I had the privilege of attending the International Shudokan Aikido Gasshuku the whole of last week. International not in location (Seremban, KL then Port Dickson), rather, international in that the participants came from Australia, UK, Indonesia, and some from Iran, Vietnam and Libya.
The programme itself was rather simple, training hard everyday, morning and evening, under amazing Senseis or Masters of Aikido, especially Sensei Joe Thambu who I have mentioned before in an earlier piece. Had to work extra hard as I was the only representative from Seremban Dojo (Birthplace of Shudokan Aikido), and me only a white belt! Woooo pressure.
Met loads of people, who were all very nice, and not all from our style of Aikido. Aikikai students from Singapore and Phillipines also attended.
In between training there were demonstrations in Seremban, KL and Port Dickson. During the whole thing, I had to MC a dinner (of 200!), sell t-shirts (what the??), take a midnight stroll on the beach (nice), roti canai at 1am (yum), and loads of other stuff.
Anyway learnt a lot, met people, had fun. Nuff said. I'll update this piece with pictures once I've got them all from various sources.
Update: Photos added
Seremban Dojo
1. Enrica, Nicole, Me
2. Sensei Thamby Rajah with Aikidoka from all over
3. Phew, training's over!
Tiara Beach Resort Training
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
1. Aikido Chicks
2. Indon Crew
3. The 5 Roommates
Port Dickson
The Senseis
1. Senseis from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, and UK
2. Sensei Gerard doing what he does best
3. Sensei Mark, Sensei Damon, and Sensei Jeremy
The Amazing Kids
1. Seremban Dojo kids woohoo!
2. Dhuha the Amazing
3. Awang the Awesome
Misc
1. Syuhada and Salihah
2. Salihah kicking ass!
3. Sensei Joe Thambu
4. Sensei Mark, me! (The one pulling his stomach in mwahahahaha)
9 comments:
You poor thing! Being locked twice! First by me and then the fantastic Sensei Enrika. Hahaha Padan muka ;-p....Hey but I look pretty good in the pictures eh? It was a memorable weekend. We all had fun definitely.... :-)
Hi Juliana!
More than twice, and I have the bruises to prove it! Very memorable, and very very fun. Very happy to have met you guys, a very cool bunch =)
Hehehe .. everybody came back with bruises i think .. if not it shows that you don't train enough =P hehe .. but besides training, the weekend was very memorable and fun !! I enjoyed myself training and also the other things we did.
hey, should get together again and just lepaking n chit chatting with the others as well !!!
owh btw, i didn't kick ass laa .. hehe .. not in pd .. not in that skirt. but i did kick ass when i did the demo in mtc !! ^_^ *
Hey Salihah!
Yup, had my fair share of bruises. Almost proud of them too hehehe.
Yup a get together woulde definitely be fun, coffee or even a movie.
p/s If the attacker is thrown to the floor, and then immobilised, that's called kicking ass. So means you kicked ass, both in PD and MTC!
Hehe .. i meant 'literally' kicking ass =P
Hehehe ... I meant 'literally' kicking ass ^_^ * Would love to do it in PD too actually =P
salihah
Yup yup! Still you guys are all very good, I have to train hard hopefully will reach a good level to match you guys soon. Happy fasting and Happy Ramadhan.
I have an Irish friend who practises Akido and it amazes me how dedicated he is towards this form or martial art. Not so much in the form of 'I need to do it because it makes me a man' but rather a more subdued understanding of what it truly represents and how it applies in his life. I like that.
Nice blog btw.
crewcut75
Yes, there is something about Aikido which seems to inculcate this feeling. Calling it just a martial art seems to do it no justice. It seems to also affect how we approach life as a whole, it is something which I feel I will never stop doing. Perhaps a way to explain it is "I need to do it because it makes me a BETTER man".
Thanks for visiting, and thanks for the kind words.
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