BLOOMSBURY CLUB
Back to Ki Aikido Federation of Great Britain Website Beginners Contact Location Times Joining Watching Membership & Fees High Grade Classes with SENSEI AITKENHEAD Fire Procedures| The New Connaught Rooms | · 61–65 Great Queen Street |
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| Covent Garden | · London · WC2B 5DA |
7.15 – 9.15 pm Tuesday Evenings
Sensei Tim Brown
4th Dan
Contact Teacher
BEGINNERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN US
At Bloomsbury Ki Club, we teach every student to his or her individual experience. Whether you are a complete beginner, you have practiced something else before or are a Ki Federation member visiting London, we will make you welcome and teach you to your own level.
Other beginners’ questions…
The Ki Federation Website includes introductory material about such things as:
Contact
If you have any queries about Bloomsbury Ki Club, you are welcome to contact the Sensei (teacher), Tim Brown, by:
| Phone: | 0777 1714 159 this telephone will be on until the class starts (including on the Sundays that there is a High Grade course) so that students and visitors can get information to find us if needs be |
| Email: | t.brown(at)cityc.co.uk apologies for a link not being made available — this is to try to avoid unsolicited e–mail |
| Visit: | If you want to come and watch, you are welcome to turn up on a club night and speak to us then |
Location
The New Connaught Rooms are located in the West End of London.
If you need to contact the dojo itself the number is: (020) 7405 7811
Transport
Nearby Underground stations include:
Holborn (Piccadilly, Central) is probably the closest station to the dojo
Covent Garden (Piccadilly) is a little further, but if you want to do some shopping (or catch some opera) on the way in, this station has a little more character
Leicester Square (Northern, Piccadilly) if you find yourself on the Northern Line, then you may prefer the walk up from Leicester Square than changing tubes
Bloomsbury Ki Club usually practices in the Kent Room. Ask at reception if you need help.
Click on the map for the New Connaught Rooms’ own directions.
For much more detail about travelling in London go to the Transport For London website, www.tfl.gov.uk
Times
Bloomsbury Ki Club practices from 7.15 pm to 9.15 pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Access is available to the room from 7.00 pm, and the dojo can be prepared from that time onwards.
There is usually a short break over the Christmas period, but otherwise all Tuesdays and Thursdays are covered.
All classes are taught by a qualified Ki Federation Teacher or Assistant Teacher.
Joining
Membership and Fees
Before a student is taught anything, he or she must be a member of the Ki Federation. This ensures among other things that everyone is fully covered by our insurance. The membership cost is included in the first month’s club membership fees. We regret that no exceptions can be made to this rule.
The monthy fee for adults is £60.00, concessions may be made based on individual needs (please bring supporting documents). The first month’s fee includes a year’s membership of the Ki Federation of Great Britain. Because of this we ask that this is paid by cash or cheque.
After the first month, we collect fees by monthly standing order. This works out to be around £7 per lesson (based on eight or more lessons in a month).
Watching
If you want to see what the class is like, and how and what is being taught, you are welcome to watch a class.
Please arrive in plenty of time, so that the teacher or one of the higher grades can introduce you to what you are about to see.
The lesson is about two hours long. Please make enough time to watch the whole lesson.
High Grade Classes
With SENSEI AITKENHEAD,
8th Dan
Bloomsbury Ki Club hosts High Grade Classes one Sunday morning,
every other month.
These classes are only for Ki Federation members
of 1st Kyu and Dan Grade.
Please contact Tim Brown for more details.
Dates 2007
All classes run from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm.
| Month | Day |
|---|---|
| February | 4 |
| April | 15 |
| June | 24 |
| August | 19 |
| October | 21 |
| December | 2 |
FIRE PROCEDURES:
Very Important, Please Read
FIRE ACTION — IMPORTANT NOTICE
- If you discover smoke coming from under a door, do not open
RAISE THE ALARM - No matter how small the fire raise the alarm by immediately triggering the nearest break glass point
- Close all windows and doors in the area
- Attack the fire if possible with the assistance of another person using the extinguishers available
- Do not put yourself or any other person at risk
ON HEARING THE FIRE ALARM
- Leave the building using the nearest available FIRE EXIT
- Report to the person in charge at Lincoln’s Inn Fields
- Right out of New Connaught Rooms, and cross over Kingsway
DO NOT
- Use Lifts
- Stop to collect personal belongings
- Re-enter the building
Please ensure all of your delegates (students)/guests are aware of this procedure and that a full check list is taken to the assembly point
Bloomsbury Club Specific Procedures
This may all sound a bit much, but the dojo is in a bit of a warren inside the New Connaught Rooms – therefore we have to know where the registration form is and who is in charge in case of an emergency.
The attendance register will serve as our “check list” for each session
You will find the list and a pen in the club box
As soon as you arrive, you must check yourself off on the list so we know to look for you in an emergency
The register should be kept in the dojo so we know where to find it