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Course Instructors and the gallery of their classes
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Jack Poole 7th dan Traditional |
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Joe McEnroe 4th dan Tomiki |
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Jon Jenkin 6th dan Yoshinkan |
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Steve Billett 4th dan ADS Tomiki |
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Tony Evangelou 4th dan ADS Tomiki |
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Marill Poole 5th dan Traditional |
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Roy Sheppard 6th dan Traditional |
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Jerry Newton 4th dan
Traditional |
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Les White 6th
dan Traditional |
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Mix
Photo's by George of Kurai |
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Julian Goldsmith 3rd dan -
Mandy McEnroe 2nd dan - Joe McEnroe 4th dan
The club instructors of the
Cinque Port Club who arranged this brilliant event. |
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Some 70 students, plus a number of juniors,
enjoyed a great weekends training at Hawkinge, Kent, with a
variety of styles on offer including Traditional, Tomiki and
Yoshinkan, plus some Judo influences.
This is becoming a bit of an annual family event where clubs
from UK Shinwakai and the Aikido Development Society, plus
other friends, forget about their individual styles and just
focus on aikido. The Sensei included Jack Poole 7th Dan,
Leslie White 6th dan, Roy Sheppard 6th dan, John Jenkin 6th
dan, Marill Poole 5th dan, Joe McEnroe 4th dan, Steve
Billett 4th dan, Tony Evangelo 4th dan and Jerry Newton 4th
dan.
A busy training programme gave us the opportunity to
experience the full range of aikido forms from hand and
kneeling techniques, to weapons taking and formal kata, plus
two sessions on defence against kicks, an area which is
often ignored.
Of course we mustn’t forget the evenings “training” which
started with 42 students visiting the local Chinese Buffet
Restaurant, where the owners must have thought about taking
down the “eat as much as you like” signs, and then this was
followed by the odd drink at a variety of venues. For those
who still had some stamina, in the morning, it was a walk
along the seafront, at Folkestone, before breakfast, and
then back to the Dojo.
The Hawkinge Centre offers good facilities, including a very
large dojo, plus smaller one for juniors and anyone who
wants to join us next year, would be most welcome.
Our thanks to Sensei Joe McEnroe for organising the event
Keith Holland
(Kurai Aikido) |
