Aikido Times July 2011

In this edition of the Aikido Times we include:

• Information about the new Weapons Protocol and Dan Grade Certification
• An article on the Seijitsu Aikido Ryu anniversary course
• An article on the opening of the Salisbury Ki Aikido Centre
• A report on the first BAB Young Persons' National Course

The BAB has been contacted by Olga Skachko from BeloRussia who has been reading the BAB Website, He has translated parts of the website into BeloRussian and subcequently contacted us to ask permission to post it on his blog.

 

Dear BAB member,

 

This link http://www.bab.org.uk/downloads/ZED_BAB_Newsletter_April_2011.pdf will allow you download a PDF of the third edition of the Aikido Times, the newsletter for BAB members.

Dear Association representative, and/or Club secretary/instructor, The British Aikido Board supports the work of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (formerly CCPR) on its survey assessing the financial health of sports clubs in the UK (find out more about the Sport and Recreation Alliance). In the last survey, in 2009, enough BAB Aikido clubs participated in the survey for the BAB to warrant its own report compiled by the Sport and Recreation Alliance. The report the BAB received was totally anonymous but did give us an insight into the types of training venues used and hall hire costs, etc.

Aiki Extensions is doing great work that truly effects the lives of its recipients, but it is also doing a lot to promote the good name of aikido. If you can support its work in any way it would certainly make a difference, particularly in the UK, where we have but a fledgling presence.