December 6th and 7th

[Shiatsu Workshop
with Rogério Silva]

Venue: Oporto - ESMAE (Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo - Superior School for Music and Performing Arts)

Activities:

1st session SHIATSU: Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.;

Administrative Procedures: Saturday 3 p.m.;

1st session AIKIDO: Saturday 3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. (general) and 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. (graduates);

Administrative Procedures: Sunday 9 a.m.;

2nd session AIKIDO: Sunday 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. (graduates) and 10:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (general).

Address:

ESMAE – Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo

Rua da Alegria, 503

4000-199 PORTO

GPS Coordinates:

Latitude: 41° 9'15.29"N

Longitude: 8°36'12.39"W

More infos:

Shiatsu Workshop:

Saturday, December 6th, at ESMAE Rogério Silva, an accredited therapist, will host a shiatsu workshop in which you can enjoy the feelings and benefits of this relaxing therapeutic technic and its applications in everyday life.

Session is open to anyone interested, aikido practitioner or not. Bring your friend(s), boyfriend/ girlfriend or family and take the opportunity to relax...

Note: For your own confort bring low weight, confortable clothes (tracksuit or similar) and a towel (bath or beach towel) or a yoga/ camping mattress.

AIKIDO:

December 6th and 7th Luc Deweys Sensei, 5th Dan AIKIKAI, will host an AIKIDO course at ESMAE – Oporto.

Participation in the Aikido sessions implies that all aikido practitioners MUST be gathered at the tatami 15 minutes before session start.

A duly updated Aikido insurance is mandatory.

Notes:

Should the above conditions change, a rectification note will be posted in this Blog.

For further infos:

– aikido.aparn@gmail.com

– António Barbosa: (+351) 96 538 46 20 / 91 696 79 34

– Camilo Carneiro: (+351) 93 551 61 69

Aiki Greetings

Congratulations!

In the name of all, APARN congratulates Pedro Henrique for his graduation.

Aiki Greetings

Next event

December 6th and 7th 2008
Luc Deweys Sensei

Venue: Oporto - ESMAE (School of Music and Performing Arts)

1st session: Saturday 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

2nd session: Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Fees:

1 session: €20

2 sessions: €30

Address:

ESMAE – Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo

Rua da Alegria, 503

4000-199 Porto

GPS coordinates:

Latitude: 41° 9'15.29"N

Longitude: 8°36'12.39"W

Congratulations!

APARN, in the name of all, congratulates Tiago Lira and Dimitri Andrikopoulos for their graduation.

Aiki Greetings

Thank you note

In the name of all present at last saturday's technical meeting, we would like to thank Rogério Silva Sensei for his availability, patience and commitment to help us all in this journey.

Aiki Greetings,

The Board

4-5/10/2008 - Luc Deweys Sensei

The School of Music and Performing Arts was the perfect set to welcome another international seminar organized by APARN in the past weekend of October 4th and 5th.
In an intimate and familiar environment, those present had the opportunity to absorb the always fascinating knowledges of Luc Deweys Sensei. In every visitation, this Master always makes us find new technique in movements that, although simple and obvious, or perhaps for those same reasons, are often disregarded.
Sensei Deweys took the opportunity to approach basic techniques which, on a higher level, tend to be underestimated, and with this also managed to harmoniously integrate students of diverse graduations. The close contact he is able to maintain with the practitioners allows him to identify each one’s difficulties in order to avoid repeatedly wrong and unnecessary movements or, as it is usually called “parasite movements”. Movements that, quite often expose the use of force when precision is really the purpose within this art.
A really fair testimony of this seminar would mean a post of several pages. In short, at the end of this seminar it remained, as always, the feeling that the individual progression path is still long; as well as the great will to receive Luc Deweys Sensei once more, very soon, so that he may keep up such dedicated and patient work like the one he’s been developing with this faithful group of aikidokas (APARN associates or not) that is as enthusiastic for this art as for its master as well.
Aiki Greetings

Technical Meeting - October 25th 2008

Rogério Silva Sensei

AIKIDO Technical Meeting: next Saturday, October 25th around 3:00 p.m. at ESMAE - Oporto, instruction provided by Rogério Silva Sensei.

Saturday October 25th 2008

10:00 a.m. – Administrative Procedures

10:30 a.m. – 1st Session (graduates only)

2:45 p.m. – Administrative Procedures

3:00 p.m. – 2nd Session

Note:

- Should the above conditions change, a rectification note will be posted in this Blog.
- Participation in the Aikido sessions implies that all aikido practitioners MUST be gathered at the tatami 15 minutes before session start.