:15 and then the Grading will take place.
We hope to see you there.
Cheers – Steve
Hi All
Tuesdays class is the first session of the month, so the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month is this format.
Cheers – Steve
Hi everyone,
on the basis the weather is not going to get any better tomorrow and to save everyone from travelling, we are going  to cancel the class.
Unless you hear otherwise from us, the classes will be back to normal next week, 8:00 to 10:00 and we will rearrange the weapons practice for another session.
We hope you all understand, but safety in this weather has to come first.
Cheers Steve.
Hi All
As Thursday’s class is the first session of the month, the session will start at 7:00 with a normal class until around 8:30.
The remainder of the class will be using Jo and possibly Bokken, so please bring weapons if you have them.
If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, just come along and enjoy a different aspect of aikido. If you can’t make the 7:00 start, again, don’t worry, just come at normal time 8:00.
The first session of each month will be of this format.
Cheers – Steve
Hi All,
For those well enough to practice, here’s the Christmas schedule :-
Thursday 21st December   – Open – Last practice before Christmas
Tuesday 26th December    – Closed
Thursday 28th December   – Closed
Tuesday 2nd January 2018!  – 7:00 start for Practice & Weapons class
We will probably see you all in the run up to Christmas, but if we don’t, we wish you all a great festive period and hope to see you all in the new year.
Cheers
Thanks to everyone who made it to the meal and those who tried hard to get there.
I think everyone had a great time and here’s photo evidence !
Well done to Mike, Tom and Billy for passing their grading last week.
There will be many more of these to come !
Hi everyone, I think I’ve managed to contact you all already, either in person or by text, but just in case I’ve missed some of you, there won’t be any practice this Thursday as both Cathy and I are not able to take the class.
Practice is still on tonight, but you get the night off on Thursday.
All back to normal next week.
Cheers Steve
There will be a grading for the beginners who have been with us for a while on the last Thursday in March (30th).
Even if you haven’t been told you will be grading, please come along to support those who are and also to see what is expected on your first grading.
There is also an article on this website in the members area, which explains what the instructors are looking for when you grade, which you may find useful.
Please speak to either myself or Cathy if you have any questions.
Cheers Steve
From all the Instructors at Aikido Northampton we hope you’ve had
great Christmas and wish you a very Happy New Year !
Whether you are a regular practitioner with us, a newcomer or someone who has
simply got out of the habit of coming along, our first practice back in 2017 is
Tuesday 3rd January and we look forward to seeing you soon !
Just a quick note to say I’ve re-written by biography from scratch – as it was the only one that I didn’t keep prior to the hack !
A chap called Richard Small has submitted an article to The Aikido Times, which mentions Aubrey being his instructor many years ago.
Follow this link to this Aikido Times Edition, plenty of other articles in there.