CORONA VIRUS
Due to these unprecedented times and unforeseen circumstances with the corona virus Broadland Aikido Club has suspended training for at least the next two weeks, until 1st April when a review will take place. Hopefully we can reopen as soon as practically possible. Please watch this space, your emails and Broadland website and face book for updates as they happen.
Please stay safe and healthy
Frank
Annual Seminar with Shane Riley Shihan
Get fit with Aikido at our purpose built dojo (practice hall)
Visit us at Nirvana Fitness LTD, Pinbush Road, Pakefield. No membership to Nirvana required in order to train at Broadland Aikido Club. Training times are:
Sunday 8.30am - 10.30am and Thursday 8 pm - 9.30 pm. Aikido is suitable for male and female of all ages. Come train in a friendly relaxed atmosphere, come on give it a go.
For more information please contact Frank on: 01502 515062 or email: frank.burlingham@virgin.net
Sunday 8.30am - 10.30am and Thursday 8 pm - 9.30 pm. Aikido is suitable for male and female of all ages. Come train in a friendly relaxed atmosphere, come on give it a go.
For more information please contact Frank on: 01502 515062 or email: frank.burlingham@virgin.net
Promotions at Broadland Aikido Club
Congratulations to Lyubov Zaitseva on passing 1st Dan (1 degree black belt) and Jordan Grant on passing 3rd Kyu Green Belt) on Sunday 22nd December the last training session at Broadland Aikido Club for 2019. Broadland Aikido Club now has 3 females that hold Black belt level in Aikido, two at 1st degree and one at second degree.
Left to Right: Sensei Vince Hammond, Lyubov Zaitseva, Sensei Frank Burlingham (Club leader)
Left to right: Sensei Vince Hammond, Lyubov Zaitseva, Jordan Grant, Frank Burlingham (Club Leader)
Just Published: Frank Aikido Chats
After 20 years in the making a book of interviews with senseis Haydn Foster, William Smith, Kenneth Cottier, Tom Moss, Gwynne Jones and Pat Stratford. Read about their personal side, their life and work before starting to train in Aikido, why and how they started training. What it was like in the early days and the changes they have seen. How they would like to see their association and Aikido in the future. Each interview reveals the personal side of these pioneer senseis that were at the beginning of British Aikido, they were there making history.
For your copy please send £13 (inc Postage & Packing) cheque made payable to Frank Burlingham:
9 Low Farm Drive, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 8HQ
For your copy please send £13 (inc Postage & Packing) cheque made payable to Frank Burlingham:
9 Low Farm Drive, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 8HQ
Promotion for Frank Burlingham Sensei
Broadland Aikido Club and Aikikai Zen Ten have the pleasure of announcing the promotion of sensei Frank Burlingham to 6th Dan Aikikai Foundation (Hombu) on 10th August 2019 by Philip Smith Shihan 7th Dan at the United Kingdom Aikikai (UKA) summer school.
SEE BELOW OUR PAST EVENTS
9th International Friendship Seminar (IFS)
As most of you may know the first International Friendship Seminar took place in 2010 at Broadland Aikido Club dojo in Lowestoft when Haydn Foster sensei Institute of Aikido (U.K.), Philip Lee sensei (Singapore) and Osamu Obata sensei (Canada) agreed to teach together in friendship. Sadly Foster sensei passed away the following year. Since then each year it has rotated being held in the U.K., Singapore and Canada. This year on weekend of 6th – 8th April saw the 9th IFS take place in Singapore along with Philip Lee Shihan association, Aikido Shinju-kai celebrating its 30th year.
It was without a doubt the largest Aikido seminar and celebration I have ever attended in my 46 years of training and study of Aikido, when I say largest I mean it was a very big event as you can see below in the attached photo.
At one point for the group photograph there was a total which included the children, in excess of 870 on the tatami from 26 countries.
Planning started in August 2016, the dojo was a fully air conditioned 20 badminton courts wide sports hall that can hold 2000 participants and spectators, over 1000 tatami were laid
The Gala dinner was held on the Sunday evening and was attended by over 860.
See Youtube: aikido shinju-kai ASK30 behind the scene. and aikido shinju-kai gala dinner
Teaching on the two and half day seminar where:
It was without a doubt the largest Aikido seminar and celebration I have ever attended in my 46 years of training and study of Aikido, when I say largest I mean it was a very big event as you can see below in the attached photo.
At one point for the group photograph there was a total which included the children, in excess of 870 on the tatami from 26 countries.
Planning started in August 2016, the dojo was a fully air conditioned 20 badminton courts wide sports hall that can hold 2000 participants and spectators, over 1000 tatami were laid
The Gala dinner was held on the Sunday evening and was attended by over 860.
See Youtube: aikido shinju-kai ASK30 behind the scene. and aikido shinju-kai gala dinner
Teaching on the two and half day seminar where:
- Guest of Honour Waka Sensei Mitsuteru Ueshiba Hombu Dojo-Cho
- K. Shimamoto Shihan 8th Dan Aikikai Japan
- M. Fukakusa Shihan 8th Dan Aikikai Thailand
- Takeki Tsuboi 8th Dan Aikikai Japan
- Ikuhiro Kubota Shihan 8th Dan Aikikai Japan
- Osamu Obata Shihan 7th Dan Aikikai Canada
- Philip Lee Shihan 7th Dan Singapore
- Tony Smibert Shihan 7th Dan Aikikai Australia
- Nobuo Takase 7th Dan Aikikai New Zealand
- Aziz Belhassane Shihan 7th Dan Belgium
- R. Shirakawa sensei 6th Dan Aikikai Japan
- Frank Burlingham sensei 6th Aikikai Zen Ten, 5th Dan Aikikai U.K.
International Aikido Seminar a Great Success
8th International Friendship Seminar returns to it's home at Broadland Aikido Club
Broadland Aikido Club recently hosted the International Friendship Seminar in Lowestoft, bringing together three international renowned and respected Aikido teachers from around the world, these being Osamu Obata sensei 7th Dan from Canada, Philip Lee sensei 7th Dan from Singapore, Aziz Belhassane sensei 6th Dan from Belgium also teaching was Frank Burlingham sensei 6th Dan from the local Broadland Aikido Club.
The event was held at Ormiston Denes Academy. Sports Centre, Lowestoft, NR32 4AH, proved to be a big success and was attended by around 80 plus students from around the U.K. and the world. Also in attendance were two high ranking 7th Dan senseis Shane Riley sensei and Philip Smith sensei who head up their own associations in the U.K. Attendees came from Belgium, Canada, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, also three students drove from Edinburgh Scotland in order to attend.
This event which started in Lowestoft in 2010 initially rotated around Lowestoft, Toronto and Singapore; recently Brussels has also become a venue. Next year Singapore will host the 9th International Friendship Seminar along with celebrating 30 years of Aikido Shinju-Kai.
The event was open to the public to view free of charge. Broadland Aikido club trains Tuesday & Thursday evening and Sunday morning at Nirvana Fitness Centre, Pinbush Rd, and welcomes new members at any time, please bring this article for 3 FREE lessons or contact Frank Burlingham on 01502 515062 or email: frank.burlingham@virgin.net Alternatively please see our website at: www.broadland-aikido.co.uk.
The event was held at Ormiston Denes Academy. Sports Centre, Lowestoft, NR32 4AH, proved to be a big success and was attended by around 80 plus students from around the U.K. and the world. Also in attendance were two high ranking 7th Dan senseis Shane Riley sensei and Philip Smith sensei who head up their own associations in the U.K. Attendees came from Belgium, Canada, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, also three students drove from Edinburgh Scotland in order to attend.
This event which started in Lowestoft in 2010 initially rotated around Lowestoft, Toronto and Singapore; recently Brussels has also become a venue. Next year Singapore will host the 9th International Friendship Seminar along with celebrating 30 years of Aikido Shinju-Kai.
The event was open to the public to view free of charge. Broadland Aikido club trains Tuesday & Thursday evening and Sunday morning at Nirvana Fitness Centre, Pinbush Rd, and welcomes new members at any time, please bring this article for 3 FREE lessons or contact Frank Burlingham on 01502 515062 or email: frank.burlingham@virgin.net Alternatively please see our website at: www.broadland-aikido.co.uk.
Presentations of 1st Dan certificates
At a recent Broadland Aikido club course held at Nirvana Fitness Ltd on 25th March 2017, two of it's members passed the examination for 1st degree black belt (1st Dan). The course was taught by sensei Frank Burlingham 6th Dan and sensei Vince Hammond 5th Dan of Broadland Aikido Club and sensei Vince Lawrence 5th Dan Makoto Aikido based in Somerset. All three sensei are founder instructors of the newly formed association Aikikai Zen Ten.
Presentations of their certificates took place on Thursday 13th April 2017.
Presentations of their certificates took place on Thursday 13th April 2017.
Singapore & New Zealand Trip Dec 2016
Frank Sensei was invited to teach by Ray Eder sensei at Kyu Shin Do dojo. On the way to and from New Zealand Frank stopped off at Singapore to visit his good friend Philip Lee Shihan. While n New Zealan Frank managed to ctch up with David and Hisae Lynch, David Lynch introduced Aikido into New Zealand.
Obata Shihan visits Broadland Aikido Club
In July 2016 after the 7th International Friendship Seminar in Brussels, Osamu Obata Shihan 7th Dan so Hombu from the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Aikikai in Toronto Canada (JCCC), visited Broadland Aikido Club . Thank you sensei for spending time with us and teaching us.
2nd Honour for Frank Sensei - Honorary membership to White Rose Aikikai
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Frank Honoured by Hellenic Aikido Association
