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Old 05-05-2010, 11:59 AM   #1
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Shimamoto Shihan @ Toronto Jun 5-6 2010

Posted 2010-05-04 20:00:50 by Carlo Ang
News URL: http://www.jcccaikikai.ca/SpringSemi...oto_poster.pdf

From Shosenji Dojo in Osaka, JCCC Aikikai welcomes: Katsuyuki Shimamoto shihan (7th dan) on Jun 5 and 6.. Shimamoto sensei will be accompanied by Yano sensei, and two other yudanshas (possibly more).. We are pleased to welcome EVERYONE, especially the former students of Shimamoto sensei now living in North America (and making the effort to see him again).. Shimamoto sensei's last visit to Toronto was back in 2000 !!

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Old 05-15-2010, 09:54 PM   #2
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Re: Shimamoto Shihan @ Toronto Jun 5-6 2010

MORE NEW INFO

Firsty, Shimamoto sensei will be holding a lecture on Zen meditation 2 hours after the seminar.. If anyone has spare time after the lecture, this is a great opportunity to experience a Zen meditation workshop from a 2nd generation zen buddhist monk (and aikido shihan).. The cost is free or pay-what-you-can.. Link below

ZEN LECTURE LINK

Secondly, more background on Shimamoto sensei..

Katsuyuki Shimamoto Sensei, an Aikikai affiliated Shihan, is also a practicing Soto Zen-Buddhist Priest. A student of late Kisaburo Osawa Sensei, he practices a style of Aikido that is sometimes soft and fluid, and sometimes very sharp and direct. Born in 1937, Shimamoto Sensei teaches Aikido on the grounds of his family temple -- the Toyonaka Shosenji Temple in northern Osaka, Japan. When asked about how Aikido and Zen are related, Shimamoto Shihan explains: "One connection has to do with tension and relaxation. I tell my Aikido students to bring tension and relaxation into harmony. When we are rigid, or frozen, we cut ourselves off from our partners - but, when we are completely yielding, there is no attention or awareness with which our partners can engage. In Zazen practice, it is the same. The crossed legs, the upright posture, reaching for the sky - to maintain this requires a tremendous amount of tension. At the same time, the body needs to be 100% relaxed and the mind 100% free. And if we practice Aikido the same way we do Zazen, the waza will "work" -- we will experience harmony with our partners through movement. Through this process, we learn to respect harmony and to seek it in our relations with others. Also, in practicing this way, we show respect for the waza and the teachings to be found there." In the last 10 years, Shimamoto Shihan was invited by many dojos in foreign countries, giving seminars and workshops in Holland, Poland, Israel, Singapore, Canada and Australia. His energy and kindness also inspires many visitors from abroad to come to Shosenji Dojo in Osaka to study Aikido.
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