Aikido Yoshinkan Saudi Arabia

Thank you sei Omar for helping out tonight. We surprised the boys by conducting an unannounced testing and in thisregard we would like to congratulate the following:

Clint Marquez 7th kyu

Mark Anthony 7th kyu

Fawaz 9th kyu

Faisal 9th kyu

Nelson 9th kyu

Job well done everybody and we had a good safe session tonight, osu!

07/28/09 - congratulations!

Nader Bakir - 5th kyu

congrats nader! we hope to see you soon.  thanks to sensei mel and sensei omar....osu!

i would like to extend my congratulations also to clint, nelson, fawaz and faisal

Congrats to Bakir San. Well done!
We too had exams this week (last night). We have 3 new 8th kyu's.

Thank you sensei, please extend our congrats to them too.

Congratulations to Von and JayR, now 9th Kyus who did a beautiful kihon dosa today.

We also had a good dinner at a nearby Thai Restaurant tonight, thanks to their parents, Esther and Clint who also happens to be SYA aikido practitioners.  Osu!

congrats von and jay-r,hope 2 c u soon also jaja,miss qn kau..........

Immeasurable happiness and tears in my heart when I saw my 2-kids performing their excellent kihon dosa in front me!......

Immediately thereon, my best support on their dreams to become a master of yoshinkan......100% I'll send them anywhere-if needed to improve their skills in Yoshinkan Aikido.........

Congrats JRVON!........

Congrats Jr & Von...

thank you SYA for assisting them during their kyu exam...Osu!

i would like to congratulate to all  examinee...from 9th kyu to 7th kyu,specially to von@jayr ! osu!!!!!!!!!

All Members:

What: 8/7 kyu Shinsa

When: Aug 6, 2009

Where: Estiraha

On August 6, 2009, our Thursday training will be held at Estiraha from 7-9pm. 8th Kyu Shinsa will be conducted from 5-6pm.

Meeting time will be @ 1pm. Examinees will have to chip in for thevenue, food will be provided and should be in the venue by 3pm forpreparation. This will be a family affair, so once again lets all havefun!

For additional info, please contact Sempai Ivan. This event is exclusive to SYA members ONLY.

Regards,

Mel

Congratulations to the following, your hard work and effort  finally paid off.  A strong kihon is a strong waza.

Gary Kurkjair 9th

Alma Alcasabas 8th

Esther Marquez 8th

Karen Prigo 8th

congratulations: von, jay-r, alma, gary, esther and kareen.

Ladies congratulations.....

You really deserved that promotion and I myself is very proud of you.

This is not a simply an award but this is symbolizing that you have given more additional responsibility to defend SYA and defend your belt.

In martial arts world; the high rank you achieve is the more responsibility you will have it....

In public situation;

If a person with no knowledge of Martial Arts is in trouble and beaten-up by his enemy ; public will normally immediately understand that person.

But if a person has a knowledge of Martial Arts regardless of what belt color he have the public will expect him to won any fight because he is a martial artist...........what if he lost the fight against with normal fighter??????.....do he still have a courage to face again publicly and tell them that he is a martial artist and received a lot of awards....??????? I don't think so.......

Guys, we need to do infinite hard practice to avoid those situations....as sensei mel told us last night during the shinza......."THE BEST TECHNIQUE IS NO TECHNIQUE".......Osu!...100% correct.

Once again, congratulations ladies.

This Friday, we will be conducting tests for 6th and 4th kyus....

Good luck guys!

Congratulations to all promoted students! It's also the holy month of Ramadan starting tomorrow!  A Ramadan mubarak to our muslim brothers.  Our new Ramadan schedule will typically remain the same.

Good job all despite the super harsh weather condition, so hot! you guys gave your all!  It must have been 40 deg but it really felt like 50 with a close to 100% humidity, it was a punishment!  As usual, we had nice dinner after at nearby Thai restaurant Phu Ping!

Back to basics again!  osu!

Omedetou Gozaimasu! Congratulations

Thank you Sensei Steven and Sensei Mel;

Kyu test yesterday is great. I like yesterday's weather.

I really feel better and felt the power on my Kamae.

Hope we did well on the "Shomen Uchi Ikkajo Osae Ni."

My congratulations to my co-examinees;

Senpai Willy-Senpai Nelson-Lexus and Mark

Osu! and good luck to the next curriculum.

thank you senseis!  and congratulations to my fellow examinees.  passing the exam is not yet the end, yet we have just started to to step-up to the next level and knowing in deep the teachings of yoshinkai aikido....osu!

extended congratulations to all passing examiners last friday! osu!