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Copyright reserved by Lancashire Aikikai - personal use permitted To return to select further Newsletters then click here Spring Newsletter 1997 |
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Abridged version of the Newsletter. Principal's Comment Principal's Comment
We have received notification that the cost of your BAB Insurance Certificate will increase from the 1st Jan 1997. As from the beginning of '97 the cost will be:
I believe this is the first increase since the introduction of the BAB insurance, and the first time that there has been a different rate for children. There will be no increase to the PI coaches' insurance. While on the topic of insurance, can I ask individual members to keep a check on the expiry date, and inform their club official if it has run out and needs renewing. The Aikikai has a system to remind members when their insurance is coming to an end and requires renewing. This system is a very simple manual procedure and for the majority of the time it appears to serve the purpose. Unfortunately the system falls down if a member happens not to be attending when the renewal notice is issued, or if they change clubs, or due to other events. This reminder as only issued once, and needs to be returned as soon, as possible, for the system to) flow smoothly. If the member does not receive this notification for some reason, or does not return it, then they do not get reprocessed, and their name and details fall out of the system. I endeavour to keep members' insurance flowing, but I would also ask each member to assist the organisation and take some responsibility for their own insurance renewal, as a back-up system. I must emphasise that it is in your own self-interest, as well as that of the people you practise with, too keep your insurance up-to-date. Please check NOW that your insurance is still valid, and if not, renew. Thank you for your co-operation and assistance Mike Lloyd What's happening in the British Aikido Board?An executive to drive ideas forward was elected. The Board now has 34 Associations in membership, representing over 8000 Aikidoka. This potentially means that meeting would consist of over 70 people - as a forum for discussion with these numbers full debate is hard. The Executive therefore debates options, consults etc makes recommendations to put to the meetings with Associations making the final decision - this seems to be working better. The Executive was expanded to include the post of Coaching Liaison Officer. This means I'm now on the Executive with yet more meetings to attend. As an Executive member I felt I couldn't represent the Aikikai at Board meetings - Keith Downs took over from me and with Bob Spence represents the Aikikai. The major activity in the Board is on three fronts that of Coach Education, Insurance and of contact with other bodies such as the Sports Council; CCPR; Law Commission etc. On the Coach Education front the national scheme of Awards continues to flourish; however changes are on the horizon. The Board will run a pilot to see if it is possible to hold assessment days for its awards. This could mean that attendance for the present compulsory course of theory and practical will be dramatically altered - so that people present themselves for assessment when they feel they are competent and have the underlying knowledge. This is good news for the Aikikai which has always had its In-house scheme our instructors could be tested without having to go through all the theory again. For insurance the Board has a working party that is trying to get best value for money. Associations were asked 10 months ago what they wanted in the form of cover and benefits; then Insurance companies were invited to tender for the board's insurance business - that is still ongoing. Registration certificates that you all buy form part insurance and part membership of the Board. The recent rise in their cost is due to the fact that as the Board is more active it spends more. As there has been no change in the cost for over 5 years - Associations decided that the Board's levy should increase. Contact with outside bodies allows us to influence policies/law common problems etc and act for the good of Aikido in this country. In 1997 the Executive and the Board will be involving itself in National Vocational Qualifications for Coaching; developing internal services and communications. If you have access to the Internet the board has a site http://www.bab.org.uk
Andrew Baird
A view of Learning AikidoWhat do Aikido and Trivial Pursuits have in common - well in my view not the word trivial but the fact one doesn't know all the answers. In fact you are very lucky if you do or you are a good guesser. Well can you guess when it comes to Aikido? It's more like the game of Cluedo. This is the game where you have to decide who was killed, where and with what. The similarity to between who was killed and being killed in Aikido is purely concidential. No the point I am trying to draw from Cluedo is that you you try and work out the facts from the evidence you establish. It's this establishment of evidence, I liken to the path that people are treading in Aikido. People have to establish their own evidence for Aikido because although we are all heading the same way, my Aikido is not necessarily your Aikido. Indeed there is another similarity to another childhood activity that of jigsaws - piecing the picture together. In fact this is probably closer to the Aikido way than the first two games I mentioned. For everyone the pieces come in a different order and different ways. This is how I observe people doing Aikido from their comments. Something I thought we had firmly established at 4th-5th kyu level being only linked in the new light at 1st-2nd kyu level. In my ramblings if you are still following I seize on the word "light" and I think of the mountain we are climbing in the Aikido sense and the fog that exists for all beginners that thins occasionally for higher grades to see the glimmers of light beyond the fog. Light which changes the perspective as you approach - guiding /leading but not always giving completeness to what is being sought. Leading towards a continual search for ideas and attitudes which in themselves may be glimmers of what we need to complete part of our jigsaw puzzle. We recommend at the start of this year we all look at the technique we are doing and try to look at it a fresh in the hope that a further piece of the jigsaw is added. Andrew & Sue Baird
Chorley 15 Dec 96 Grading details were published in the paper version - Not published online under Data Protection Provisions A translation to accompany the new grading syllabus is being prepared by Ian Cherry, and will shortly be available
EditorIf any club would like gradings, information or articles (or even small ads) published in the next newsletter, please send them too:
Cetails to P Alexander who is now responsible for the newsletter.
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