Aikido in lockdown: May '21 edition

[Jen de Beyer]

Hi everyone

Huge news: The Sports Centre hopes to reopen the dojo at the next lockdown relaxation step, initially planned for 17 May! We don't know yet what the numbers restrictions will be. We are planning to ask for a couple of sessions, but need to complete some paperwork first. If you would be interested in indoor training (probably masked and distanced at this point), please let me know.  

Student committee

Get in touch if you'd like to join the student committee from this summer! 

Virtual First Thursday

Virtual first Thursday is today, Thursday 6 May , from 8pm on Zoom. To join, follow our recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87008778548?pwd=M3E3TXFaUVFaMDYwRVZDRjE1bHhMdz09

I will activate the link ~10min before the start time. You can join with either just audio or audio and video.

(In case you need this info, the meeting ID is: 870 0877 8548 and the password is 581577). To prevent Zoom-bombing, please don't post this link on social media or email it beyond known Club members. 

A message from the BAF Shihan 

Dear friends

We hope you and your loved ones are all keeping safe and well.

The last 12 months or so have been very difficult for us all, with Covid spreading through our communities and taking our loved ones from us, but with the rollout of the vaccine hopefully we shall return to some sort of normality. With the lockdowns coming to an end and hopefully our dojo's reopening, we look forward to getting back to training but none of us are in the same physical and mental condition we were before Covid. So when we return to training we should begin slowly and carefully so that our bodies and minds will have time to readjust.

We must  also remember, before we can step on the tatami again, to make sure that our insurance and membership is fully paid up, the last thing that the seniors of the BAF would want is for someone to get injured and have no insurance cover, so please contact your club secretaries to re-new your membership so that we can welcome you back in a safe and responsible manner.

Although summer school and national courses have been cancelled for this year the seniors of the BAF have had discussions about the possibility of running a course in the autumn, as long as the conditions allow,  based on a gentle way back to training so that we can start to lose those lockdown pounds.

Yours sincerely

The Shihan of the BAF

BAF membership 

If you plan to join formal training once that begins (indoors or outdoors), you will need to have up to date BAF insurance. Please check your green book and get in touch if you need your insurance renewed. 

Stay safe everyone,

Jen