2012年3月29日木曜日

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Wakui- san on passing his 6th kyu exam. Wakui-san joined Maihama mid last year, but unfortunately hurt his foot and wasn't able to test until just last week. Needless to say, with over 6 months of training he did a great job on the basic movements and techniques. Next test in August.

2012年2月9日木曜日

Kangeiko

A few of our regular visitors to Maihama Dokokai braved the early cold weather and attended this years Kangeiko at Yoshinkan Aikido Ryu Honbu dojo. Endo, Yamashita, Sato and Otsuka-san along with about twenty others joined the 7 consecutive days of 6am training.




Everyday, a different instructor and different techniques (about 8 techniques a day). Next chance - Shochu geiko - the first week of August. Hope to see you all there!

2011年11月16日水曜日

Ando Sensei and Chino Sensei Special Keiko

第5回千葉県連盟合同練成会

平成24年2月11日(土)16:15~17:45、合同錬成会を行います。
場所は舞浜の総合体育館武道場です。
講師は安藤師範(杖)と千野師範(体術)です。
費用は龍会員:500円、他の団体:1000円です。
定員70名、定員になり次第締め切ります。
詳しくは、各団体指導者・責任者にお聞きください。

2011年9月16日金曜日

第56回全日本養神館合気道総合演武大会

来る10月29日(土)に第56回全日本養神館合気道総合演武大会
が駒沢オリンピック公園体育館で行われます。

The All Japan Yoshinkan Aikido demonstration will be held Saturday, October 29th at the Komazawa Olympic stadium in Tokyo. If you would like to participate please apply before Sunday, the 25th of September.

2011年7月27日水曜日

Nice picture

Yeah, that's right...Over 70 people doing the "Maihama Pose"


Taken last weekend at our annual kids summer camp.

2011年4月27日水曜日

Maihama member Introduction

My name is Yap Jon Ban, also known as Johnny. I am from Malaysia and have been living in Japan since 2005. I started Aikido training in Maihama Club since Oct 2010.


I was first informed about Aikido by one of my English language students. She mentioned that she was practising Aikido in a dojo in Funabashi. She also mentioned that Aikido is a non-competitive martial arts sport, and people of all ages can join. So it roused my interest and I did some research about Aikido immediately after that. I saw some videos in Youtube and I thought that it is very interesting and it is a sport that I can do.

The next step was to look for a dojo in Chiba-city and particularly where the sensei can speak English. So I searched the Internet and found the website of Yoshinkan Aikido Ryu. In that website, I found information of Jim-sensei of Maihama Club and made some enquiries directly to him. I went for a trial lesson and then, decided to join as a member a week after that.

Initially, my main concern about Aikido was the fear of getting injured but Jim-sensei assured me that nobody has ever been injured in his class. It has been 6 months now since I joined Maihama Club. All I can say is I enjoyed every class very much. Now I look forward to attending Aikido class every Friday night.

Osu! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

2011年4月25日月曜日

Training Location

Unfortunately due to repairs needing to be made at the Maihama Sports Center, training will continue to be held at Ryu Dojo. Hopefully by mid to late May we can use the sports center. Keep checking this blog for updates. Thanks for your understanding and patience.