On thursday, february 16th. our club experienced the unexpected event of a Mon-grading of the first degree 😋.

Hans Mathias Myrvoll was surprisingly asked by Erik Vanem to get his first degree in aikido. He was assisted by another newcomer, Daniel Myrseth and they both did quite well.

Hans Mathias earned both the 13th and 12th Mon-degree. That day he had an audience of at least 10 aikidoka’s. We congratulate him with his first milestone in the world of aikido 👍

On saturday may 7th. we had a joined training session with the Aikikan Oslo Club to mark the start of the cooperation between our two clubs. The corona pandemic has forced some clubs to leave their ordinairy training facilities due to the economic challenges, while other clubs have the opportunity to offer to joint forces …..

On Saturday June 4th, Oslo Aikido Dojo held a class for a bachelorette party from Brumunddal. The bride, Marte Kurud, is very interested in Japanese culture, and she got a pleasant surprise with aikido training in a keikogi and hakama. There were 10 keen participants on the mat, who had never tried aikido before. The class was led by Erik Vanem with Marius Hatlen and Thy Thy Vanem as assistants. The participants tried many variations of shihonage. They also got to try tachi-dori. Everyone seemed to be having fun on the mat and everyone was doing fine!