Thursday Notices – 21.9.06

 

This is your Thursday emailout of notices for 21.9.06 to club members and interested parties on Yahoo groups regarding club matters and upcoming events.  It means you will know to check your email on Thursday or Friday for club notices.  On the other hand, if you have something to include please let me know.  Current news is below:

 

 

Sydney Aikido Yuishinkai Maruyama Sensei Seminar

 

Sydney Aikido Yuishinkai are offering their Maruyama seminar to Brisbane attendees at $100.  It’s on the following w/end to ours and there are 6 classes.  This is fantastic value and some local billeting may still be available. Have a holiday in Sydney and do some training with Maruyama sensei as well.

 

Maruyama Sensei Seminar Update

The Brisbane Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei Seminar October 5th-8th, at Griffith University is virtually booked out. We have had to close sessions on Thursday 5^th and Saturday 7^th October.  Please remit payment as soon as possible if you haven’t coughed up yet.  It will make things much simpler during the seminar if we don’t have to mess around with the money side of things.  Best to mess around with it now!! 

This is important too - If you are coming to the seminar and are planning on bringing additional guests to the dinner please let us know for catering purposes. The dinner venue will be at the fabulous Griffith Campus club which we have booked out for the evening and includes a live band. http://www.griffithcampusclub.com.au 

 Full details are on http://griffithaikido.com/aikidoevents.html 

 

Don’t forget that there are no adult classes at Nathan on Saturday, but the aikikids class will still be on.  Remember, it will now be run every week from now on, Saturdays from 10.30 till 11.30am.

I told you about these last week, but they’re still on so here are the details again:

Sensei Michael Williams Pre Seminar Visit – Saturday September 23rd

Sensei Williams, International Chief Instructor Aikido Yuishinkai will visit Cleveland Dojo to teach a class and conduct several Dan
Grades.

Location:              Cleveland Dojo, Edgar Harley Pavilion, Long Street, Cleveland
Date:                      Sat Sept 23 2006
Times:                    Class:  9.30am – 12.00md
                                Grades :  Commence 1.00pm (Ukes needed for Grades please)
Cost:                      $25.00 (inc lunch), Lunch will be Subway Sandwiches
Further Details:    Thom Hansen, aikido@bigpond.net.au, Ph 0419 023 700
Dinner After:        Sands Hotel , Middle Street, Cleveland, Back deck (This is a pay as you order venue)

This is Sensei's First visit back in Australia since his move to Fiji.

 

Restraint and Removal Seminar with Joe Thambu Sensei at David Dangerfield’s Dojo

 

When:                    Sunshine Coast, Saturday 30 September 2006

 

Where:                   The Aikido Institute Inc.

4 Briggs Street

Palmwoods, Queensland

 

Website:          www.aikidoinstitute.com.au

 

More details:   http://www.yoshin.info/rr2006/venues.htm

 

Byron Goshinkan Seminar

Another reminder again, is for the Byron Goshinkan seminars which follow on from Brisbane - Yuki on Tuesday 10 October, Aikido on Wednesday 11 October. Details are on the website. 10% discount is being offered for those attending Brisbane plus Byron or are on the tour more generally.

 

 

Steve Mitchell

GUAC Secretary (and registrations clerk!)

Please email me at stevemitchell@... if you have something for me to include.  Please keep it short and I obviously can’t guarantee that it will be included, but I’ll try.