Visiting Sensei – Neil Saunders, Monday 21st Feb

Back by popular demand, Genryukan dojo has Neil Saunders Sensei visiting to take the class on Monday 21st February.

For those who do not know him, Saunders Sensei has a wealth of Aikido experience, and holds a 4th Dan in both Tomiki and Yoshinkan Aikido disciplines.  Neil now teaches Yoshinkan Aikido at his Meikyokai Dojo in Bexley, Kent under the technical supervision of Robert Mustard Sensei (7th Dan Yoshinkan) from Burnaby, Canada.

For more information, feel free to contact Phil direct, or use the contact page here on the site.

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Christophe Update

As of yesterday, Christophe has now had the bigger of the two screws pictured removed from his ankle.

Looking at the x-rays one could be forgiven for thinking that the surgery was performed by a child playing with meccano, some wire and a soldering iron, but I’m reliably informed that the surgeon did a good job on it.

Chris starts physiotherapy next week.  We wish him a speedy recovery, and fingers crossed he will get a good range of movement back as time goes on.

I had better add in case anyone see this and thinks it’s an aikido injury, that in fact Christophe broke his leg walking his dog.

All the best Chris!

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New Calendar

We have now added a Genryukan training calendar on the website for your convenience. All training, gradings, seminars etc will be updated to this calendar so could be a pretty useful reference.

here is the calendar below, but you can find it easily on the “Where and When” page

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Grading Results

Last night Genryukan conducted a kyu grading.
The grading panel were Phil Eyers, Tom Davey and Paul Smith.

I was most impressed by the students’ posture throughout the grading, and excellent show of spirit during the extended randori.

Successful students were;

Mark Ball – Schichikyu
Lee Whitehall – Schichikyu
Nikcsi Kobol – Schichikyu
Tony Dowling – Hachikyu
Yvette Marshall – Hachikyu
Kevin Bird – Hachikyu
Aaron Groombridge – Hachikyu

Well done to all!

Phil

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New yellow belt

Congratulation to Joe Relf who gained his yellow belt last Friday.
The grading took place at the Gowaryu Aikido dojo under the supervision of Jim Dempster Sensei.

Well done Joe.

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