Kokoro Aikido - English

Winter break

2011-12-20T10:01:00.000+01:00

Due to the winter break in the school we have our sessions at the dojo will be closed from 19 Dec until the end of this year. The first training will start at 17:30 on Tuesday, 3 Jan 2012.

I wish you Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Autumn break

2011-10-27T21:18:00.001+02:00

Due to the Autumn break in the school there will be no training in the dojo from November 1 until November 6. The first training after the break will be on November 8 (Tuesday).

Thank you for understanding.

Island trainings

2011-08-02T10:59:00.000+02:00

Hope you had a nice time during summer. I myself really enjoyed our summer training camp in Tata with Günther Steger sensei.

We have one more month until we start our regular trainings back at the dojo, the first training will be on September 6, Tuesday starting at 17:30.

Until then we have the usual weapons practice at the Margaret island (see previous post). The only difference is that a session is only held if there are at least 4 participants responding to my invitation sent from our Google calendar, or the Facebook group. Please let me know, if you would like to join, but didn't get the invitation.

Have a nice summer and see you at the dojo or on the island.

Thursday

2011-05-31T11:51:00.000+02:00

This Thursday (06.02) there will be no training at Bazilika as the gym will be closed for the second half of the week.

When the school closes for the summer in the second half of June we usually go the Margaret island to train with weapons. I decided that we can do this even on this Thursday.

We will meet at the musical fountain located at the Southern end of the island and we walk from there to find a nice place to practice. Make sure you don't get late, as we will leave from the fountain at 18:15. Also make sure you bring your weapons.

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Please note, that in case of bad weather conditions the training will be cancelled. So if it is pouring in the afternoon, don't go to the island. You can go to Kinizsi utca 1. instead, where Attila Kiss will have his regular training with the Kannagara dojo.

About last weekend

2011-05-31T11:41:00.000+02:00

As you all know, last weekend we had the honor of having Shihan Donovan Waite as our guest to hold a seminar in Budapest. I am really glad to see so many people, especially many people from our dojo. As part of the seminar, there was a dan exam led by Donovan sensei and a kyu exam led by the committee consisting of HBSE Yudansha members. I am proud to present, that as a result of the weekend, many of our members got new ranks after taking the exams. Here is the list with the names and the new ranks:

Attila Éles (1. dan)
László Miczán (1. dan)
Dávid Tisza (2. kyu)
Péter Tóth-Czere (3. kyu)
Attila Kovácsházi (4. kyu)
Nicolas Mazet (5. kyu)

Congratulations!

Spring break - update

2011-04-13T09:07:00.000+02:00

I just got the information, that the Spring break will last until 26th, therefore the first training at Bazilika will only happen on Thursday (28.04).

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Spring Break + Important Aikido Seminar

2011-04-11T14:32:00.000+02:00

Please note, that due to the coming Spring break in the school, there will be no training sessions on 19th and 21st of April (next week) at Szent István tér. As usual, we can still go and join the Kannagara Aiki Dojo on that week.
They have trainings on the same days (Tue & Thu), but starting at 18:00 on both days. The address in IX. district, Kinizsi street 1.

And now, to something else:
Donovan Waite sensei, head student of Yoshimitsu Yamada sensei will be visiting us next month and we will have the chance to practice with him. I would like all our dojo members to join this seminar in Budapest on May 28-29.

The details can be found on the following web address:

http://hbse.budo.hu/en/calendar/details/75.html

Giampietro Savegnago 2010. Pécs - details

2010-09-07T15:35:00.000+02:00

We have received the details of the stage with Giampietro Savegnago Shihan to be held in Pécs in October.

I am looking forward meeting our friends from outer countries at the end of next month.

Michael Narey - September 10-11, Budapest

2010-09-02T11:25:00.000+02:00

Photo from Templegate dojo

I am pleased to present the fore-coming Michael Narey stage, which will be held in Budapest on the following weekend.

For details, please visit the HBSE calendar.

Season starts in September

2010-08-29T22:06:00.003+02:00

The first training after the Summer break will be on September 7 (Tuesday) starting at 17:30.

Summer Break

2010-06-10T11:28:00.000+02:00

Due to the Summer Break the school will be closed from next week.

We will continue practicing on the Margit island until the start of the summer camp in Tápióság. We will meet at the musical fountain at 18:15 every Tuesday and Thursday, walk over to the place of training, and stay there until about 20:00. You don't have to wear a uniform, but something practical. Bring your practice weapons, if you have any. Note: there is no locker room available on the island, we'll change clothes in the bushes. :)

Have a nice vacation!

Spring Break

2010-03-25T16:36:00.000+01:00

Due to the upcoming spring break the school and the dojo is closed from March 29 to April 7.

The first training after the break will be on April 8 (Thursday) from 18:30.

Happy Easter!

If you don't want to miss a training you may go to Kannagara even during the break.

Address: Bp. IX. ker. Kinizsi utca 1.
Schedule: Tue-Thu-Fri 18:00-20:00

Kannagara Aiki Dojo

Giampietro Savegnago 2009., Budapest - Photos

2009-10-29T15:56:00.004+01:00

Pietro 2009. gallery

Gunther Steger, 2009. November 13-15.

2009-10-25T17:32:00.002+01:00

Pleased to announce the next HBSE aikido event coming in mid November. We will have Gunther Steger sensei here for the weekend of Nov. 13-15.

HBSE calendar, Kokoro calendar

Kyu test results

2009-06-15T12:59:00.002+02:00

Last Saturday we had a great event here in Budapest, where more than 80 members of the HBSE participated in a seminar held by leaders of the HBSE dojos. Right after the afternoon training several members of our dojo took an exam in front of the HBSE kyu committee. It was a long day and I am proud to announce that all members of our dojo who took the test succeeded.

Here is the list of the members, with their new kyu rank:

Attila Éles, 1. kyu
László Miczán, 1. kyu
Bence Ács, 5. kyu
Attila Bolvári (6. kyu)
Lászkó Káldi (6. kyu)
Miklós László Kiss (6. kyu)
Zoltán Seprűs (6. kyu)
Péter Tóth-Czere (6. kyu)

Congratulations!

Summer break

2009-06-15T12:57:00.000+02:00

Due to the Summer Break the school will be closed from this week.

We will continue practicing on the Margit island until the end of June. We will meet at the musical fountain at 18:15 every Tuesday and Thursday, walk over to the place of training, and stay there until about 20:00. You don't have to wear a uniform, but something practical. Bring your practice weapons, if you have any. Note: there is no locker room available on the island, we'll change clothes in the bushes. :)

Have a nice vacation!

Programs

2008-11-05T13:25:00.002+01:00

Don't forget about the kyu preparation on this Friday.

Also, we have two (actually three) other programs this month.

One is the annual Rudolf Varszegi seminar organized by us. Three trainings will be held on 28th and 29th. On 29th there will be another kyu preparation between two trainings. On the 30th (Sunday) MAKSZ will have it's annual open training day. This means free trainings with the best of Hungarian instructors in aTerem for four hours.

Schedule, details in the calendar

Autumn break

2008-10-19T20:46:00.000+02:00

Due to national holiday and the Autumn break there will be no training in the dojo from October 23 until October 31. The last training before the break will be on next Tuesday (Oct 21.). After the break the first training is on November 4 (Tuesday).

Thank you for understanding.

The break is also listed in the calendar.

Free training for hakama people this Saturday

2008-09-08T12:17:00.002+02:00

This Saturday the MAKSZ Tamura line will have it's annual open training for hakama grade (2. kyu+) in the UTE dojo at Megyeri út.

The schedule and address is in this PDF.

Schedule

Starting the season

2008-08-26T10:29:00.004+02:00

We are 99% sure now that the first training of the season will be on
September 2, starting at 17:30.

If this is going to be the first time you visit our training, please arrive to the entrance of the school by 17:15.

[Location, schedule], [Membership]

Training camp photos from Tiszamogyorós

2008-08-11T01:04:00.003+02:00

Click on the below picture to see some photos from the training camp.

I really enjoyed these four days despite the weather conditions. I think this was a really good and useful camp for everyone and hope you've learned a lot and had fun as well.

Tiszamogyorós 2008 set on Flickr

Tiszamogyorós - travel information

2008-07-03T10:10:00.006+02:00

The date is coming, some information about the travel. As we have plenty of cars, you can get a ride in one of them.

Departure

July 24. Thursday, 7:00 AM. Make sure you arrive in time.

Meeting point

Műegyetem rakpart, in front of the main building of Műszaki Egyetem.

Place of camp

Tiszamogyorós, Főnix Camping

If we leave in time we can arrive by 10:00-10:30. Than we'll have a short warm-up training right before lunch. The second one will be in the afternoon.

On the remaining days we'll have longer trainings in the morning from 9:00 AM to 12:30. We'll have short breaks in the middle.

We'll have lunch on Sunday, and we'll leave to home in the afternoon.

Please make sure you reply to me or to Peter that you have received this information...

or if you come in another time, or by other way of travel
or if you would like to have vegetarian food at the camp

Regards:

Gábor Rékai, organizer

Kyu test results

2008-06-16T14:06:00.005+02:00

Last Friday several members of our dojo took an exam in front of the HBSE kyu committee.

Here is the list of the members, with their new kyu rank:

Grant Shipway, 2. kyu
László Miczán, 2. kyu
Éva Sümeghy, 3. kyu
Péter Torma, 3. kyu
Dávid Tisza, 4. kyu
Zsolt Deák, 5. kyu
Bence Ács, 6. kyu
Péter Forster, 6. kyu

Congratulations!

You can see some photos of the exam clicking on the picture below:

Photos from the exam on Flickr

Summer Break

2008-06-11T12:58:00.002+02:00

Due to the Summer Break the school will be closed from next week. The last training in the dojo will be on this Thursday (12.06).

Next week we will continue practicing on the Margit island until the end of June. We will meet at the musical fountain at 18:15 next Tuesday, walk over to the place of training, and stay there until about 20:00. You don't have to wear a uniform, but something practical. Bring your weapons, if you have any. Note: there is no locker room available on the island we'll change clothes in the bushes. :)

Have a nice vacation!

Kyu test - final date

2008-06-05T10:43:00.004+02:00

The HBSE kyu test will be on next Friday (June 13) from 18:00-21:00 in the Kannagara dojo.

Map to the dojo