BAF Summer School...what a great time we had there, and just when it was getting good by you getting into the rhythm of training, spending the evening together, getting to know the new people and reconnecting with old friends, Summer School has already ended... But to keep the memories alive and look back on a great week, I want to share I guess my view or summary of the week with you and hopefully get people excited for BAF SS next year! Bear... Lees meer

A few months late, but I guess better than never. This is my story about my first trip ever to Japan and it won't be the last, that is for sure! How do I know? Well I already booked my next flight to Tokyo that will happen in mid November! I haven’t really planned it out yet, but I think I will be traveling less and will be training more at Hombu Dojo. First day So my trip was around mid april and it lasted 2 weeks from a thursday till a... Lees meer

Already being back a few days...too bad it is already over... The weather was getting better when we almost had to go, but not before we took in some sunshine (a bit too much). Szklarska Poreba, a great place to be up in the mountains or maybe it is between them? Anyways we mainly came there for Aikido!! And that is what we did, not missing a single training starting at 7:00 am till 8:30 am, a yummie breakfast at 9:00 am and an hour later jo... Lees meer

Het zit er weer op, de zomerschool georganiseerd door Piotr Borowski, onder leiding van sensei Piotr Borowski en sensei Hubert van Ravensberg. Voor 21 jaar is deze zomerschool nu actief en op een aantal jaren na is sensei Hubert telkens betrokken geweest bij alle edities. Het is goed om te zien dat ook (een aantal van) zijn leerlingen nu deelnemen aan deze zomerschool, in de prachtige omgeving van Szklarska Poreba. Vanuit Ryushinkan waren... Lees meer

Beste Aikidoka’s, Over 3 maanden is het weer zover! Eind augustus wordt de jaarlijkse Summer School georganiseerd door de British Aikido Federation (BAF) in Chester (West-Engeland). Al jaren komen we van Ryushinkan naar Engeland om een week lang aikido te trainen onder begeleiding van de Japanse leraar uit Hombu Dojo, Kanetsuka Sensei, Holland Sensei en de meest seniore sensei’s binnen en buiten de BAF. Naast training ligt de nadruk ook... Lees meer