Dan gradings at Irchester Dojo(22/7/08)
There are two special training sessions at the Parsons Hall dojo in Irchester coming up. There will be a couple of hours of training followed by a dan grading. The dates and times are:

IBC and Kettering Aikido Club Course(22/7/08)
A weekend of Aikido is being presented in Kettering. This should be a very interesting weekend and there will be coaching from:

Belated grading success(20/6/08)
Belated congratulation go to Kuldip on his recent promotion to 1st Kyu and to Kwaku on his first grading where he successfully passed 6th Kyu.

Milton Keynes Annual Course(15/6/08)
Instruction from Bob Spence 6th Dan, Lancashire Aikikai Principal. All members are expected to attend. The course is the same venue as usual, Shenley Leisure Centre, Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes MK5 6HF. Registration for the course is 11:30 Training 12:00 to 16:00

Stockport Celebratory Course(11/5/08)
Come and join us for a celebratory practice with teaching from Keith Downs (5th Dan) and Peter Philippson (3rd Dan) Everyone welcome, old faces and new. At: Stockport College, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3UQ on May 11th 12:00 to 16:00

Latest Grading Results(1/2/08)
During gradings at our Kents Hill and Open University dojos, the following students successfully passed their gradings. Harpreet(6th kyu), Kayoko(6th Kyu), Hazel(5th kyu), Shinji(5th kyu), Joe(6th kyu), Mawuko(6th kyu). Pictures from the Open University grading are available here.

Daventry Day Course(25/1/08)
There is a one day course at Daventry on 16th March. It will be a mixture of Aikido and Judo with guest instructors from both worlds, and MK instructors teaching. The course will run from 09:30am - 4pm and the cost will £5. The dojo address is: Daventry Community Centre, Ashby Road, Daventry Northamptonshire NN11 5QD

Ribby Hall gasshuku (25/1/08)
See here for further details.

Grading Success (20/1/08)
Heartfelt congratulations from all at Sei Shin to DJ on his recent dan grading success during our Kagami Biraki Keiko on Jan 20th. Well done also to Barry on achieving 6th kyu.

Kagami Biraki Keiko (18/12/07)
We will be holding our Kagami Biraki Keiko on Sunday 20th January at Tattenhoe. Starting at 13:15 until 17:00. This is a special training event in which members from all of our MK dojo's are invited to attend.

Latest Grading Results (18/5/07)
Well done to Vlad, Woytek and Richard on their latest gradings where they achieved 3rd, 4th and 6th Kyu respectively.

Tattenhoe dojo closed Bank Holiday Monday (7/5/07)
There will be no classes on Monday 7th May as the Tattenhoe dojo is closed for the Bank Holiday

Annual Association Course(3/6/07)
We will be hosting our 4th Annual Lancashire Aikikai Course on Sunday 3rd June 2007. Guest Instructors include Bob Spence 6th Dan. Shenley Leisure, 11:30 - 16:00. Cost of training is £10. All associations welcome, BAB insurance required.

Special Training (20/5/2007)
We are holding a special training session on at the Tattenhoe dojo on Sunday 20th May, 12:30 - 17:00. The day will be taught by club instructors. Cost of training is £1. Pizza and beer will be provided after. This is only open to club members.

More Grading Results(29/11/06)
Yet more congratulations to Marc and Kuldip on achieving 1st Dan and 2nd Kyu respectively. In addition we are pleased to announce the following grading successes:

Akiko Bateman - 3rd Kyu
Steve Knight - 4th Kyu
Phil - 4th Kyu
Steve - 5th Kyu
Voitec - 5th Kyu
Stuart Heales - 6th Kyu

Grading Results(19/11/06)
The club offers congratulations to Bryan, Mark Robinson and Dennis for their excellent Aikido performance during the grading over the weekend. Bryan achieved Nidan (2nd Dan) while Mark and Dennis were awarded 1st kyu.

Forthcoming Grading Dates(10/11/06)
There are some grading dates coming up soon:

Sun - Nov 19th - 2:30pm There is a high level grading (2nd Dan and 1st Kyu) at Tattenhoe Pavilion. Be there about 2pm for a 2:30pm start. Finishes at 5:30pm.

Wed - Nov 22nd - 7pm There is a high level grading (1st Dan and 2nd Kyu) at Tattenhoe Pavilion. Note the earlier than usual start time.

Wed - Nov 29nd - 7:30pm There is a grading (6th - 3rd Kyu) at Tattenhoe Pavilion. Be there at 7:15pm for a prompt start.

Ray Munns achieves 3rd Dan(2/10/06)
At the association course in Altrincham on 24th September Ray was awarded 3rd Dan by Spence Sensei, the head of the Lancashire Aikikai. Ray demonstrated an excellent range of Aikido techniques against multiple attackers with various weapons and the club offers its heartfelt congratulations to Ray on this great achievement..

I know I can speak for the whole club in saying we look forward to continuing to learn from, and train with, Ray over the coming months and years and once again say 'well done' on this fantastic achievement.

Assocation Course(27/4/06)
We will be hosting another association course at Shenley Leisure Centre on Sunday 4th June. It will be a very enjoyable day with instruction from Mr. Bob Spence (6th Dan) and an opportunity to practice with other experienced aikidoka from the LAA. Students from all associations are welcome. The cost is £10 for the day, £8 for Lancs Aikikai members. Time is 12:00 – 16:00. Please arrive promptly to assist in getting the mats down.

Grading (14/12/05)
After another successful grading at our Tattenhoe dojo, we are pleased to announce the following successes:

Paul Jeavons Awarded 6th kyu
Dave Smith Awarded 6th kyu
John Nash Awarded 5th kyu
Phil Purcell Awarded 5th kyu.
Vlad Tanesecu Awarded 5th kyu.
Akiko Bateman Awarded 4th kyu
Kuldip Singh Awarded 3rd kyu
Denis Bosman Awarded 2nd kyu
Paul Bevan Awarded 2nd kyu

New dojo (24/8/05)
We have now moved to our new dojo at Tattenhoe Pavilion. There will be no further classes at Eaglestone. Classes at Kents Hill and the Open University continue as normal.

Move to new dojo (24/8/05)
The club will open its doors at Tattenhoe Pavilion on Monday 5th September.

Please note that next Monday is a Bank Holiday, there is no class at Eaglestone, this means that there are no more junior classes at Eaglestone, the last senior class will be next Wednesday 31st August.

We have to move the mats from Eaglestone to Tattenhoe next Friday evening ( 2nd September). Mark Robinson has kindly volunteered his van, I need some volunteers to help me shift the mats. This is an impossible task to do as alone, at least 4 are required (1 to stay with the open van, one to stay with the hall, two (or as many as possible) to carry the mats up to the car park and load onto the van. Could all members with a spare hour and able to help, give me a call (01908 506390). If there are not enough volunteers, they won't be moved, meaning that there will be no classes until the mats are transferred.

Tattenhoe Pavilion is located off Holborn Crescent, close to the Giles Brook Combined School. See here for map

Club Barbeque (21/7/05)
The club will be holding our second annual summer BBQ on Sunday 7th August, at Teardrops, Knowlhill. The BBQ starts at 13:00 and will run until either everyone goes, or 17:00, whichever comes first. All family members are welcome, the more the merrier. The cost is £6 per adult, £3 per junior, under 3 are free. The cost includes all food and drink.
In order to cater for food and drink, we need everyone coming to notify us as soon as possible, and to pay their money by Monday 1st August at the absolute latest. Please let us know if you have any special dietary needs (i.e. vegetarian etc.).

See here for a map.

Hope to see you all there.

Assocation Course(3/6/05)
We will be hosting Bob Spence Sensei, 6th Dan and Principal of our association, the Lancashire Aikikai. The course will be held at the Shenley Leisure Centre starting at 12:00 and finishing at 16:00. It's a long way for Bob to come, we hope that all senior members will support the day in order to convince Bob to come back again next year. The course will cost £8 to LAA members, and £10 for anyone else. Would all those attending please ensure that they arrive by 11:30 so that we can be ready to start at 12:00 promptly.

Assocation Course(26/4/05)
Our June LAA association course will be Shenley. 12th June, 12:00 - 16:00, Open to all associations -£10 (LAA
members £8). More details to follow.

Grading Results(26/4/05)
After the latest senior grading on 17th April we are pleased to congratulate the following students on their successful gradings:

Jennifer Rowe - 6th Kyu
John Nash - 6th Kyu
Akiko Bateman - 5th Kyu
Jake Bateman - 5th Kyu
Alison Freeman - 5th Kyu
Martin Nicholls - 5th Kyu
Gareth Perry - 4th Kyu
Kuldip Singh - 4th Kyu
Jan Slavik - 3rd Kyu
Mark Robinson - 2nd Kyu
David-Jon Walford - 1st Kyu
Marc Davies - 1st Kyu

Darren Clayton - 1st Dan

Junior Grading(24/1/05)
The Junior class took their first grading of 2005 on Monday 24th January. The club is extends its congratulations to all those who took part and is pleased to announce the following results:

Calum Moulder - 6th kyu san
Elliot Moulder - 6th kyu san
Nikul Gandhi - 6th kyu san
Ashley Robinson - 5th kyu
Katrina Bevan - 5th kyu ichi
Christopher Teagles - 5th kyu ichi
Kayleigh Robinson - 5th kyu ichi
Shalini Gandhi - 5th kyu ni
Karishma Gandhi - 4th Kyu
Vanessa Bevan - 4th kyu ichi

Particular mention is made of Vanessa and Karishma, for a perfrmance well above expectation.

Membership renewal(7/12/04)
Please note that it is almost time to renew our annual membership with the Lancashire Aikikai. Our membership of the LAA always runs from January to December, regardless of the date that you join the club. We do this by prorating membership through the year, and then renewing in January of the following year. Brown insurance slips are valid for 12 months regardless of when you join, they will automatically be renewed when they expire, providing that you have renewed in January.

Those of you who have joined in November do not need to renew as your membership will be carried until January 2006.

Everyone else will need to renew from the first of January. The costs are:
Senior Member - £16
Junior Member/ Student - £10

Forms will be available over the next few training sessions. All members need to provide Bryan with their blue books to get this years validation stamp

Christmas Party(30/11/04)
The club Christmas party will take place on Sunday 5th December at the Kam Tong Garder Chinese Restaurant in Great Holm, 12:00 – 15:00, eat as much as you can buffet. We have 32 people in confirmed bookings, if anyone not booked wants to come, they need to contact Bryan immediately on 01908 506390.

Gareth's Grading (5/9/04)
Gareth Perry took his first grading with the club, and we are pleased to be able to award him 6th Kyu

Edinburgh Course(5/8/04)
There is a course in Edinburgh with Yamada Sensei, Aikikai 8th Dan. on 2/3rd October. Click here for details. To learn more about Yamada Sensei click here or here. To read a fascinating interview with him click here.

First MK Seishin Bar-B-Q(25/7/04)
The vagaries of the English weather didn't dampen any high spirits and had only minimal effects on the club Bar-B-Q on Sunday. Congratulations to all those that came along to this first for Seishin; everybody enjoyed themselves. Our thanks go to Bryan for event organisation and Bryan & Darren T for the loan of the gas barbies, also to everyone involved in preparation, cooking and clearing up. About half the club came along; let's build on this success by making sure there's an even bigger turn-out next year!

Guest Instructor(20/7/04)
The club would like to say a big thanks to Russell, our guest instructor on 19th July. We all enjoyed an excellent evening of Aikido and look forward to meeting Russell again next time he is in the country.

Jan's Grading (20/7/04)
Congratulations to Jan Slavik on passing his 6th and 5th Kyu gradings on the same evening! Well done Jan.

Guest Instructor – Monday 19th July. (14/7/04)
A 3rd Dan instructor from the Seibukan Dojo in Kobe, a very friendly chap called Russell, will be staying with Bryan for a couple of days. He will be our guest Sensei for the night next Monday. For those of you who remember Nakao Sensei, Russell is one of his top students, who has made a giant step by being one of the few foreigners teaching at a dojo in Japan. It should be a fun night, so come on down.

Changes to Schedule(7/7/04)
Because Kents Hill is unavailable on the second Tuesday of each month, we have decided to accept the offer to change to a Thursday evening, therefore making for continuous practice each week. July 27 will be the last Tuesday night at Kents Hill. From August (5th) we will be training on Thursday evenings. Monday and Wednesday evenings continue unchanged.

Club B-B-Q(23/6/04)
Don't forget the club B-B-Q at Caldecotte lake on Sunday 25th July, starting at 12 noon. Tickets in advance (see Bryan):
Adults £5, children £3, under 6 years free (children must be accompanied by an adult). A map can be found here

Junior Grading(14/6/04)
MK Seishin Aikido Club began its first Junior class November 2003. The class started with 4 members and grew to 12 within the first month, it now has a steady 14 members aged between 7 and 14 years old. The club was pleased to hold its first junior grading on Monday 14th June 2004. All of the junior students that took part demonstrated their Aikido for the first time, giving an excellent display, the grading panel were so impressed that some students were promoted up 2 or 3 grades. The club would like to offer its congratulations to all of our students.

Irchester Grading(13/6/04)
There is a day course and grading on Sat. 19th June starting at 10am. The venue is Parsons Hall, Little Irchester.

Club Barbeque(11/6/04)
We are having a club barbeque at Caldecotte lake on Sunday 25th July, starting at 12 noon. All family welcome. Tickets in advance - Adults £5, children £3, under 6 years free (children must be accompanied by an adult)

Association Course(6/6/04)
MK Seishin hosted another successful Lancashire Aikikai day school. Aikidoka from the Lancashire Region along with local MK and Northampton clubs enjoyed instruction from Bob Spence Sensei, principal of the Lancs Aikikai and Graham Harrison Sensei, 5th Dan. Seishin would like to express their gratitude to Mr. Spence and Mr Harrison for their teaching as well as to all other visiting aikidoka for making this such a successful day. The clubs thanks also go to the staff of Shenley Leisure Centre for organising the facilities so smoothly.

Welcome new students(2/6/04)
The beginners course which started on June 1st was well attended and we would like to welcome all the new students to the club. You can see pictures of the evening on the gallery page. If you are interested in joining then please contact us for more details.

Kippy's Grading(17/5/04)
The club would like to congratulate Kippy on passing his 3rd Kyu on 17th May.

Association Course(5/5/04)
We are hosting an association course at Shenley Leisure Centre on Sunday 6th June. The course starts at noon and will run until 4pm. All students are welcome to attend.

New Class(5/5/04)
We have a new regular Tuesday evening class starting on Tuesday 1st June at Kents Hill Community Centre. The class will run from 19:30-21:30 and is open to all Aikidoka and new students.

Darren's Grading(31/3/04)
Darren T. passed his 5th Kyu grading on 31st March 2004. Congratulations from all at Seishin Aikido.

Marc's Grading(3/3/04)
Well done to Marc Davies on pasing his 2nd Kyu grading on March 3rd. The panel were very impressed with an excellent display of Aikido.

Chilrens Coach Course(28/2/04)
Bryan Bateman successfully passed the childrens coaching course over the weekend of February 28th.

Leroy's Grading (14/1/04)
Congratulations to Leroy on passing his 6th Kyu grading on Jan 14th.

Website facelift (18/12/03)
We have given the website a major facelift and tried to rationalise it to make information easier to find. Any comments, please email webmaster@seishinaikido.com

Shodan Gradings (26/11/03)
Seishin club extends its warmest congratulations to Bryan Bateman and Paul Maher on achieving Sho-dan on 26th November. Both students demonstrated to the club and panel eminent evidence of their aikido. Paul and Bryan would like to thank Keith and Ray and all our ukes, Derek, Sally, Tim, Darren, Marc and Mark.

Eddies Grading (18/11/03)
Well done to Eddie on passing his 6th Kyu. Congratulations also go to Darren who successfully passed the two day BAB Coach course over the weekend of 15th/16th November.

Price Changes (26/9/03)
Unfortunately due to increased insurance costs we are having to increase the cost of each training session to £4 (unwaged £2). At the same time we are also going to introduce a monthly payment scheme of £29 per month.