12th & 13th April 2025

12th & 13th April 2025
Hosted by D.A.N at Kodokwai Judo Club, South Shields, NE33 1RQ
Training Schedule:
11.00 – 12.15: David Yates: BAF
12.30 – 13.45: John Emmerson: DAN
14.15 – 15.30: Mark Pickering: BB
15.45 – 17.00: Nick Waites. KAA
Unfortunately there can be no weapons training in the Dojo.
Cost £25 – Early Bird is only £20 if paid by 1st May 2023.
Payment by Bank Transfer:
Lloyd’s TSB 00715171
30-98-34
Reference = name + organisation
We also have use of the Dojo on Saturday 10th when DAN will offer afternoon training sessions to those who would like to a weekend of training. Home stay accommodation will be offered to travellers.
For further information about any of the above, contact
Barry Nicholson
07427180217
BarryNicholson1972@gmail.com
There are a number of events being held in memory of the passing of Ezra Shihan. 11th March:
12th March:
Please prebook the buffet and course eventsFor details and booking forms please see our websites. Either
All welcome. Kind regards
It is with great sorrow that another original student of ‘O’ Sensei, Yamada Yoshimitsu Shihan, has passed.
Over the years the collective membership of the JAC were honored to receive instruction from Yamada Sensei.
He provided us with motivational instruction in his own unique and inspiring way.
His personality, skill and technical prowess will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
The JAC Membership.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Terence Ezra Shihan, beloved husband of Petra Ezra and father of Terry and Jane Ezra, Aikido sensei to students at Komyokan Dojo, Komyokan Aikido Association and throughout the world, passed away peacefully at home at 1pm UK time on Wednesday 28th December 2022.
Condolences can be sent to:
Petra Elliott-Ezra
c/o Komyokan Dojo
146 Harrowby Road
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH42 7HX
or by email to: ezra@aikido.co.uk
The funeral is to be a private ceremony for family only followed at a later date by a memorial service and Aikido course dedicated to the memory of Ezra Shihan.
Further announcements will be made shortly.
I would like to share my deepest condolences with the Aikido community of the United Kingdom after learning of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Aikido Doshu Ueshiba Moriteru
Sunday 26th June 2022
Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre
Alcester Road South
Kingsheath
B14 6ER
Instruction by the
JAC Organisations
Registration from 10.30
1st class 11.00-11.40 – Stuart Lovering. BB
2nd class 11.50-12.30 – John Emmerson. DAN.
3rd class 12.40-13.20 – Don Morgan. BAF
4th class 13.30-14.10 – Jeremy Garmson. KAA
5th class 14.20-15.00 – Eddie McCalla. UKA
6th class 15.10-15.50 – Ian Grubb. BA
Costs
Full day £25
Concessions £20
Full day practice only with payments on day
For more information contact Mark Pickering on
07754480805
Or by email mpickering8@gmail.com
For directions see: https://tudorgrangeaikido.com/cmw/
ON 14 FEBRUARY 2022, SENSEI MATTHEW HOLLAND, 7th DAN AIKIKAI SHIHAN, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF SCOTTISH AIKIDO FEDERATION PASSED AWAY PEACUFULLY IN GLASGOW AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS.
SENSEI STARTED AIKIDO AGED 20 IN 1971. SENSEI WAS RENOWNED ACROSS THE AIKIDO COMMUNITY AND LEFT A MARK ON EVERYONE HE MET, EVERYWHERE HE TAUGHT, AND EVERYONE WILL MISS HIM DEEPLY.
SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND AIKIDO STUDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE TRIBUTES YOU WISH TO SEND PLEASE ADDRESS THEM TO media@scottish-aikido.co.uk WHERE THEY WILL BE COLLATED AND POSTED LATER TO THIS WEBSITE.
REST IN PEACE SENSEI.
Please be advised that the 2022 JAC AGM will be held on 6th March 2022 at 2.00pm.
Minutes from the 2021 AGM are attached for reference as is the nominal agenda.
The location is as follows:
Venue: Holiday Inn, J7 M6 Chapel Ln, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7BG
Room: Meeting Room number available from reception
Booker’s Name: Guy Needler
We look forward to seeing you again.
Please find below the agenda and last year’s AGM minutes.
The General Assembly of the International Aikido Federation has taken place via electronic means. A new Directing Committee has been elected. 17 countries became IAF Members and 4 countries became IAF Associate Members.
On the 13th of October 2021, 120 participants joined the General Assembly of the International Aikido Federation. Considering the global pandemic, the only solution for joining representatives from countries around the world was through electronic means. Therefore, the platform for the meeting was Zoom and the platform for the confidential voting system was Election Runner.
Aikido Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba, President of the IAF, opened the meeting with a speech and also did the closing remarks.
The official reports of the Chairman, the General Secretary and the Treasurer were approved without objections. Also, the Statute and the Fee Structure were revised in order to keep with current times.
17 new country members joined the IAF: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cuba, India, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, North Macedonia, Peru, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey and Polynesia.
4 countries joined as IAF Associate Members: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Malta and Tunisia.
A new Directing Committee was elected inside the General Assembly. The new team is as follows:
Chairman – mr. Wilko Vriesman
General Secretary – mr. Dorin Marchis
Vice Chairman – mr. Kei Izawa
Assistant General Secretary – mr. Corrie Human
Advisor from Aikikai – mr. Shoichi Kamiya
DC Member – ms. Yoko Okamoto
DC Member – mr. Charlie McGinnis
DC Member – mr. Adam Manikowski
DC Member – mr. Frederic Heylbroeck
Treasurer – mr. Satoshi Kaga
Dojo-cho Mitsuteru Ueshiba announced the lists of the two Councils members that were appointed by the IAF President:
Technical Council
Miyamoto Tsuruzo Shihan
Yokota Yoshiaki Shihan
Hayato Osawa Shihan
Senior Council
Chairman
Tada Hiroshi Shihan
Members
Yamada Yoshimitsu Shihan
Asai Katsuaki Shihan
Suganuma Morito Shihan
Ozaki Sho Shihan
Tony Smibert Shihan
Christian Tissier Shihan
For a better organization of the General Assembly, there were 5 online pre-meetings during May-September, that allowed the members to fully discuss and approve topics concerning the activity of the IAF.
The next General Assembly will be in 2024, as according to the original calendar.
On behalf of its member and affiliated organisations in the UK, the JAC Executive wants to thank the outgoing team for its efforts to create interest in, enthusiasm for, and growth of Aikido around the world. The JAC welcomes all the newly affiliated countries and looks forward to working with the new Directing Committee to continue the promotion of Aikido.