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Master Kirkwood and
Mrs Kirkwood took a trip to visit their friend and
Instructor Master John Darcy, who is the European
Director of A.I.M.A.A. During this weekend in Ireland
the couple visited Master Darcy's new school in
Mullingar, which is situated in the heart of the
countryside within beautiful surroundings. This is the
last place you would expect to find an A.I.M.A.A School,
but there it is! and it is a fantastic purposely built
Dojang, fully equipped for all types of training and
also has a large car park. The school is owned by Mr
William Hillock an Instructor within AI.M.A.A Ireland.
This school is
thriving and has an abundance of students training on a
weekly basis , taking classes on various evenings.
Master Darcy teaches class every Tuesday and Friday in
Mullingar to the delight of many students and parents.
During their trip to
Master Darcy's school they where also accompanied by Ms
Amy Driscol and Mr Hassan Eskibar of A.I.M.A.A Ireland
who had also made the trip to train and help out in the
class. Both A.I.M.A.A Students are exemplary students
and train with Mr Gerry Long and Master Darcy.
 
The training was
highly enjoyable and the children who participated in
the 1st class had exceptional fun! Master Darcy had them
working up and down the floor, undertaking kicking and
one-step routines. They competed in teams against each
other, with Master Kirkwood taking one group, Master
Darcy with another group and both Amy and Hassan taking
a group of their own. The children had such fun at
training and gathered at the end to sing happy birthday
to one of the young students who had turned 6 yrs that
day!
The night progressed
with a hard training session for the adults and
Instructors and one that was highly enjoyable. It was an
honour to attend class in Mullingar and meet all the
students and parents. Both Master Kirkwood and Mrs
Kirkwood were honoured that Master Darcy had invited
them to travel down with him to his new classes.
The weekend for Master
Kirkwood continued with spending time training with
Master Darcy at the A.I.M.A.A European Headquarters in
Dublin. Master Kirkwood trained on the Saturday
afternoon alongside Mr Gerry Long and Mr Paul Healy, two
exceptional Instructors within A.I.M.A.A. The
Saturday class is an open one for all students to train.
Master Darcy started
the class with some Yoga relaxation moves and then went
onto covering the A.I.M.A.A Curriculum covering the
patterns, self defence and much more. The class lasted 1
hour, but the Instructors carried on training in the
Dojang, after the class had disbursed. The weekend
was highly enjoyable and relaxing as Master Kirkwood and
Mrs Kirkwood got to spend personal and valuable time
with Master Darcy and A.I.M.A.A Instructors.
A special thank you to
Mr Paul Healy for taking the time from his busy schedule
and for travelling from far away to meet with Master
Kirkwood on the Friday and Saturday. Also a special
thank you Mr Gerry Long, Miss Amy Driscol and Mr Hassan
Eskibar.
 
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