Shun Poo Kan Grading course 5th November 2023
Congratulations and well done to:
Ben Muscutt 1st kyu
Ian Botherway 1st Dan
Geoff Cartwright 3rd Dan
Helene Brockless 3rd Dan
For 2022 course dates see Courses section of the website
Please note the Alliance course on the 9/11/2019 has been cancelled due to double booking of the venue
Sensei Tim Lee with Mouliko Halen 7th Dan at Sunyata Dojo, Heggedal, Norway
Shun Poo Kan Grading course 8/9/19
Very enjoyable Dan Grading course today.
Congratulations to:
Spencer Davies 1st Dan
CANCELLED
Next Alliance course 9th November 2019
Shun Poo Kan Grading course 23rd June 2019
Good Kyu grading course today.
Congratulations to
James Cooke - 3rd Kyu
Bobby Trow - 4th Kyu
Spring Bank Holiday Closure
The Monday evening Class at Trysull on 27th May 2019 is closed due to Spring Bank Holiday.
Alliance course on Saturday 18th of May 2019
A good day with plenty to take home and think about. Friendly welcome and a good opportunity to catch up with old friends.
Don't miss your chance to be involved, the next alliance course date is Saturday 9th November 2019. Pop it in your diary!
Congratulations to:
Claire Burrows on completing the London Marathon 2019. She raised nearly £2000 for Charity. Well done Claire!
Easter Closure
Don't forget we are closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday.
That's the 19th, 21st and 22nd of April 2019
Great Dan Grading course today!
Congratulations to:
Gavin Rose 1st Dan
Alexander Austin 1st Dan
SPK Dan Grading course Sun 14th April 2019.
Everyone welcome! 10.00am start.
Trysull Pavilion
Woodford Lane
Trysull
Wolverhampton
WV5 7HP.
Welcome Back
Sensei Evans and Sensei Lee along with Spencer Davis, Tim Daryle Jones, Chris Ingle, Ben Muscatt and Ben Elwell. They have returned to Shun Poo Kan after another very sucessfull and enjoyable trip to Hombu in March 2019.
Sensei Evans blog and a selection of photos can be seen on Shun Poo Kan UK-Aikido facebook page.
Here are a couple of photos to wet your appetite!
Photo with Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba (head of the Aikikai)
Photo with Miyamoto 8th dan Shihan
Next Alliance Course
SAT, 18 MAY AT 10:00
May 2019 Aikikai Alliance Course
Course date announcement for 2019
10:00 Sun FEB 17 SPK Kyu Grading Course
10:00 Sun APR 14 SPK Dan Grading Course
10:00 Sun JUN 23 SPK Kyu Grading Course
10:00 Sun SEP 8 SPK Dan Grading Course
10:00 Sun NOV 10 SPK Kyu Grading Course
From Sunday's grading course 11th November .
Congratulations to
Barnaby Pine 6th Kyu pass
Omu Davies 4th Kyu pass.
Also Mike Forster and Jason Williams were presented with their 4th dan certificates from Hombu Dojo Tokyo
Richard Webb 5th Dan Shidoin
We regret to announce the passing of Richard Webb 5th Dan Shidoin. As one of our senior instructors he had been with Shun Poo Kan for over 25 years and he will be sorely missed by his students and fellow instructors
SPK North Carolina
Very honored that Shunpookan Aikido was asked to assist with security at Bishop TD Jakes event in Shelby NC. (Gardner Webb University - Boiling Springs). Thank you to Rob Henderson and Raynor Wilkie for putting in a long day to ensure this A List VIP celebrity was well protected
Congratulations
To Christian on passing his 2nd, and to Robert and Raynor passing their 1st Dan gradings
SPK at the 2017 BAB National Course
Shihan Brian Burrows 7th Dan Aikikai Teaching at the (Uke is also our own Sensei Paul Evans 5th Dan)
(this fantastic picture belongs to Barbara Sotowicz)
Calling all old friends
It’s the 40th SPK Anniversary course! Would be great to see you there!
See if you can get to the Dojo - also coming up is
Fun in Spain
SPK’s Tim Lee with Sensei Dominic Pierre 7th Dan Karate, 6th Dan Aikikai, Kenjutsu, Mark Thompson 4th dan Aikikai, (Bristol) at the Mutokukai summer school, near Barcelona with Stephane Bennedetti 7th Dan Aikikai, July/August this year. The Aikido sign behind them was created by the late Arakawa Sensei personally for Stephane
We are not sunk yet
Great fun with the folks from North Carolina SPK on the rafting trip
One for the history books, Don Pybus
Start of Wigan Aikido @ Wigan Boys & Girls Club, July 1971
Some of our UK members will be paying a visit to our friends at Shun Poo Kan North Carolina
It's not too late to join the trip so get in touch if your'e interested
Congratulations to all those who passed gradings today
Ben Hunter 6th kyu
Rose Fowkes 6th kyu
Colin Rocke-Wharin 5th Kyu
Jacob Helm 5th Kyu
Lisa Williamson 3rd kyu
Great course on Sunday 23.04.2017
Congratulations to
Geoff Cartwright 2nd Dan
Rob Goulden 1st Dan
Well done
Our next grading course is 25.06.2017 this is a Kyu grading
Shun Poo Kan are at Hombu March 2017
SPK Course 26th February 2017
Congratulations to:
Spencer Davies 1st KYU
Ian Botherway 5th KYU
Some pictures from our last few classes, hope to see you on the mat soon.
* Congratulations! *
Our warmest congratulations to our principle Shihan Brian Burrows who received his 7th Dan promotion from the Doshu in Tokyo last month.
Grading results from 21.02.2016
Well done to the following for passing their respective grading
Gregory Squires 5th kyu
Gavin Rose 4th kyu
Warren Hadley 3rd kyu
Mark Meredith 3rd kyu
Spencer Davis 2nd kyu
Troy Bodkin 1st kyu
Congratulations
To Brian Burrows on his promotion to Shihan and to 7th Dan,
and also to Paul Evans promoted to 5th Dan
as of 10th January 2016.
Well done - congratulations to the following on passing their grades;
Daniel Ward 5 kyu ,
Duncan Peak 4 kyu
lisa Williamson 4kyu
Adam Goulden 4 kyu
Greg Holland 1 kyu
Aikido Kampala Renbukan in Uganda
October 2015
Sensei Paul Evans was lucky enough to visit Aikido Kampala Renbukan Dojo in Uganda.
North Carolina Trip
October 2015
Some of our UK members paid a visit to our friends at Shun Poo Kan North Carolina
Congratulations to the following - who passed their grading;
Chris fisher 2nd Dam
Tim Daryle Jones 2nd Dan
Hélène Brockless 1st Dan
Dont forget the Sedgley class has now moved to our Trysull venue. Times remain unchanged. Hope to see you there soon!
Great grading day course Sunday 26/04/2015
Congratulations!!!
Well done to the following who passed their respective Dan grades:
Jason Williams 3rd Dan
Mike Forster 3rd Dan
Matt McCoughlin 2nd Dan
Geoff Cartwright 1st Dan
Welcome back!
Allan Roberts who has decided to continue with his Aikido career.
ShunPooKan in Japan
Some of our members have visited Hombu and have sent these pictures of their trip
Here they are with the Doshu
Outside Hombu
The Aiki Shrine at Iwama
Well done - congratulations to
Ben Muscatt 2nd kyu
Shawn Holmes 5th kyu
for passing their respective grades
Breaking News!!!!!!
Shun Poo Kan aikido is moving in the new year from Westfield School to our new home! We will now be training in the Trysull pavilions! The post code is WV57HP.
Make it your New Years resolution to visit and train with us.
2nd November Course News Article
This Kyū-grade course was tightly scheduled, with eight candidates putting themselves forward for examination. Burrows Sensei began the course, followed by several of our instructors.
There were many participants who stood up to uke for candidates, and after the tests, Burrow Sensei reminded everyone that they should feel free to stand up as uke, even a kyū-grade standing up as uke for a dan-grade applicant, since part of the applicant’s test is that they should modify their techniques to take into account their uke’s ability to receive ukemi, which of course, is a different matter from the practical application of techniques should you unfortunately find yourself in the position of being attacked in ‘real life.’
Whilst the Grading Committee retired to consider its judgements, Lee Sensei demonstrated variations of ko te gaeshi: showing how it can be applied at jō dan and ge dan levels.
Results were, as can be expected, mixed, with some candidates being not yet ready for promotion, and certain others shining out. Commiserations to those who were not successful on this occasion, and as Burrows Sensei reminds us, if you fail a test and give up, you have been defeated by yourself: if you fail a test and continue to practice, you are on the road to success and bigger and better things, not only in your Aikido life, but in the whole of your life.
Minna san, ganbatte. (Translates as “Keep up the fight/Do your best, everyone!”)
Latest grading news!
Well done to the following that passed their grading today ( 02.11.2014 ).
Shawn Holmes 6 kyu
Matthew Thompson 4 kyu
Glen Leech and Spencer Davis 3 kyu
Christopher Ingle 2 kyu
Sukvinder Grewal 1 kyu
Congratulations from us all to Karen and Sean on their wedding day 24th September
Great grading course on 07.09.2014
Our only kyu grade applicant passed his 6th kyu
Well done to Alan Perry
Kyu Grading Course
Wombourne, 15th June 2014
The mat was pretty full on a muggy Sunday morning, with members from as far away as Wigan joining us for the Course, as well as some of our younger members enjoying the chance to practice with (to them) new members. Sensei Burrows led the Course, assisted by Sensei Webb and Evans, then after the short break, eight members graded from 6th Kyu up to 1st. The day started with Sensei Burrows reminding members about some of those aspects of dojo etiquette which may appear strange to those unfamiliar with Aikido and Japanese culture, especially those who are more recent members.
The Sensei demonstrated fine points of the whole gamut of Aikido techniques, including being sure to use the hips to aid in breaking your uke’s posture, maintaining an upright posture, dealing with extreme differences in height (han-mi, han-dachi) and how the techniques are linked to swordsmanship. During the gradings, candidates demonstrated their knowledge of not only Aikido, but also bokken work such as the eight direction cuts, and jo work with the twenty jo suburi.
Towards the end of the course, successful candidates received their certificates, including Matthew McLoughlin who received his Honbu Shodan certificate from April’s Dan Grading Course. Congratulations to all who passed their grading.
Matthew Thompson 6 kyu
Xan Cartwright 5kyu
Mark Merredith 5kyu
Ben Elwell 5kyu
John Caswell 5kyu
Paul Griffiths 4kyu
Warren Hadley 4kyu
Luke Willams 2kyu
Geoff Cartwright 1kyu
Hope to see you all at the next course.
We are very pleased to be awarded full Hombu Recognition
Please note that the Bridgnorth training venue has now changed to the Much Wenlock Leisure Centre
Class Times are now:
Much Wenlock Leisure Centre
Thursdays 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm