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1. Travelling and practicing Aikido ... class was taugth by Yamada Sensei himself and went very well. Then, with Amyas, we went eating a good healthy burger sitting rigth beside the band Ash from Northen Ireland... They are currently recording ... 2. The Itinerant Aikidoka ... Circle had just opened so I went there to pursue my training. I practiced over there for 12 years even though I still went to my old dojo in order to enjoy the peculiar atmosphere and to see my friends ... 3. An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn ... twentieth-century Japan, his rejection of its westernising aspects and his romantic appreciation of a Japanese cultural essence found a timely audience. In Ghostly Japan, one of his last books, closes ... 4. Interview with Philippe Gouttard Philippe started practicing aikido in 1970. He quickly went on to study with top Japanese masters (Nobuyoshi Tamura, Masamichi Noro and Kobayashi Sensei) in France and abroad. He met Katsuaki Asai Sensei ... 5. Christian Tissier, Budapest 2008 Cyril Lagrasta, 4th dan Aikikai and a few other DAA students went to Budapest for Christian Tissier's seminar in Hungary. Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy. ... 6. Morihei Ueshiba ... After defeating a high-ranking swordsman by avoiding all his cuts and thrusts (Morihei was unarmed), Morihei went into his garden. "Suddenly the earth trembled. Golden vapor welled up from the ground and ... 7. Summer school in Meze (South coast of France) with Philippe Gouttard At the beginning of July, just like every year for ten years running, a group of fanatical aikidoka went to Mèze (Herault, France) for a week of intensive training under heavy sun. The Taurus site, near ... 8. Practicing at Lake Yamanaka, Japan ... with other participants, to the lake. However I went together with my friend and another guy from the same Dojo by car. After about three hours we arrived at the accomodation, where we would stay and practise ... 9. Cyril's Dojo world tour In 2005/2006 we went, my partner Barbara and I, for a trip around the world. One of my biggest worries was how would I keep training during 8 months of travelling through 11 countries? The answer ... 10. Instructors ... by little, he detached himself from the British Aikido and went back to his roots by practicing the Aikido he had learnt in France within the French Federation (FFAAA). Bruno Mathis gave him ... 11. Instructors ... is in Ireland that he met Kanetsuka Sensei who awarded him his Shodan. Cyril opened his first club in Dublin over 11 years ago. Little by little, he detached himself from the British Aikido and went back ...

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Tuesdays
20.15 - 21.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21.30	Sports Complex DCU
Wednesdays
20.30 - 21.30	Dance House Foley St
Thursdays
19.30 - 21.00	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21:30	Sports Complex DCU
Saturdays
12.00 - 13.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
12.00 - 13.30	Sports Complex DCU