CLYDEBANK AIKIDO CLUB




Established in 1983, providing voluntary service within the community.
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April 2010
Alan Williamson passed his 1st Dan grading on Saturday 17th April.
 
Roddy Morrison & Paul McCabe passed their 4th Kyu (orange belt) grading on Thursday 15th April.
Congratulations to the new 4th Kyu grades on what was a good performance.

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February 2010
Thomas Dennett, Connor McCrae & Angela McGinley all passed their 5th Kyu (yellow belt) grading on Monday 15th February.
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the grading.

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July 2009

Mark McNeill passed his 5th Kyu (yellow belt) grading on Thursday 30th July.
Colin Buntin, Raymond Goldie, Sandy Marshall & Kenny Phimister passed their 3rd Kyu (green belt) grading.

Congratulations to all the students who trained diligently in preparation for the grading.
   

Colin Buntin

Raymond Goldie

Sandy Marshall

Kenny Phimister

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May 2009

The clydebank Aikido Club had a brilliant residential weekend course at the Dounan's Centre in Aberfoyle.
As well as a concentrated weekend of Aikido practice there was ample time for a little socializing.

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Roddy Morrison & Paul McCabe passed their 5th Kyu (yellow belt) grading on Thursday 28th May.
Congratulations to the new 5th Kyu grades on what was a well delivered performance.

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April 2009
Richard Thomson & Alan Williamson attended the Core Stability course run by West Dunbartonshire Council on Wednesday 29th April.

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March 2009
Richard, Derek, Alan, Kenny & Sandy attended the Sensei Tony Sargeant (6th Dan) Course on Saturday 7th March.
A great day was had by all.
The Clydebank Aikido Club members would like to thank Sensei Richard Thomson of the Allander Aikido Club for organizing & inviting us to the event.

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February 2009
Derek & Richard gave a demonstration of Aikido at the West Dunbartonshire Council Sports Day on 21st February. For some photos of the event please click Here.

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Colin Buntin

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Graham Gallagher
Colin Buntin &Graham Gallagher passed their 4th Kyu (orange belt) grading on Thursday 12th February.

Congratulations to the new 4th Kyu grades on what was a very strong performance.

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January 2009
The Clydebank Post covered the clubs Quality Club achievement, to read the article please click Here.

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The presentation of the Quality Club award took place on the 8th January. Pamela Dewar form the Sports Development Unit carried out the presentation to the club.
Pamela gave the club great support & direction helping the club achieve the high standards set by the Quality Club program.

The club would like to thank Pamela & the WDC Sports Development Unit for all of the encouragement & support that they have given the club. It is of paramount importance that we provide the safest environment for anyone wishing to practice Aikido.

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December 2008

Gracias Wamukendi

Gracias Wamukendi passed his 5th Kyu (yellow belt) grading on Monday 8th December.
Congratulations to Gracias as he displayed what dedicated training can achieve by producing a very clinical display of Aikido.

James Barrie unfortunately was unavailable to sit his grading at this time.

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November 2008
All 3 instructors Mark, Derek & Richard passed their 2nd Dan grading on 16th November.
For some photos of the grading event please click Here.
For background information on the instructors please click Here.

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October 2008


Raymond Goldie


Sandy Marshall


Kenny Phimister

Raymond Goldie, Sandy Marshall & Kenny Phimister all passed their 4th Kyu (orange belt) grading on Thursday 30th October.
Congratulations to all of the new 4th Kyu grades on what was a good performance.

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Clydebank Aikido Club has submitted its revised policies to West Dunbartonshire Sports Development Unit as part of its development for the Quality Club Award. WD Sports Development Unit is currently reviewing the policies to ensure compliance with their strict quality requirements.

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June 2008


Colin Buntin


Graham Gallagher


Stephen Ormiston
Colin Buntin, Graham Gallagher & Stephen Ormiston all passed their 5th Kyu (yellow belt) grading on Thursday 26th June.

Gracias Wamukendi unfortunately injured his ankle prior to the grading & was unfit to take part.

Congratulations to all of the new 5th Kyu grades on what was a very robust performance given their young career in Aikido. Good luck to Gracias on a speedy recovery.

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The Clydebank Aikido Club is now fully affiliated to the Cobra Martial Arts Association. The instructors would like to thank Andy Morrell from the CMAA for his assistance, support & recognition of the clubs commitment to Aikido & Martial Arts in general.

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April 2008
aw Alan Williamson
Alan Williamson successfully passed his 1st Kyu grading on Monday 28th April.

Congratulations to Alan on what was a very solid performance. Alan's hard efforts through practice paid dividends at the end of the day.

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  • Clydebank Aikido Club is now a Registered Body with the CRBS.
  • All instructors have now been fully Enhanced Disclosure checked by Disclosure Scotland.

 

Updated August 2010