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Old 11-07-2005, 08:08 PM   #6
Melissa Fischer
Dojo: Tenzan Aikido/Seattle Holistic Center
Location: Seattle, Wa USA
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Re: Teaching Aikido to Children in Fredericksburg, VA 4/1/2006

OK, Rebeccah, 14 years, but he's still awesome and so are you! (These Montanges are grown up child students of Bookman S.)

I also want to mention that at the Aiki Expo, Patrick Auge did a mind boggling demo with his large group of small children who were extrodinarily well trained in weapons and judo as well as Aikido techniques. Also, Auge Sensei seems to be generous, inspired and well informed and was a delight to learn from.
What about Peter Bernath or Robert Kent? I have only read about them and have no personal experience.

Bookman has a couple of children's videos out, one on how to teach and one showing the test material which is designed for use by the kids themselves. Both are excellent. So are the 2 ukemi videos, beginner and advanced. More info on our dojo website

Cheers,

Melissa

www.tenzanaikido.com
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