Seminar: 3/26-28 Kazuo Chiba Shihan and Claude Berthiaume Shihan in MA
Posted 3/17/2010 2:43pm [from NEA dojo]
Please join us at the New England Aikikai 2010 spring memorial seminar, March 26, 27 and 28th featuring Kazuo Chiba Shihan and Claude Berthiaume Shihan.
New England Aikikai
2000 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge MA 02140
www.NEAIKIKAI.com
Seminar: Calgary Aikikai's 30th Anniversary: 8/13-8/15
Posted 3/15/2010 1:01pm [from Andrew Barron]
Calgary Aikikai's 30th Anniversary Seminar August 13 -15, 2010
To celebrate the late Inaba Sensei’s (6th Dan) close friendships and life-long commitment to teaching aikido. Calgary Aikikai is honored to bring together some of the world’s foremost instructors in aikido including three of O’Sensei’s remaining uchi-deshi. This weekend seminar is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Please join us in Calgary on August 13, 14 and 15th as we celebrate 30 years of aikido.
Key Shihans such as Kobayashi Sensei 8th Dan Japan, Asai Sensei 8th Dan Germany, Arai Sensei 7th Dan Japan who are some of the last of O-Sensei's and 2nd Doshu Kishomaru's uchideshis at a Aikikai Honbu Dojo will be in attendance. This might be the only, and last, chance to see these three in one seminar together.
Other sensei’s who are confirmed at this time are Igarashi Sensei 6th Dan Japan, Kubo Sensei 7th Dan Hawaii, Shirakawa Sensei 7th Dan Japan and H. Kobayashi Sensei 6th Dan Japan. There will also be a number of high ranked Sensei’s who will also be teaching sessions at this seminar. The weekend will conclude with a demonstration by these Shihans, Sensei’s and visiting students that will be one to remember.
Visit our website www.calgaryaikikai.com for more information.
Seminar: 17-18 Apr: Yoshigasaki Sensei in Barcelona, Spain
Posted 3/15/2010 11:19am [from Gemma Mas]
Saturday: 9.30h-12h Everybody; 12.30h-14h Ki No Kenkyukai Association Internationale Instructors and Dan; 17h-19h Everybody; 19h-20h Ki No Kenkyukai Association Internationale Instructors and Dan.
Sunday: 9.30h-12h Everybody; 12.30h-14h Ki No Kenkyukai Association Internationale Instructors and Dan.
Beginners are welcome.
PLACE: The seminar will be held at Esportiu Badrena, Galileu street, 142, metro station "Plaça del Centre" (green line, number 3)
Seminar: MAF O'Sensei Memorial Seminar
Posted 3/15/2010 11:15am [from Peter Zalinski]
April 17-18, 2010 Hosted by the Northern Illinois Aikikai at the NIU Recreation Center in DeKalb, IL (815) 739-6423 with Guest Instructors Pat Crosby, Rokudan, Virginia Aikikai and Patrick Hardesty, Godan - Louisville Aikikai.
Schedule: Saturday, April 17th 10:00 - 11:30am & 1:30 - 4:00pm classes; 4:20pm testing. Sunday, April 18th: 10:00 - 12:30am classes.
($60 donation requested for the weekend.)
Blog Article: Aikido Because It Is Hard - By William Terrell
Posted 3/05/2010 9:00pm [from Jerry Akel]
I have no romantic notions of what it means to be a warrior. I served in the United States Marine Corps and worked for ten years as a deputy sheriff. I have seen the dead and the dying, the deliberate and the accidental. I have seen people shot, cut, burned, beaten, strangled, crushed, even literally hammered to death. I understand how fast violence can erupt/interrupt into our everydayness and destroy our lives. My goal is simply that of any warrior/father/husband: to be prepared to protect and defend myself, my family, my community.
Article: "Surrey's at-risk youth go under Wrap"
Posted 3/05/2010 2:28pm [from Jun Akiyama]
This article entitled "Surrey's at-risk youth go under Wrap" describes the Surrey "Wrap" aikido program, "a pilot project where school, community and police have come together to surround kids who may be lured into gangs with more positive life forces."
From the article: "Because we are a police-school partnership and I think some parents are adverse to the police component," Rai said. "But by and large, the parents that we work with may be resistant up front but when they see the program in action and it is all about support, resiliency, building self-esteem, setting up networks, supports, resources. We have only had one parent say no outright and stick to it. Ninety-nine per cent of the parents want the best for their children and they agree to the program."
Event: Brooklyn Aikikai Fundraiser, Film Premiere, March 12, 2010 in NY
Posted 3/04/2010 2:49pm [from Scott Ashen]
Please join Brooklyn Aikikai for our Spring fundraising event to benefit our scholarship fund. We are raising funds to help four women from the dojo travel to Japan to train in aikido and misogi at Hombu Dojo and Ichikukai Dojo in Tokyo. This will be the New York City premiere of a 2010 Sundance Festival award winning film - Homewrecker. Cast and crew will be on hand for a Q&A after the movie concludes. The premiere is Friday, March 12 at 7:00PM at Founders Hall, St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York City. Please visit our website for more details about the event and to purchase tickets. Tickets are only available online.
Event: John Cornish retires after 52 years of aikido
Posted 3/03/2010 11:29am [from James Wyatt]
John Cornish has decided to retire and his last lesson will be at the Budokwai on Friday 19th March.
As ever all are welcome to come and practice. We would particularly like to invite everyone whom knows Cornish Sensei and has received his wisdom and humour over the years.
Some of his more memorable comments:
If a train is coming what do you do...get out of the way
Fingers are for gripping...
If you have two legs move two legs and if you have three move three
You can never be low enough
John Cornish originally started with boxing and judo around 1950 and became a student of Trevor Leggett and went to the Kodokan and Hombu dojo in early 1958 (at the same time as Chiba Sensei). He took daily practice with Osawa Sensei as well as lessons from Tohei Sensei, Waka Sensei and O'Sensei whom graded him. In Judo he is renowned for his technical knowledge with particular emphasis on judo kata with him being one of the few westerners to hold the licence to teach and examine in all the katas.
James
