Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Upcoming Events & Ryuichi Omori's Visit To Sheffield

Good morning everybody,


Following on from yesterday's club committee meeting, here's the latest list of upcoming events and information on Ryuichi Omori Sensei's visit to Sheffield.


September
Wednesday 7th - Dojo Osoji, 19.00-20.00

Thursday 15th - Class Led By Omori Sensei, 18.00-19.30

Friday 16th - Classes Led By Omori Sensei, 17.00-18.00 (For Juniors) 18.00-19.00 (For Everybody)

Saturday 17th - National Seminar Led By Omori Sensei, Sheffield

Saturday 18th - 2nd National Seminar Led By Omori Sensei, Sheffield

Monday 19th - Dojo's 25th Anniversary Party Including Class Led By Omori Sensei, 17.00-onwards

Tuesday 20th - Class Led By Omori Sensei 18.00-20.00 & Peak District Walk During The Day

Saturday 24th - National Squad Session, London

Monday 26th - University Of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam Terms Begin

Tuesday 27th - Grading, 18.30-20.00


October

Saturday 22nd - Shodohai

Saturday 29th - National Squad Session, Location TBC


November

Saturday 12th - Aikido Marathon

Tuesday 15th - Grading, 18.30-20.00

Saturday 19th - Shodohai, Location TBC


Please note that all events are in the dojo unless otherwise stated. The list of events is also subject to change and is not comprehensive; events are likely to be added to October and November nearer the time




Ryuichi Omori In The Dojo


First of all, in preparation for Ryuichi Omori's visit to the dojo, we are holding a dojo osoji (i.e. we are cleaning the dojo) tomorrow (Wednesday 7th) at 19.00 for about an hour. Yes I know, I don't want to do it either, but the dojo is not going to clean itself. It is also the least you can do if you are planning on going to some or all of Omori's classes, since the dojo has sorted out the financial side of this visit to make the classes free for Sheffield dojo members. So pretty please, turn up tomorrow to help if you can.


Moving on, the class times during Omori's visit follow a slightly different schedule to normal. Please look at the events list above carefully for the times. Normal Saturday training that week is also cancelled due to the national seminar taking place at Sheffield Hallam university.


As already mentioned, the cost of attending Omori's classes is free for Sheffield dojo members; simply pay your usual class fee. For non-Sheffield dojo members, the fee is £5/10 student/employed.



Ryuichi Omori National Seminars


The seminars will be held in the Sports Hall of Sheffield Hallam University Pearson Building, Broomgrove Rd, Sheffield, S10 2BP. This is part of Sheffield Hallam Active (on google map: https://goo.gl/maps/SX2UjskZ7jv). The venue is not linked by tram, but there are plenty of buses to Ecclesall road nearby. Check out http://walkit.com/cities/sheffield/  and http://tsy.yorkshiretravel.net/journeyplanner/enterJourneyPlan.do for buses.


Registration for the event will start at 10am on Saturday. Seminars will finish 15.00-17.00. If you can, please turn up at 9am on Saturday to help set up the mats.


Fees for the seminars are:
£15 student / £20 employed including a Japanese bento lunch box for one day

£20 student / £30 employed including a Japanese bento lunch box for both days

Without lunch deduct £5 from the fee


On Saturday evening we will be going for a dinner buffet in the City centre. On the Sunday afternoon, there will be a kongodantaisen mini competition.


Please confirm your attendance of the national seminars via this Google form by September 10th:

docs.google.com
On the 17th and 18th of September, SAUK will have the honour of running a national seminar led by Ryuichi Omori-sensei, 7th dan SAF, JAA. Register to attend and secure a bento box on either or both days using this form. The deadline for registration is 10th September.





As always, feel free to message me if you have any questions/problems. I look forward to seeing you soon.

James


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