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FLYER ! Click to enlarge

 
COMING UP  
 
JUNE 21 & 22, 2008:
Annual Open Aikido Seminar in Holland
Theme: 'Evolving together'
with Patrick Cassidy, 6th dan
Open to all levels, styles, affiliations !
 
Location:
Sporthal Lunetten, Zwarte Woud 201
3524 SG Utrecht-Lunetten, NL
(7 minutes walk from train station Utrecht-Lunetten)
 
Indication training time:
Saturday:  12:45 - 14:45 training
                15:30 - 17:45 training
Sunday:    10:30 - 12:30 training
                13:30 - 15:45 training
 
Fee: 55 euro's total seminar
       (35 euro's one day)
 
Registration: contact Carolina van Haperen at  maramind@hotmail.com or +31-(0)6-13692808. 
Full registration will have priority.
 
Please bring your own jo, bokken and tanto.
Participation at own risk.
 
Cassidy Sensei is dojo holder of Aikido Montreux, a full time dojo in Montreux, Switzerland. For more information about him and his dojo, go to www.aikidomontreux.com. You can find some video clips on
www.youtube.com/cvhaperen and www.youtube.com/IntegralAikido.
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Lewis trained under the late Morihiro Saito Sensei (9th Dan) from 1986 until 1993 in the Iwama Dojo in Japan. He has been busy ever since teaching Aikido both at home in the Netherlands and abroad in seminars throughout Europe. After returning from Japan he maintained regular contact with his teacher through seminars both as a participant as well as assistant and translator. He received the rank of 5th dan Aikikai from Morihiro Saito Sensei in 1999.
 
Lewis is the senior instructor of Takemusu Aikido in the Netherlands and is associated through seminar and examination activities with a network of dojo's practicing the same style. Takemusu Aikido in the Netherlands is affiliated with the Aikikai organization in Tokyo and with TAK (Takemusu Aikido Kyokai) in Europe.

Flyer Open Evening TAN Jan 29, 2008
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Latest news of Takemusu Aikido Naarden:
 
coming up!
 
* TEENAGER CLASSES (age 12-16), Thursdays 19:00-20:00
   starting September 18th, 2008. Trial class is free.
 
* OPEN EVENING on September 9th and 11th, 2008
  Open Class for adults: Sept. 9th, 19:00-20:00
  Open Class for adults & teens: Sept. 11th, 19:00-20:00
  Both evenings will contain demonstrations by 
  instructors and members after the Open Class.
  Everybody is welcome to try open class and watch the demo.
  Instructors are available for answering questions.
 
* Outdoor Weapon Training Basic Level in Naarden

  Sunday May 18th,

  June 29th,

  July 13th, 

  from 09:30 till 11:45.

  Instructors: Arjan & Carolina. 

  Registration is mandatory.  

 

* Summer Stop: July 22nd - August 30th, 2008.

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Location:
gymhal of Wellantcollege
Tenierslaan 2
1412 JE  Naarden
 
* Basics Class:
The aim of these classes is to introduce the basic skills necessary to safely join the general classes where   technical practice is more emphasised.
The Basics Class is also open to beginners.
Tuesday & Thursday 19:00 till 20:00
From Sept. 18th, 2008: on Thursday 19:00-20:00 Teenager Class
Instructors: Arjan de Haan (2Dan) & Carolina v Haperen (3Dan)
 
* General Class: 
All classes begin and end with a formal etiquette (reigi) whose meaning is to contain the training experience within the bounds of attention, trust and respect. These are the essential ingredients in creating an atmosphere within the dojo where practitioners can put each other under pressure in a safe way without letting the practice stray into areas of competitiveness or loss of control.  
 
Tuesday 20:00 till 22:00
Instructor: Lewis de Quiros (5 Dan)
 
Thursday 20:00 till 21:30
From Sept. 18th, 2008: Thursday 20:00 - 22:00
Instructors: Arjan de Haan (2Dan) & Carolina van Haperen (3Dan)
 
For more information: www.traditionalaikido.eu.

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Open Evening January 29th, 2008

 
TAN Instructor Arjan de Haan talking:
"Not very long ago someone asked me: “why do you actually practice aikido, do you have a goal?”

In the 15 years that I have been practising aikido I have had many goals to concentrate on. It started out with simply practising. Soon I noticed that I gained bigger self-consciousness, and that became a goal in itself. Next came the third kyu and shodan rankings after which I would be allowed to wear a hakama and a black belt. Also teaching became a goal, most recently in Linköping, Sweden. In recent years this approach has changed, I no longer have clear external goals but it became more “working on ones own limitations” with as a side effect a slow but constant growth in aikido

For me, aikido is something very personal. It is something that you can approach physically as well as mentally. Something that is different for everyone, which changes constantly and increases in difficulty the further you get along the path. Aikido is something that one does solely for oneself, but with others."
(March 20th, 2007)

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This is one of the three video clips of training and a dialogue from the "Aikido: Practice and Inquiry" seminar of Patrick cassidy and Miles Kessler in Cully, Switzerland, May, 2007:

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! COMING UP IN 2009 !
 
KAYLA FEDER SENSEI,  6th dan
Aikido Seminar in Naarden, Holland
 
MARCH 28th & 29th, 2009
 
Follow details on this site.
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INTRODUCING YOU TO:
 
KAYLA FEDER SENSEI, 6th dan
Dojo cho of Aikdo of Berkeley.

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Sensei Kayla Feder began training in 1973 at the age of 9 and has been training continuously for over 30 years. She started teaching children's classes at age 13, and founded her first Aikido dojo in Benicia, California in 1980. Feder Sensei studied directly under Morihiro Saito Sensei in Iwama, Japan. She has taught seminars to students throughout the US, Europe, and Israel.

Feder Sensei's teaching style supports the individual growth of each student. She also studies yoga and meditation and includes yoga and meditation as part of the curriculum taught at Aikido of Berkeley.

Feder Sensei was promoted to the rank of 6th Dan in 2004 and is one of a small number of women worldwide to attain that rank.

For some video clips, click on this link.

MESSAGE TO YOU - 1/1000th of a Second
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(GlobalMindShift) Click on image

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AIKIDO CLIP SANDAN TEST (June 2006) of Carolina van Haperen.
Images are beautifully orchestrated around music.
With many thanks to the filmer/editor Gael Vittoz.
And many thanks to all the ukes/friends/supporters.

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Demo at Takemusu Aikido Naarden, September 11th, 2007:
On September 11th, 2007 TAN had it's first open evening/demo in Naarden dojo (Holland). The dojo holder is L.B. de Quiros,5th dan. This video shows the 31 kumijo in fast form. A. de Haan is performing the kata, L.B. de Quiros the counterkata:

This video shows the 5 kumitachi. L.B. de Quiros & C. v. Haperen:

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"To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding;
one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience;
ultimately one must have one's experiences in common." 
(Friedrich Nietzsche)

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We welcome interest and input from men too.
 
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web master: Carolina van Haperen (3rd dan)
email-address: maramind@hotmail.com
 
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AIKIDO MONTREUX
RUE DE LA CORSAZ  11
1820 MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
TEL.: 0041-(0)21-963 33 32
 
Aikido Montreux is a fulltime dojo which offers classes in Aikido, Yoga, and Meditation. Aikido Montreux is led by Patrick Cassidy 6th dan. The dojo is located in the beautiful area of the Swiss Riviera. Framed by the Alps and bordering Lake Léman, (Lake Geneva).

webmaster: C. van Haperen