Soas Shorinji Kempo

Training on tonight at 7 in L67! See you all there 😊

Message from the Queen beyond the wall! #GoT
"Facebook Kat Fans!
I am trying to grow the social media presence for my martial art.
... I nearly have 500 followers (418!). Please like and share my page if you haven't already.
If you have taken a class with me or if you have trained with me (and only if you have - no false biased, hopefully positive but disingenuous comments!), please leave a review.
Also, remember that this page is not my personal page so no cheeky, rude, disgusting or "funny" posts.
When the page reaches 500, I will pick a follower at random and that lucky person will win a t-shirt with my face on.
I thank you all in advance."
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Smashing weekend at Bristol IKA 2018 seminar. A lot of SOAS students spent the whole weekend getting special training from senior instructors from all around the world.

Congratulations to everyone who graded on the Feb 24th at Chiswick... and in particular, well done to SOAS club's very own Navail Hajra Haider, Alice Umeyama, Ofelia Khan and Pratheep Chandrasekhar for smashing it on the day!
Hopefully the Thai dinner and visit to our favourite home away from home - the Queen's Head - made up for any bruises sustained on the day (or at least made you forget about them temporarily!)

Good luck for everyone grading today at Chiswick. Starts at 3 pm at this location:
Chiswick Sports Hall Burlington Lane Chiswick... London W4 3UN
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We will hold a traditional closing ceremony for 2017 at SOAS on Wednesday 13th December, 7pm L67. This will also be our last official training session of the year - back in January!
Kenshi from other dojos all welcome too - there'll be enough sake 🍶 for everyone.. (and in best SOAS tradition, drinks after training too 😁).
Hope to see everyone there for the closing ceremony this Wednesday!

Last Sunday we had a British Shorinji Kempo Federation (BSKF) taikai and seminar in London, hosted at the Hackney branch. It was a great event with some excellent training in the afternoon, and also a good chance for those who hadn't challenged themselves to take part in a taikai before to gain some valuable experience. Our SOAS club had a good presence - Ofelia and Pratheep participated in the pair form embu event - placing first, and also Karl in the single form tanen event - also placing first.. Congratulations to them!!

Now that the freshers sessions are over we can hopefully get into the some more fun stuff (not that circuits isn't fun!!!)
Wednesdays 7-9.30 in L69 Fridays 7-9.30 in the basement *cough*dungeon*cough* gym
... See you all there!
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Again an excellent freshers session on Wednesday, the turnout was smashing! Our standard sessions start from tomorrow 19th October, every Wednesday and Friday 7 pm to 9:30 pm.
Classes are suitable for everyone, there is no prior experience required - beginners are always welcome!

Our last freshers session for this term. Join us to get a taster of Shorinji Kempo. It's free for soas students.

This will be SOAS Shorinji Kempo's last freshers session, no prior experience is required! All newcomers to martial arts, or fitness in general, are welcome!
We will be training from 7pm-9:30 pm in Room L67 on the Basement Floor of the Main Building. Come along and have fun! All you need is water and comfortable clothing. Kempo lessons are FREE for SOAS students, so you have nothing to lose!
... In this session, we'll be introducing new students to the different aspects of Shorinji Kempo and its unique blend of exercise, meditation and hard & soft self-defence techniques. This session will run you through the basics, as well as give you a taste of some of the more fun and advanced things to come. And as per tradition, we'll head to the pub for a pint after training to get to know everyone better!
If you have any questions leading up to the session, don't hesitate to ask!
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Hey All! Brilliant freshers session yesterday! Turnout was amazing, so great to see all the new faces. Hope you all enjoyed trying Kempo for the first time, we're looking forward to seeing you all at our second taster class this FRIDAY 13 Oct 7.00-9.30 in the SOAS basement gym.

This will be SOAS Shorinji Kempo's second session of the new term, no prior experience is required! All newcomers to martial arts, or fitness in general, are welcome!
We will be training from 7pm-9:30 pm in the gym on the Basement Floor of the Main Building (go past room L67 all the way to end of the corridor and keep going down the stairs until the lowest floor to find the basement gym).
Come along and have fun! All you need is water and comfortable clothing. Kempo lessons ...are FREE for SOAS students, so you have nothing to lose!
In this session, we'll be introducing new students to the different aspects of Shorinji Kempo and its unique blend of exercise, meditation and hard & soft self-defence techniques. This session will run you through the basics, as well as give you a taste of some of the more fun and advanced things to come. And as per tradition, we'll head to the pub for a pint after training to get to know everyone better!
If you have any questions leading up to the session, don't hesitate to ask!
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Today is the day! Come to our first Freshers session of the year, tonight at 7 o'clock in L67 (Main Building), you don't need anything but comfortable clothes and a smile, the rest we supply, so come have fun practising self defence, meditating and then going for drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic whatever you prefer!)
See you all there! Ofelia

This will be SOAS Shorinji Kempo's first session of the new term, no prior experience is required! All newcomers to martial arts, or fitness in general, are welcome!
We will be training from 7pm-9pm in Room L67 on the Basement Floor of the Main Building. Come along and have fun! All you need is water and comfortable clothing. Kempo lessons are FREE for SOAS students, so you have nothing to lose!
... In this session, we'll be introducing new students to the different aspects of Shorinji Kempo and its unique blend of exercise, meditation and hard & soft self-defence techniques. This session will run you through the basics, as well as give you a taste of some of the more fun and advanced things to come. And as per tradition, we'll head to the pub for a pint after training to get to know everyone better!
If you have any questions leading up to the session, don't hesitate to ask!
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