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Want to join a class? It’s easy - just come down to a session in clothes you can easily exercise in and join in. Your first session is free. If you have a gi from another martial art you are welcome to wear this and a white belt. Anyone aged 14 or older is welcome.
Huntingdon
Tuesdays, 7.30 - 9pm
The Gym
Hinchingbrooke School
Brampton Road,
Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire,
PE29 3BN
The easiest way to find us is with ‘what three words’
The gym entrance: ///startles.drama.reserves
The gym itself: ///turkeys.flip.smarting
Aiuchi first started a club in Huntingdon in or around 1999. It was originally taught by Sensei David Evans. Sensei Derek Culligan took the helm c2001. When Derek decided that the climate in Australia was more to his liking the club was forced to close. All Aiuchi instructors are unpaid and have day jobs, which can sometimes make teaching a club difficult. As there was no local instructor able to take the club over it was forced to close.
Keith Cooper, who once trained at the Huntingdon club in the late 90s, moved back to the area in 2009. He was running the Bedford club, but when the opportunity presented itself he then reopened the Huntingdon club in 2015.
Bedford
Thursdays, 8 - 9.30
Scott Hall
Barford Avenue
Bedford
MK42 0DK
The venue is halfway down Barford Avenue and is next to a church.
The Bedford club was opened in 2003 by Keith Cooper and David Evans. Over the years since the club has been taught by a number of different instructors - Clare Evans, Graham Cox, Sarah Towner and Dominic Zeal. Some graded to instructor level with the club.
Claire and David currently teach at Keele University, Graham at the London College of Communication, Sarah in Harrow and Dom in Kentish Town.
The Bedford club is currently taught by Sam, and Keith
“It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog that counts.”
Mark Twain
“If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.”
Jigoro Kano
