History

by Rija Rotering This year in summer we had the third international feminist aikido-camp in Benais in France. Last year a group of 25 women from 5 european countries trained aikido and lived together for a week. For 1986 two weeks are organized because of the great interest and our wish to promote the women-aikido. 5 women from Hamburg did the organisation; this meant a long period of preparing, much discussion, much deliberation, looking for teachers, bringing in of women. Both weeks took place in L’Enfumée, some houses outside Benais, in a famous wine-district. Around the houses is lot of …