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Melbourne dojo has it’s first birthday

Ben — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50:35 +0000

The guys over in Melbourne are celebrating their first anniversary this week. We are all happy to see the club expansion going strong!

If you are travelling over that way, don’t forget to drop past for a little catch up and break fall soiree.

Sensei Fujimori 2010 photos

Ben — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:13 +0000

Greetings All!

Many thanks to Karel for uploading a great swath of photos from the 2010 tour.

I think we can all agree that this year was a most successful visit. There was a large number of core Aikidoka at just about every training session and similarly for the social events. What a great way to start the year off!

If you didn’t make it into the photo, we hope to see you in the next one! If you want a full size copy of an image, please talk to Karel about it at training; I am sure you will be able to work something out!

Fujimori 2010 visit confirmed

Ben — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:52:21 +0000

The U.W.A. Aikido Club is very pleased to announce:

Sensei Fujimori is coming to Perth!

藤森先生が二月に来豪

Arriving on the 18th of February this year, Sensei Fujimori will be with us for 10 days of intensive training and cultural exchange.

This will be a members only event; so if you have been away from the mats for a while, now is the time to get back in to the Dojo!

August dinner

Ben — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:35:56 +0000

The next Aikido dinner will be held on the second Monday of August so Paul can come along too! We’ll be eating at the old pizza place on warratah avenue which has changed it’s name to Lo Zucherro.

99a Waratah Ave, Dalkieth.
web site

Car pooling could be advantageous.

Dinner with Giles

Ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:54:24 +0000

About a week ago, the club held a special Wind-Up dinner with Sensei Giles who had been visiting Perth for about a week and had packed in as much time on the mats as possible. Many senior students turned up for the opportunity to train in with Giles and he seemed positively delighted with the numbers of willing uke available.

Photos courtesy of Karel.

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Sensei Giles has opened up an Aikijujitsu Butoku Ryu Dojo in Melbourne, Australia. If you are travelling out that way you would be warmly welcomed to step on to the mats.

April Dinner

Ben — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:11:51 +0000

The monthly dinner was quite successful, despite the original location being closed and losing a couple of guys with bad directions to the next place (Sorry Paul, Dave).

Those who made it to the secret final destination were treated to such discoveries as:

Nick has a picture on his phone of a girl who may or may not be his girlfriend (he insists she is).
Alex doesn’t like salty pizza.
Ray continues to be the best wine merchant in Perth.
Christian wants my car (you can’t have it).

Several people who couldn’t make it to this one have promised to come to the next one, so we will have to come up with a venue that contains more than 2 tables!

New Pics and Video

Ben — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:55:31 +0000

Hi All

I have just finished updating a bunch of pages on Sensei Fujimori’s visits with the club. There are some old old photos from 1999 that have to be seen to be believed. If anyone has any text that could go along with the photos please send it to me and I’ll post it up when I can.

Also, suggestions for information that is missing on the site would be greatly appreciated. If you HAVE the information and are willing to hand it over that would be even better!

In the mean time, enjoy the memories (or discoveries, if you weren’t there at the time)

Photos from Sensei Fujimori’s 2008 visit

Ben — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:15 +0000

I have picked a few photos from the 2008 visit for everyone to have a look at. If you have some you would like to share, please talk to me about it at training next time you see me.

Here they are.

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First Monday in May

Ben — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Just a quick reminder that next week is the first Monday of the month and so we will be having another social dinner after training.

At the moment the location hasn’t been decided, but it usually involves pizza and will most likely be AT the dojo. If anyone has any suggestions for another location, speak up.

In the mean time, does anyone have any photos from Sensei Fujimori’s recent visit that they would be willing to have put up on the site for others to see? If you do, please contact me and I can make arrangements to collect them.