Pictures of our events

Sle­e­po­vers at the dojo are one of the chil­dre­n’s favou­ri­te events – this time we com­bi­ned groups of 8–10 year olds and 10–13 year olds. And accor­ding to the kids, it tur­ned into one of the best sle­e­po­vers they can remember.
Tra­di­ti­o­nally, we had piz­za for din­ner and watched a movie (the kids cho­se Lemo­na­de Joe). Of cour­se, we also practi­ced aiki­do. Some of the tra­i­ning was done by the older ones with the youn­ger ones – it was gre­at to see the older ones taking on the­ir role and try­ing to help the youn­ger ones. On the other hand, the end of the tra­i­ning sessi­ons were split. The older ones had a chan­ce to practi­ce with assistants in the sty­le that the youn­gs­ters practi­ce, and the youn­ger ones practi­ced with the­ir new fri­ends from the other group. The most suc­cess­ful acti­vi­ty of the who­le sle­e­po­ver, however, was a small game that we pla­yed con­ti­nu­ous­ly throu­ghout and the reward was sweets from Japan sent to the chil­dren by our for­mer tea­cher, current­ly living in Japan.
The sle­e­po­ver was also a gre­at chan­ce for the three tea­chers and three assistants to chat, sha­re ide­as and have fun. We all had a gre­at time and the time pas­sed incre­di­bly quickly.