Karasukai
Stavanger, Norway
Past events
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Upcoming events
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9 - 12 May 2025 – Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu with Mikko Montonen & Pasi Savoranta in Stavanger
The main event is on Friday-Saturday, 9-10 May in Siddishallen, Ishockeyveien 7 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/8Tv5DEmYZcjDDu8d8):
- Friday at 18:00-20:00
- Saturday 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks). Party afterwards, sauna at 19:00 for those who want.
Other training in Storhaug Ki-dojo, (entrance in Nedre Dalgate 61, 2nd floor, https://g.co/kgs/jrC4eJL).
These hours are tentative:
- Friday at 12:00
- Sunday at c. 18:00 (TBC on Saturday)
- Monday at 18:00 (TBC)
All sessions are "stand alone" i.e. it does not matter if you cannot take all sessions.
Price options: all sessions 500 kr. / Saturday 400 kr. / other sessions 150 kr. each. Sauna is paid separately.
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5-7 September 2025 – Aikido seminar with Michael Holm in Inverness, Scotland.
https://knkmusubi.net/aikido-seminars/aikido-seminar-in-inverness-with-michael-holm-2025/
Seminars in Europe:
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Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu and Aikido in Stavanger with Mikko Montonen & Esa Lilja
5 - 9 December 2024.
Schedule:
• Thu at 18 in the new Ki-dojo in Storhaug (Nedre Dalgate 61, 2nd floor)
• Fri at 18 in Siddishallen (Ishockeyveien 7)
• Saturday is the main day. Training in Siddishallen at 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks), sauna at 19:00-21:00 (for those who want), drinks during sauna and afterwards.
• Mon at 18 in the Ki-dojo
Price options: all sessions 500 kr. / Saturday 300 kr. / other sessions 100 kr. each. Sauna is paid separately.
Mikko, Esa, and Dmitry in the old ki-dojo in 2023.
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Ki & Aikido workshop in Stavanger with Esa Lilja & Torstein Jacobsen
Saturday 16 November 2024.
Training in Siddishallen at 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks), sauna at 19:00-21:00 (for those who want), drinks during sauna and afterwards.
Price 200 kr. Sauna is paid separately.
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Ki/Aikido/Aikijujutsu seminar in Helsinki, Finland, 27.-28.9.2024
with multiple teachers
Tentative program:
Friday 27.9.
17:30 - 19:00: introduction to Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu with Mikko Montonen and Esa Lilja.
Saturday 28.9.
10:00 - 11:30: Ki and Aikido with Kimmo Räisänen,
13:00 - 16:00: Ki and Aikido with Rainer Varis (incl. breaks).
Informal get-together, possibly sauna.
Price: 40 € for the whole seminar / 15 € for one session.
Possibility to stay overnight at no charge in the dojo which has toilets, showers and a kitchen.
Location: Shizentai Dojo (VMA), Vellamonkatu 30 B, 2nd floor, 00550 Helsinki,
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GwBUzkfJudtkU8WH6.
Contact: Jani-Pekka Jokinen, janipekka76@gmail.com, +358509131549;
Erja Tissari, erja.m.tissari@gmail.com, +358400688760.
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Aikido and Aikijujutsu with Esa and Mikko in Stavanger 9.-13.5.
Mikko Montonen, daito-ryu aikijujutsu kyoju dairi, is visiting us on the "pinse" weekend. We will train Soden techniques every day Thu-Mon 9.-13.5.
On Saturday 11 May we have a special seminar/workshop in Siddishallen at 14 - 18, in which we concentrate on exploring similarities and differences between aikido and aikijujutsu.
Check detail from the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/6uBJqkMCb
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Vestlandet Aikidofestival
Haraldshallen, Haugesund, 8.-10.3.2024
Several aikido clubs train together in Haugesund. Ki-Aikido session on Saturday at 9:30.
The whole schedule will be published here:
2024
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Saturday 11 January 2025 –
Ki & Aikido workshop with Esa Lilja & Torstein Jacobsen in Haugesund
Torstein & Esa will explore Ki & Aikido together again. Everybody is welcome to join us in our casual and informal session!
Haugesund Aikido Club, Haraldshallen (Hanne Hauglands veg 8, 5519 Haugesund) at 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks).
FB event: https://fb.me/e/2Tw1VPvHb
2025
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7 - 9 March 2025 –
West Coast Aikido Festival (VAF)
in Stavanger
"VAF er et samarbeid mellom de vestlandske klubbene, p.t. Kristiansand Aikido, Stavanger JuShinKan Aikido, Haugesund Aikidoklubb, Bergen Aikidoklubb og BSI Aikido. [S]om i fjor deltar i år også Ki-Aikido Stavanger, samt Imeon Stavanger.
Arrangementet rullerer mellom regionene.
Lavterskel tilbud, der klubbene på vestlandskysten kommer sammen, en instruktør fra hver klubb blir invitert til å holde en økt – hensikten er å blir kjent med hverandre og bli kjent med det å gå på treningshelger / treningsseminarer! Det blir mulighet å gradere opp til 1. kyu." (https://aikido.no/kalender/.)
More information will follow.
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Saturday 29 March 2025 –
Ki-Aikido with Roy Cliff (8th dan)
in Stavanger
Training at 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks) in Stavanger Karate club dojo (Banevigsgata 5, 4014 Stavanger, yellow building under the Bybrua near the Badedammen).
Roy Cliff's biography: https://ki-aikido.org.uk/alness-ki-society/
