Each Yudansha after gaining (BAB) recognition has the opportunity to teach at their own Dojo.

Also a program is set up for them to instruct for 3/4 hour ona a Friday evening class on an alternating basis. This will allow Yudansha without their own Dojo to gather teaching experience.

Four Instructor/Kenshusei courses are set up throughout the year, two will be for the Instructors (with Kenshusei assisting). The format being:

  • a) To work on teaching methods
  • b) Information on running your own Dojo

Please bring paper and pens to these courses.

Jamie Lake

Born in Edgbaston Birmingham and moved to Leicester in 1994. I started practicing Aikido at Kyu Shin Kan in late October 2002. I decided to try Aikido due to its more passive nature relative to other arts plus the lack of kicking. I was very much struck by the etiquette that I saw in the first class, I obsereved and felt that I was being instructed even though I was a spectator. That decided it for me. I very much enjoy the variety within teh classes and that no class is ever the same.

I tried Lau Gar Kung Fu at a very young age but never really got on with it. I later tried Tukido which if my memory serves is a derivative of Tae Kwon Do. I had to stop practicing this and basketball due to a knee condition which has plagued me since the age of 15. My growing enjoyment of Aikido spurred me into action to have corrective surgery and things have improved since.

I have found that practicing Aikido has improved other areas of my life including my self confidence and awareness. One of the most important things to me in practicing Aikido is to be able to practice. I have learnt that it is all too easy to take this for granted.