Past events

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Upcoming events

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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

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9 - 10 May 2025 – Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu with Mikko Montonen et al. in Stavanger


Siddishallen (Ishockeyveien 7)

 

Tentative schedule: 

 • Fri at 18:00-20:00

 • Saturday at 13:00-17:00 (with small breaks), party afterwards.

 

Everybody is welcome from all martial arts regardless of their level of experience. Please wear your own belts and whatever you are comfortable with.

 

More information will follow.

 

Video clip from another seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrYmLNVSvQc

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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).

 

More information will follow.

 

Roy Cliff's biography: https://ki-aikido.org.uk/alness-ki-society/

 

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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/

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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

 

PHOTO ALBUM

 

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:

https://fb.me/e/1j83sfXCh

2024