<![CDATA[Drops of Peace and Happiness]]>
04-23-2013
<![CDATA[Seeing Through a Different Lens]]>
04-10-2013
<![CDATA[Columns on AikiWeb]]>
03-12-2013
<![CDATA[Happy New Year (kinda)]]>
03-09-2013
<![CDATA[Pre-Exam To-Do List]]>
03-08-2013
<![CDATA[That Still Counts!]]>
03-07-2013
<![CDATA[Presence, Inclusiveness, and Gender]]>
02-25-2013
<![CDATA[Uke/Nage - Horse/Rider]]>
02-23-2013
<![CDATA[13 Days and Counting]]>
02-23-2013
<![CDATA[Threshold Spirits]]>
02-15-2013
<![CDATA[The Week of Valentine's Day]]>
02-15-2013
<![CDATA[Aggression and Compassion]]>
02-12-2013
<![CDATA[Count Out Loud to 31 in Japanese]]>
02-11-2013
<![CDATA[Four Weeks to First Kyu]]>
02-11-2013
<![CDATA[A New Way of Writing]]>
02-11-2013
<![CDATA[Late at Night]]>
01-09-2013
<![CDATA[Intention and Attention]]>
01-04-2013
<![CDATA[What I Learned by Not Going to a Seminar]]>
01-03-2013
<![CDATA[New Year's Day, 2013]]>
01-01-2013
<![CDATA[2012 - Starting in a New Direction]]>
12-27-2012
<![CDATA[Sensei Speaks (a haiku)]]>
10-30-2012
<![CDATA[To Do List]]>
10-24-2012
<![CDATA[Practice (poem)]]>
10-16-2012
<![CDATA[What better reason to train?]]>
10-08-2012
<![CDATA[Acceleration. As in rocket sled.]]>
09-30-2012
<![CDATA[Searu. Clarity.]]>
09-27-2012
<![CDATA[Abundance]]>
09-26-2012
<![CDATA[Why seminars?]]>
09-23-2012
<![CDATA[Seminar with George Ledyard Sensei]]>
09-18-2012
<![CDATA[A Lifetime on the Train]]>
09-18-2012
<![CDATA[Birthday Rolls!]]>
08-10-2012
<![CDATA[Lighten up]]>
07-24-2012
<![CDATA[Always trust your cape]]>
07-22-2012
<![CDATA[The Possibility of Balance]]>
06-20-2012
<![CDATA[My Blog Goes on the Road]]>
05-13-2012
<![CDATA[Three Years]]>
05-05-2012
<![CDATA[A very busy past few months. Too busy.]]>
05-02-2012
<![CDATA[Doors]]>
04-02-2012
<![CDATA[What if you could...?]]>
03-16-2012
<![CDATA[Seminar with Dan Messisco Sensei]]>
03-16-2012
<![CDATA[Porch Sitting]]>
03-12-2012
<![CDATA[An Unlimited Supply]]>
02-25-2012
<![CDATA[O Sensei Raised Horses!!!]]>
02-20-2012
<![CDATA[Life in the Dream World]]>
02-17-2012
<![CDATA[Stop Resisting.]]>
02-14-2012
<![CDATA[Master Pat, A True Force of Nature]]>
02-13-2012
<![CDATA[My Aikido Teachers]]>
my-aikido-teachers[/URL]
[B]Dave Goldberg Sensei[/B]
Chief Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May 5, 2009 - My first day of Aikido training
To Present - Hundreds of training days, many workshops, and seminars.
[B]Mike Coit[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May 9, 2009 - My second day of training, and many classes since.
[B]Karen Kustejo[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes.
[B]Jay Palm[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes.
[B]Megan Palm[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes.
[B]Andy[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May - December 2009 - Various classes (mostly weapons).
[B]Cyril Poissonnet[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes.
[B]Jason Lim[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes (mostly weapons).
[B]Michael Hancock[/B]
Instructor, Aikido of San Diego
May, 2009 to Present - Many classes.
[B]Robert Nadeau Shihan[/B]
July, 2009 - Seminar at Aikido of San Diego
April, 2010 - Seminar at Aikido of San Diego
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
July, 2011 - Seminar, Aikido of San Diego
[B]Kayla Feder Sensei[/B]
September, 2009 - Fall Retreat, Aikido of San Diego
[B]Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
January, 2011 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Frank Doran Shihan[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
January, 2011 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Christian Tissier Shihan[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
January, 2011 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Wilko Vriesman Sensei[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Francis Takahashi Shihan[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Morihiko Murashige Shihan[/B]
January, 2010 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Mary Heiny Sensei[/B]
September, 2010 - Seminar, Aikido of San Diego
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
October, 2011 - Seminar, Aikido of San Diego
[B]Lloyd McClellan, Shodan[/B]
January 2011 - Teaching his first class, Aikido of San Diego
[B]Patrick Cassidy Sensei[/B]
2010 - Seminar, Aikido of San Diego
February, 2011 - Gasshuku, Aikido of San Diego
[B]Jeff Sodeman Sensei[/B]
Spring/Summer, 2011 - Two ukemi seminars, Jiai Aikido, San Diego
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Michael Friedl Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
[B]Alan Best Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
[B]Frank Blocksberg Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
[B]Greg O'Connor Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]Denise Barry Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
[B]Michele Simone Sensei[/B]
June, 2011 - CAA Aiki Retreat, Atherton, CA
[B]Chetan Prakash Sensei[/B]
Summer, 2011 - Jo Seminar, Redlands Aikikai
[B]Mitsugu Saotome Shihan[/B]
September, 2011 - Seminar, Redlands Aikikai
[B]Kevin Choate Sensei[/B]
Fall, 2011 (?) - Saotome Seminar, Redlands Aikikai
[B]Troy Farrow Sensei[/B]
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego
[B]George Ledyard Sensei[/B]
January, 2012 - Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar, San Diego]]>
01-31-2012
<![CDATA[My 2nd Kyu Exam (video)]]>
01-26-2012
<![CDATA[The Bridge Seminar 2012, Days 2-5]]>
01-18-2012
<![CDATA[The Bridge Seminar 2012, Day 1]]>
01-13-2012
<![CDATA[A Warp in the Fabric of Time]]>
01-13-2012
<![CDATA[Expectations, Failure, and Persistence]]>
12-06-2011
<![CDATA[No 2012 Aiki Retreat. Now what?]]>
11-28-2011
<![CDATA[Enjoy Reading This Post]]>
08-20-2011
<![CDATA[Ten Things You Can Learn from Aikido]]>
08-12-2011
<![CDATA[Ten Ways to Help Out at the Dojo]]>
08-11-2011
<![CDATA[Ten Tips for Your First Weapons Class]]>
08-10-2011
<![CDATA[Ten Tips for Visiting Another Dojo]]>
08-08-2011
<![CDATA[Train as Fast as You Can]]>
08-03-2011
<![CDATA[Weapons Words - The Big Picture]]>
07-31-2011
<![CDATA[A Gateway]]>
07-22-2011
<![CDATA[Practicing "Low Falls"]]>
07-20-2011
<![CDATA[My 3rd Kyu Exam - Video]]>
07-10-2011
<![CDATA[3rd Kyu Test Prep - The Real Story]]>
07-09-2011
<![CDATA[Freeing Ourselves from "I Can't..."]]>
07-07-2011
<![CDATA[3rd Kyu Test Prep - Notes to Self]]>
07-03-2011
<![CDATA[Aiki Retreat Road Trip]]>
06-10-2011
<![CDATA[Resistance]]>
05-28-2011
<![CDATA[Who will we have become?]]>
05-24-2011
<![CDATA[Year Three - Another Beginning]]>
05-05-2011
<![CDATA[Training with My Whole Heart]]>
04-12-2011
<![CDATA[Revised - Summer Camp! (Packing Lists)]]>
03-19-2011
<![CDATA[Knowing the Principle]]>
02-27-2011
<![CDATA[Words: Huh? What's Everyone Saying?]]>
02-26-2011
<![CDATA[A Few Words]]>
02-18-2011
<![CDATA[Things Your Sensei Says?]]>
02-11-2011
<![CDATA[Before & After]]>
02-05-2011
<![CDATA[The Stillness After the Seminar]]>
01-28-2011
<![CDATA[At the Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar 2011]]>
01-13-2011
<![CDATA[Uke and Schoolmasters]]>
01-10-2011
<![CDATA[Service and Community]]>
01-09-2011
<![CDATA[Happy New Year, 2011]]>
01-09-2011
<![CDATA[Roll Model: Lloyd McClellan, Sho-Dan]]>
12-08-2010
<![CDATA["Were you nervous?"]]>
11-18-2010
<![CDATA[4th Kyu Exam - Video]]>
11-13-2010
<![CDATA[Aiki Football]]>
11-11-2010
<![CDATA[To 4th Kyu & Beyond!]]>
11-06-2010
<![CDATA[If you respect people…]]>
11-06-2010
<![CDATA[Rivers and Stars]]>
11-03-2010
<![CDATA[Humor & Humiliation]]>
10-23-2010
<![CDATA[Being seen, and seeing]]>
10-20-2010
<![CDATA[How am I limiting myself?]]>
10-19-2010
<![CDATA[A Mysterious Gift]]>
08-24-2010
<![CDATA[Practicing Love]]>
08-21-2010
<![CDATA[Meditation in the New Dojo]]>
08-11-2010
<![CDATA[Rediscovering Joy]]>
08-11-2010
<![CDATA[Back to work]]>
08-09-2010
<![CDATA[A Tree in a Hurricane]]>
So it's back to crafting that twenty-year plan, moving forward, with optimism. It will definitely include Aikido. Right after I go out for dinner and walk with the love of my life.]]>
05-26-2010
<![CDATA[Good Ukemi and Life]]>
05-22-2010
<![CDATA[Like Bread Dough]]>
05-19-2010
<![CDATA[Milestone: One Year in Aikido]]>
05-04-2010
<![CDATA[Learning to Be a Better Uke]]>
04-01-2010
<![CDATA[Body, Border Collies, & Beer]]>
03-22-2010
<![CDATA[Sen-sei]]>
03-13-2010
<![CDATA[Questions for My Teacher's Teacher]]>
03-08-2010
<![CDATA[Elevator Speech: What is Aikido?]]>
03-05-2010
<![CDATA[I'm Destroying Aikido]]>
02-15-2010
<![CDATA[Inspired Teaching]]>
02-12-2010
<![CDATA[What I Meant To Do]]>
02-10-2010
<![CDATA[5th Kyu test & beyond]]>
02-06-2010
<![CDATA[Downs & Ups of Exam Prep]]>
02-05-2010
<![CDATA[Great Trip, Happy to Be Home]]>
01-27-2010
<![CDATA[Aikido Bridge - Sunday]]>
01-18-2010
<![CDATA[Aikido Bridge - Saturday]]>
01-16-2010
<![CDATA[Bridge Seminar - 2nd Day]]>
01-15-2010
<![CDATA[Bridge Seminar - 1st Evening]]>
01-14-2010
<![CDATA[It's Seminar Time]]>
01-14-2010
<![CDATA[The Near Future]]>
01-12-2010
<![CDATA[Being Inspired]]>
01-06-2010
<![CDATA[How to go to your first big seminar]]>
01-03-2010
<![CDATA[Aikido smiled...]]>
01-01-2010
<![CDATA["The Kihon Waza of Horse Training"]]>
12-28-2009
<![CDATA[Rainy, and Real-life Ukemi]]>
12-26-2009
<![CDATA[Introducing Rainy (“Right As Rain”).]]>
12-26-2009
<![CDATA[A Better Attitude]]>
12-24-2009
<![CDATA[Return to Center]]>
12-20-2009
<![CDATA[When Goals Go Bad]]>
12-19-2009
<![CDATA[An Aikido Dream]]>
12-18-2009
<![CDATA[Stupid Ego]]>
12-18-2009
<![CDATA[Flowing]]>
12-16-2009
<![CDATA[Taking Aikido with Us]]>
12-13-2009
<![CDATA[Enjoying Weapons Classes]]>
12-10-2009
<![CDATA[Love, Seduction, and Aikido]]>
12-08-2009
<![CDATA[Coming Back After a Holiday]]>
11-30-2009
<![CDATA[Body Awareness (Quotation)]]>
11-29-2009
<![CDATA[Gratitude]]>
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11-26-2009
<![CDATA[Scanning the Instruments]]>
11-25-2009
<![CDATA[Happy Birthday Sensei!]]>
11-23-2009
<![CDATA[Looking Back on 16 Days]]>
11-23-2009
<![CDATA[Whew! (day 16 of 16_]]>
11-21-2009
<![CDATA[TGIF (day 15 of 16)]]>
11-21-2009
<![CDATA[Hard Day, Fun Weapons Class (day 14 of 16)]]>
11-19-2009
<![CDATA[Better Day Today (13 of 16)]]>
11-18-2009
<![CDATA[How Not To Do It (Day 12 of 16)]]>
11-17-2009
<![CDATA[Two Classes, Plus a Meteor Shower]]>
11-17-2009
<![CDATA[Day 9 of 16: End of a Great Week]]>
11-15-2009
<![CDATA[It's a Lot Like Line Dancing (day 8 of 16)]]>
11-14-2009
<![CDATA[Weapons Class (Day 7 of 16)]]>
11-13-2009
<![CDATA[A Much Better Day (Day 6 of 16)]]>
11-12-2009
<![CDATA[Training for Training]]>
11-11-2009
<![CDATA[A Little More Freedom]]>
11-09-2009
<![CDATA[Go Out and Play]]>
11-08-2009
<![CDATA[Sumo Suit Smackdown at the Dojo]]>
11-08-2009
<![CDATA[Working Hard, Playing Hard]]>
11-07-2009
<![CDATA[My own 2-week Aikido Intensive]]>
11-05-2009
<![CDATA[Be gladdened.]]>
11-04-2009
<![CDATA[How Aikido is Changing Me]]>
11-02-2009
<![CDATA[Your Teacher is Always Right]]>
10-31-2009
<![CDATA[Look for the Lesson]]>
10-29-2009
<![CDATA[Commit first, then figure it out]]>
10-24-2009
<![CDATA[On Being Someone Else]]>
10-21-2009
<![CDATA[Connection (and Riding)]]>
10-11-2009
<![CDATA[Vet Tech Analogy]]>
10-11-2009
<![CDATA[Don't Push So Hard Against the World]]>
10-07-2009
<![CDATA[Discovering Connection]]>
10-04-2009
<![CDATA[Aikido? Or Riding?]]>
10-02-2009
<![CDATA[Patience My A...]]>
09-30-2009
<![CDATA[GrabMyWrist.com is Live]]>
09-27-2009
<![CDATA[Rhythms Around the Dojo]]>
09-26-2009
<![CDATA[Another Poem: "More Than Technique"]]>
09-24-2009
<![CDATA[Poem: Feeling]]>
09-23-2009
<![CDATA[GrabMyWrist.com]]>
09-22-2009
<![CDATA[6th Kyu Exam Video]]>
09-19-2009
<![CDATA[Reflections at the 1st Milestone]]>
09-18-2009
<![CDATA[Test Prep, and Aikido Retreat]]>
09-11-2009
<![CDATA[Studying]]>
08-31-2009
<![CDATA[Picking up the pace]]>
08-25-2009
<![CDATA[Testing for 6th Kyu]]>
08-22-2009
<![CDATA[Skipping Class, Missing Class]]>
08-19-2009
<![CDATA[A Whole Lot of Things]]>
08-16-2009
<![CDATA[Tripping over my own brain]]>
07-28-2009
<![CDATA[Getting to the Nadeau Seminar]]>
07-24-2009
<![CDATA[Getting Fit for Aikido]]>
07-13-2009
<![CDATA[Triumph over The Brain]]>
07-10-2009
<![CDATA[Darned brain...]]>
07-04-2009
<![CDATA[Back on the mat!]]>
06-23-2009
<![CDATA[Fun class, pleasant evening]]>
06-16-2009
<![CDATA[Training Diary, 2009-06-14]]>
06-14-2009
<![CDATA[For Tara, about ways of learning]]>
06-14-2009
<![CDATA[Getting up to date]]>
06-12-2009
<![CDATA[Introduction, again]]>
06-12-2009