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Monthly Intensive Training Course

Takemusu Aikido. Monthly intensive Keiko starting Thursday 24th in our Jerpoint, Thomastown Dojo. 6 till 9.30.

Each session will focus on a specific principle of training. Open to all engaging in weekly practice but commitment to all sessions is a must. Partial attendance is not accepted.

Thursday 24th September 6 – 9.30, Thursday 22nd October 6 – 9.30, Thursday 19th November 6-9.30, Thursday 10th December 6-9.30. Saturday 12th December 11-2. Times subject to change.

To Book a place email aikijoseph@gmail.com.

Directions to Jerpoint Dojo on http://www.norevalleyaikido.com

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year to All. This Year why not start Aikido? Most people have great intentions with various New Year’s resolutions and such but usually these are forgotten about by the end of the week. By choosing to participate in this 8 week beginners course you’ll have a great opportunity to back up all those good intentions. And you might even like it! So go on and give it a go.

Takemusu Aikido Ireland Beginners Courses taught by Joseph Kennedy 2nd Dan.

This course will include a broad range of Aikido including weapons work and self defence. The focus shall however be on basics.

Waterford. Starting 9th. Two classes a week. Tuesdays 10.30 till noon and Friday evenings 7.30 till 9. Black Belt Academy, 6 Cross Roads Business Park. waterfordaikido.com

Kilkenny and Thomastown. Starting 5th. Mondays in BodyWorks, 11 O’Loughlin Road, Kilkenny. 7.30 till 9. Thursdays in Camphill Jerpoint, Thomastown, 7.30 till 9.  norevalleyaikido.com

Email aikijoseph@gmail.com to book a place.

Also this March our Head Teacher is back in Ireland to teach a 3 day course in the South East!

Takemusu Aikido Course with Sensei Simone Chierchini 5th Dan. 6 – 8 March.  aikidoirelanddojo.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/takemusu-aikido-ireland-spring-course-2015/

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TAKEMUSU AIKIDO IRELAND – Spring Course 2015

 

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6 – 8th March 2015

Sensei Simone 5th Dan our technical director will teach a 3 day course in Kilkenny and Waterford Dojo. During these three days we will cover the basics of Takemusu Aikido offering an insight into this approach.

Takemusu Aikido has a strong emphasis on weapons work in coherence with our paired and solo practices, it gives the practitioner a wide grounded understanding of Aikido by building up a solid foundation of basics. When absorbed these basic principles can open up the student to Aikido as Budo…

Training is always conducted in a serious and yet relaxed atmosphere. As such beginners are welcome as are students of other martial traditions. There will also be a social side to this course with at least one event of food and music probably in Thomastown on the Saturday night.

Friday- Waterford 7.30pm till 9
Saturday – Camphill Jerpoint 11 till 2 and 4 till 6
Sunday – Waterford Aikido 11 till 2 and 4 till 6
60 euro for weekend. 40 for a day. Concessions Available.
email Joseph aikijoseph@gmail.com
Accommodation can be arranged for international students.

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Start Aikido

Aikido – FREE COURSES FOR BEGINNERS throughout June. Waterford and Kilkenny/ Thomastown
5 spaces in each venue. email aikijoseph@gmail.com to book a place.

Twice a week in Waterford City.
Tuesdays from 10.30am till 12 and Friday evening from 7.30 till 9. Black Belt Academy. 6 Cross Roads Buisness Park. 

Kilkenny/ Thomastown Beginners Course
Monday in Kilkenny. 7.30 till 9. Training Rooms, 11 O’Loughlin Rd.
Thursday in Thomastown. 7 till 9. Camphill Jerpoint.
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Aikido is a Traditional Japanese Martial Art incorporating Weapons and Self Defence techniques through correct breathing, posture and relaxed movement. Classes taught by Sensei Joseph Kennedy 2nd Dan.

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Demo in Windgap, Co. Kilkenny

On Friday 4th April Joseph Kennedy and Kieran Nipress gave a Demo of  Takemusu Aikido and Katori Shinto Ryu to the Windgap Youth Club. There where about 40 kids present and several adults. When we arrived the kids where running all over the place and yelling. Just generally being kids. They did however in all fairness sit down and stay more or less quiet while we showed them what we do. I gave a brief talk about Aikido and why I do it, and the kids listened responsively.  They where especially attentive when I took out my Iaito and showed the Iaijutsu of Katori Shinto Ryu. The demo concluded and we invited the children up two at a time to have a go at the shihonage throw. Me and Kieran must have taken ukemi 100 times on that cold hard floor. All part of training I supposed. We finished with everyone standing doing some Kiai’s. Hope fun was had by all and thanks to Liz Jackson for the invite.20140404_162132

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Light Colour Sound: a new Festival with Aikido

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This July a new Summer Festival will begin. In the beautiful location of Paulstown Castle Music will ring out for miles, tents will be pinched, Music, Dancing and a little bit of Aikido.

Ran by Arlie and Marie Croft who last year had a summer camp which included a few Aikido Classes given my our instructors. There will be some fantastic music over the weekend, including Cathy Davies, Wallis Bird, Kila, Jerry Fish, Jape, So I Watch From Afar and many more.

Takemusu Aikido Ireland will give at least one Demo, probably a few short taster classes also.

GET YOUR TICKETS SOON.

Takemusu Aikido Ireland Thanks Arlie and Marie for this wonderful opportunity to promote Aikido. THANK YOU.

more info  www.lightcoloursoundfestival.com

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 LET US PUT THE ROLL IN YOUR ROCK N ROLL

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TAI Spring Course 2014 in Waterford & Thomastown

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Takemusu Aikido Ireland Spring Course Thomastown and Waterford Sensei Simone Chierchini 

Another weekend of throws, pins, cuts and rolls, some Kokyu breathing, then off to the pub.

Putting it so simply hardly gives it justice. This seminar was interesting on too many levels to mention. Sensei Simone’s ability to explain and demonstrate both technique and principle is remarkable. The adaptability of Takemusu Aikido and the sure scope of content could leave many confused. Fortunately for us Simone is able to put into words and show things in such a way that our beginners can understand and improve their own Aikido.

This seminar was held in 2 locations. We started on Friday with a short class in our Waterford Dojo. Sensei Simone emphasised flow and flexibility and covered about 4 techniques. He spoke about the important of being able to perform a technique from many different situations and the mental state required to do so.

The next day we trained in the beautiful hall of Camphill Jerpoint, Thomastown. Sensei Simone started a class with a Kokyu session. Kokyu exercises are a kind of breathing movement mediation similar to QiGong. We were also fortunate to be able to listen to Phillip Cullen playing the piano during this. After lunch we trained in Bukiwaza {weapons} , covering the sword katas of Iwama Ryu. This is a wonderful way to train. Not only are the katas interesting by themselves but also in relation to the Empty handed Aikido. Sensei Simone always likes to explain the close relation between armed and unarmed technique.

On Sunday we returned to our Waterford Dojo. There we continued with a simple series of technique in an almost kata like fashion. Focusing on flow and then returning to more basic kihon practice we were able to both capture the basic principle and to look into other possibilities. Our Bukiwaza was Jo {staff}. We learnt a short kata and went over the basic suburi exercises. Our course finished with a grading ceremony. The first students of Waterford Dojo received their 5th Kyu.

Thanks to Camphill Community Jerpoint and Black Belt Academy Waterford for hosting the event.

We hope to have Simone back this Summer.

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Uchideshi Program at Aiki-En Italy

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In the troubled times we are living in, Aiki-En Italy is a project that offers its participants the experience of an alternative lifestyle built on Budo. Aiki-En Italy gives us an opportunity to live together in the name of Aikido, sharing an experience based on its principles of peace, harmony and mutual collaboration.

Aiki-En Italy is not only a martial arts project, but also a social and ecological concept. At Aiki-En Italy we strive to live in a sustainable and self-sufficient way, joining our passion for Aikido training with pleasant work in the garden, growing vegetables, tending fruit trees and taking care of courtyard animals. The daily practice of Aikido is blended with agriculture, family life and grounded feeling.

Aiki-En Italy enrolees are live-in students (uchideshi) that live with the teacher and his family, as opposed to the external students (sotodeshi) that only come to train but live outside the Dojo. The unique experience of being an uchideshi implies that the student is not only doing Aikido on the mats, but also living it together with the teacher, his family and other enrolees, like an Aikido family.

Time spent as an uchideshi is characterised by the creation of a special bond between sensei and student. Besides studying in depth the basics of the Art, the uchideshi gets to be exposed to the specific background knowledge of Aikido and its application in everyday’s life: traditionally, in fact, every part of the life of an uchideshi was part of the training itself.

Nowadays, taking part in a uchideshi program suits those that feel the need to step back from their normal routine for a while, it is also an ideal solution for those who want to undergo a period of intensive quality training, or simply having a holiday out of the ordinary. At Aiki-En Italy we wish to support people in their quest for achieving mastery of the Art, gaining/regaining personal balance and finding a new positioning in personal life.

At Aiki-En Italy, uchideshi practice Aikido daily—normally two classes per day plus special impromptu sessions. Uchideshi training does not begin or end with practising Aikido as the live-in students also share in performing various duties, going from Aiki-En maintenance to working in the garden and contributing their skills at special once-off projects.

Uchideshi usually develop their Aikido skills very quickly, at the same time learning how to manage themselves, people and situations. The challenge of becoming an uchideshi is one that must not be taken lightly. Accepting this responsibility will lead to valuable personal development through training, a process that is priceless in everyday’s life.

UCHIDESHI PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS

  • The Program is open to both men and women
  • There is no age limit
  • Beginners are welcome
  • There is no minimum or maximum time of staying
  • Enrollees must have the financial means to support themselves for the entire duration of their designated term
  • Aiki-En Italy does not act as sponsor for visa applications. If required, live-in students must obtain their own visas for their intended stay in Italy. Only applicants with full legal status will be accepted in the program.

UCHIDESHI PROGRAM EXPENSES CONTRIBUTION

To participate into the Uchideshi Program at Aiki-En Italy, all participants – no exceptions made – will be required to contribute to the general costs connected with your staying in the following measure:

  • Per day: €40
  • Per weekend: €70
  • Per week: €200
  • Per month: €500

These expense contributions entitle the live-in students to avail of:

  • Private or semi-private lodgings
  • Use of Aiki-En Italy’s facilities
  • A minimum of 1 2hr Aikido session daily
  • Meals
  • Laundry

Live-in students will be expected to share cooking/tidying up/laundry/maintenance responsibilities with sensei’s family.

HOW TO APPLY TO AIKI-EN ITALY UCHIDESHI PROGRAM

Since occupancy at Aiki-En Italy may vary throughout the year, we require perspective uchideshi to apply at least two weeks in advance of the time of their intended staying. For general information about the Uchideshi Program email us here.

To enter the Uchideshi Program, applicants are asked to fill the form below.
We committ to answer to all enquires within 3 working days.

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