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Zurich, Switzerland 1995, Sensei Tony Sargeant centre left (5th Dan)
March 2012 Sensei Paul McGlone 6th Dan of Poole Aikido demonstrates some tanto and jo taking techniques. Uke Sensei Jason Rodwell of Reading Aikido
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Sensei Steph Turner of Poole Aikido executing Jo Dori ...( taking the Jo )
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 Above Left Sensei Sargeant observes two Kyu grades training.                                Above Right, Aikido seminar in Poole, 5th/6th November 2011.
 Below left, Sensei McGlone (right) demonstrates a correction to the kumijo being practiced.              Below Right, myself with Sensei Terry Young working on 13 Jo awase.

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Koriana Dojo. Sensei Tony Sargeant 6th Dan Aikiki of TIA Europe takes an outdoor class on Jo and the 13 kata
as the early morning sunshine bathes Kefalonia, Greek Islands.
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In memory and with respect to the late Sensei Tim Buswell 5th Dan of TIA Europe, photo  November 2009 in Poole..
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Above and below, Sensei Paul McGlone on the right demonstrates applications of Jo in partner practice. Taken at Appledore Quay N Devon.
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Sensei Richard Small left of photos.
April 2004 at Cambridge, kumijo and ken taijo
Seminar taught by senior grades of TIA Europe and hosted by
Sensei John Longford 5th Dan and of the Cambridge club.

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Seminars in Russia, Sensei Sargeant  centre, Cherepovets, North West Russia.                            St Petersburg, Sensei McGlone teaching Jo.
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!997 St Petersburg Russia, A youg Victor Zabelin executes Jo nage.                                        Sensei Sargeant demonstrates a Jo sacrifice throw.
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Above, Sensei Mark Allcock of Wellsprings Aikido near Poole, Dorset, kindly poses for some photos ... never easy to do. How difficult it is to have the perfect posture, the perfect co-ordination, the perfect energy  .... a tangible connection with the universal .... so difficult  ... but that's what we seek, and in that, we hope, an enlightenment.
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                                        3rd Kumitachi henka                                                Ken Tai Jo application                                                                     Tsuki Parry
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North West Russia, about 1997