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Saturday, 19-May-2012 00:47:53 MDT
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To all Students of KBA: |
KBA Congratulates Tony V. for a well executed Shodan Test!
 Students and Yudansha of KBA after Tony's Shodan Test. New: Well done Tony! New: A.W.A. Dues for all students are due in January. Dues for Adults are $20.00 for the year, and for Children, $15.00 for the year. This is National Organization Membership Dues and is seperate from KBA Monthly dues. We will need to collect this promptly from our Aikidoka. |
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 New: Aikido for Law Enforcement Tactical Training Dates for 2010 have been posted. Click Here to see the Class Schedule. |
Aikido for Law Enforcement Tactical Training
 Click the photo to see a previous Aikido For Law Enforcement Tactical Training Class held at Gilford Tech, May 09 For those of you who have been to one of the two sessions of Aikido for Law Enforcement Tactical Training within the last two months... Try and sign on if you were approved... but if you find you can't you will have to re-register for access to the ALETT Section of this Web Site. I believe I have all the bugs worked out... my notification system is up again... and it seems we are good-to-go. For all of those Law Enforcement Officers and Staff that have access or would like to request access to the K.B.A. Law Enforcement Tactical Training Area... Click Here. |
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BLATANT SELF PROMOTION!!!
  Kid's Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm Adult Class: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Every Tuesday and Thursday at the Kure Beach Community Center. |
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WE ARE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY!!!
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We are often asked "How can you charge such a low rate?" - Well the answer is simple... we at K.B.A. practice for the Love of the art of Aikido. All the Instructors have other professions, and Kure Beach Aikido is run as a Not-For-Profit Club. We are an Incorporated Business for Insurance and Liability Reasons, however, the Instructors draw NO SALARY or take any compensation from monthly dues collected. All money goes to pay for our training space and to continue our Out-Reach Programs, buy mats and equipment, and to Sponsor Students when needed. We Encourage you to train with WHOMEVER you wish... the more training you get, means you become a better student and Instructor. Come to our CLUB... we really want you! -BK Kure Beach Aikido Family of Dojo: |
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Thank You!
A HUGE Shout-Out To Willis Gill for the Kick-Ass Gishinkan Dojo T-Shirts!! You have gone above-and-beyond again! |
The K.B.A.'s Anniversary - Beach Party!!
 Click on the photo above to see a web gallery of the KBA Beach Party. NEW! Saturday 11 July 2009 - K.B.A. had a Beach Party to Celebrate its 13th year on the mats! Everyone that could, that was around, not vacationing or otherwise out of town, came to Kure Beach. We set up across the street at Richard Price Sensei's neighborhood, and hit the beach about a mile north of the Kure Beach Pier..... away from all the tourists... it was low tide and it was very, very nice out! There was a nice Sand Bar out, and allowed us to really get us behind the breakers so we could PROPERLY boogie board and Body Surf. |
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UNCW Aikido has a new home and is open for training for whomever wants it.....
Where: Champion Karate and Fitness |
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Northeast Cape Fear Aikido is open for Practice....
Where: 907 Porter's Neck Road |
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KURE BEACH AIKIDO IS 14 Years Old!!
Well it is Official.... As of July 7th, 2010... We will be "eye-rolling", "sneaking out at night", "mouthing off", "Texting too much and running up the phone bill", "Taking the car without permission", and getting into trouble as most teenagers do! We can't get caught sneaking a beer, 'cuz our "Dad" is a cop! |
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Kure Beach Aikido gets an Official Name
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 THE LATEST! Kure Beach Aikido received its Official Dojo Name. And it has been a long time coming.
"Back-In-The-Day" Toyoda Sensei would like to visit a particular Dojo before giving that dojo their name, so he could get a feel for the Dojo as a whole... the space, and the people in it. Because at the time, we were a small club, just starting out, we could not accommodate the logistics of a Seminar, and therefore could not get Toyoda Sensei down to Kure Beach before his passing. Many a long year has passed, and we have been know simply as Kure Beach Aikido. Although other Dojo have a "Name", most have a "Japanese Name" to go along with it. It wasn't until our last seminar that Richard Price Sensei requested a "Traditional/Official Dojo Name" from the A.W.A. Chief Instructor, Andrew Sato Sensei. We received the Dojo Name scroll and Richard Price Sensei officially revealed our name to the members of Kure Beach Aikido on Thursday June 25th 2009.
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Weapons Classes on the Beach.... Suckas!
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 CLICK THE PHOTO FOR SOME PIX OF US ON THE BEACH AND IN THE WATER! We at K.B.A. shook it up a bit and did all of our classes on the beach. Tuesday June 9th we did Kumitachi and last Thursday June 11th was Kumijo. The darn sand gets everywhere, and if we throw each other... we all look like a bunch of Sugar Cookies.... but luckily.... we can shed our Gis and jump in the water to wash ourselves off. |
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A Must-Read for all women out there.
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A quick note by BK Sensei: I have been accused of favoring the ladies during training by a few people... and I tell them point blank that I do! The reason is that, especially for the women in college, there are a lot of opportunities to be attacked or have "unwanted advances while out and about"... So I do EVERYTHING I CAN to train the ladies to get out of trouble "QUICK".... The Empowerment of Women is one of the things that is of great satisfaction for me in Aikido.... A Woman’s View of Aikido: the Power to Empower - By Laura Hiles |
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Building Strong Family Bonds
 Striking a Yoga Pose in front of the Kamiza! I wanted to say a special thank you to Chaplain Samuel Kim for putting together the retreat for the wives and children of our deployed heroes from Ft. Bragg. I know our students learned a great deal from these families. This is the beauty of teaching and sharing. |
Building Strong Family Bonds
New: K.B.A. is looking forward to another "Building Strong Family Bonds" session this August and September. We had a great time with all the Kids and their Moms.... below is the last session.
Kure Beach Aikido Club continues to support a special weekend retreat for the wives and children of deployed Ft. Bragg soldiers called to duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event is held at the Marriott Hotel in Carolina Beach, NC. The theme for the weekend was titled, "Building Strong Family Bonds". The Mom's were brought in the third hour on Saturday for the children to demonstrate what they had learned. This also allowed the Mom's to participate and have some quality one on one time with their kid's. A special homework assignment was given to the children. The children agreed to invite their Mom's on at least a thirty minute walk the following week. During the walk they were to tell their Mom's three things that had happened during their day and ask about three things that happened in their Mom's day. We hope this will facilitate quality time for good communication and lead to more frequent walks.
Special thanks to all of the KBA members who participated and worked with the children. We are proud to be of service to those who Serve U.S.! |
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Standing General Orders!
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AS ALWAYS: K.B.A. will have Kyu Grade testing those who qualify on the last Thursday class of the month. So those of you on notice.... better bone up on Technique! |
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Uniforms...
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K.B.A. is a club, and is Not-For-Profit. Because of that we do not re-sell uniforms and then have to collect tax on them. If you need a GI for practice you can purchase them from... EBOGU or Century Martial Arts... Both supply excellent uniforms... A note for the Parents of Children in the Kid's Class.... You can purchase a regular WHITE Karate Uniform for them if you like, instead of getting a Judo/Aikido uniform. They are significantly cheaper, and with the rate the kids are growing, it is more economical to keep them in this sort of a uniform because it can be replaced inexpensively. Here is a Uniform Size Chart to help you... |
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The Kid's Class is growing again.... and K.B.A. would love to see more little faces on the mat... Aikido is a great confidence builder, an excellent to calm the mind and unite it woth the body... If anyone has any ideas on what we can do to get more childern on the mat, please let me know. I will generate the necessary information to pass aroud... Well there have been many pages updated... lots of new stuff to look at.... Updates are continuing... stand by... more stuff on the way... -BK P.S. - Many people have asked... what is that on your knuckles.... well it says "GRFX THUG" (Graphics Thug)... and has been "Photoshopped In".... I do not have my knuckles tattooed. Just an FYI. |
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Congratulations to Tony V. for a well executed Shodan Test. Tony has been with UNCW Aikido form its inception and has worked very hard to become an outstanding Aikidoka. On January 6th Tony was tested for Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt. He was run through the wringer , demonstrating his prowess in Kyu Grade technique and the techniques required for the rank of Shodan.
set the bar for a Shodan Test. It was a test well executed and a Hakama well earned.
