Weekend Seminar with Sensei Guenter Heck 02-04 March 2007

The University of Cape Town Aikido Club

Presents a

WEEKEND SEMINAR

Led by

Sensei Günter Heck, 4th dan

Günter Heck is one of the founders of the German Aikido Federation. He holds a Yondan (4th Dan) in Aikido, Nidan (2nd Dan) in Karate and Shodan (1st Dan) in Iaido and has been practicing Aikido since 1983. His teachers have been Katsuaki Asai (8th Dan AIKIKAI), Seishiro Endo (8th Dan AIKIKAI) and Christian Tissier (7th Dan AIKIKAI). He is currently the President of the German Aikido Federation

Venue: Hall 3, UCT Sports Centre
Dates: March 02 – 04, 2007

Friday 02 March
18h00 Admin
18h30 – 20h30
Keiko 1

Saturday 03 March
08h30 Admin
09h00 – 10h30
Keiko 2
Beginners Class*
(Sensei Ghalib Galant)

10h45 – 12h30
Keiko 3

Lunch

13h30 – 15h00
Keiko 4

18h00 onwards
Sundowners on Clifton 3rd beach

Sunday 04 March
08h30 Admin
09h00 – 10h00
Keiko 5
Bokken class **

10h30 – 12h30
Keiko 6
Lunch

* Keiko 2 is a free session open to beginners from all dojos. The focus of this session will be on basic tai no henko (body movements)
**for Keiko 5 on Sunday morning, prior experience of working with bokken is required.

Cost: R50 per individual session; R200 for attendance at the whole weekend.
Contact: Ghalib Galant: 083 797 7095
Regina Lindau: 073 969 2267

Welcome to 2007

Now that the dust has settled on the madness that is Orientation Week and the craziness of selling Sax Appeal is a distant memory, now we can settle into the important job of adjusting to this sometimes alien place called UCT.

And as you navigate your way from the New Science Lecture Theatre to the Kramer Building and back to the Arts Block, don't forget that you also promised yourself you would come try out Aikido. Mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body) as you learn in Latin Intensive ;-)

We train in Hall 3 of the Sports Centre at the following times:

Tuesday: 19h30 - 21h00
Thursday: 18h00 - 19h30
Sunday: 10h30 -12h00

Currently all the sessions are focussed on getting beginners to understand the movements that underline the art - so it's a great time to start! Later in the semester we will differentiate the classes.

As from 12 March we will be having an advanced class every Monday evening from 18h30 - 20h00. Those classes will take place at the Ju-Jitsu club dojo at Valkenberg in Observatory. Having that venue also means that we will be able to train even during exams and the extended vac times.

Another very exciting event is the visit by 4th dan instructor Guenter Heck from Berlin. He will lead a weekend seminar from Friday 02 - Sunday 04 March (next weekend). On Saturday 03 March there will be a free session focussing on the basics which I hope all of you will attend. Saturday evening we're hoping to do sundowners on Clifton's 3rd beach.

Guenter will also be teaching at various dojos in the Western Cape in the week of 5-10 March.

This promises to be a full year given that the Club is central in hosting the 30th Anniversary celebrations of the Aikido Federation of South Africa in November this year.

On a more personal front:

Last year saw two of our members tying the knot. Mark, our Chairman last year, married long-time sweetheart, Bronwyn;

and Brandon and Ellen created a joint balance sheet in December. We wish both couples well in their lives together.

So... I'll see you on the mat soon. Hall 3, Sports Centre. If you have any queries, drop me an email ghalib.galant@gmail.com or call me on 083 797 7095

Ghalib