Upcoming
Events for 2007
Seminar with
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan
December 12 - 14, 2008
@ Alamo City Aikido
Past
Events
Mary Heiny
Sensei Seminar, February 22 - 24, 2008
Hiroshi Ikeda
Shihan December 7 - 9, 2007.
ACA's seminar with
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan Dec 7 - 9, 2007 was, in a word, awesome.
Sensei taught a principle-based seminar which included such concepts
as: unity, energy transfer through a wave, and floating your
partner. He showed us drills we could do in order to
incorporate these principles into our everyday practice of
technique. His great sense of humor showed us we can practice
in a joyful manner and still be able to focus when necessary.
Congrats to Darrell,
Brian & Chad from South Austin Aikido on passing their shodan exams.
Good job guys!
Thanks to everyone who
attended, you all helped make this a great seminar!
George Ledyard Sensei
October 12 - 14 and mini-intensive October 14 - 15, 2007.
Alamo City Aikido celebrated our 4th annual seminar
with Ledyard Sensei this month. Sensei was pleased that our practice has
improved over the years and encourages us to continuously challenge ourselves
and our partners. He left us with a lot of concepts to ponder from
punching phone books to proper hip movement . We
are enthusiastic about the work we have ahead of us in understanding aikido on
the imote and ura levels.
Our mini-intensive
weapons seminar was open to 14 lucky aikidoka Sunday afternoon and Monday
morning. Ledyard Sensei helped several
students prepare for their upcoming shodan test by studying the minute details
of kumitachi 1 - 6. Even with the extended hours we were sad to see it all
end. Thank you Sensei for your patience in explaining every aspect of your
technique!
Kevin Choate Sensei
May 18 - 20, 2007
Alamo City Aikido recently hosted an exceptionally
successful seminar with Kevin Choate Sensei. Choate Sensei shared with us many new insights to improve our
aikido.
Thank you, Sensei for sharing your
aikido knowledge!
Alamo City Aikido would also like to
give a special thanks to others that helped make this seminar such a huge
success. Thanks to the members of South Austin Aikido for your significant
presence and positive energy all weekend. Thanks to Dr. Gerry Kreitz for your
chiropractic adjustments to our achy bodies. And thank you Barbara Kammerer for
your awesome pictures! We’re all looking forward to another
successful seminar when Choate Sensei visits Alamo City Aikido again!
William Gleason Sensei, 6th Dan February 23 - 25, 2007
This was our first opportunity to have this incredible instructor at our dojo, and the experience was invaluable. Gleason Sensei's deep understanding of Aikido and Kototama principle and how it applies not only to practice, but to our lives as well, helped all who attended achieve a deeper understanding of their practice and the direction Aikido should be going. Thank you to all who attended, the attendance for this seminar was larger than anticipated. Thank you to all the students from as far as Boston, Las Vegas, Laredo, McAllen, and Austin for traveling here to train with us. It was very encouraging to see so many students from other local San Antonio schools in attendance as well; the spirit of mutual training and learning through Aikido they brought, despite different styles and organizations, is a testament to their instructors' willingness to expand their horizons. We look forward to seeing Gleason Sensei again in the future. We still have copies of Gleason Sensei's DVD, "Aikido and The Japanese Sword"
available at the dojo for anyone interested, cost is $35.
George
Ledyard Sensei, 6th Dan
Our 3rd annual seminar with Ledyard Sensei was another great success! Ledyard Sensei again proved to be a great challenge to our limited pre-conceptions, and he took our practice to a higher level. His teaching managed to give everyone in attendance an
understandable foundation of concepts and principles to work on for long time to come; whether a brand-new beginner or advanced student. As always, our sister dojo in Austin brought a large contingent of students to help make the training top notch and fun. It wouldn't have been possible without them. A special thanks also to the folks from Alamo Heights Aikido and Aikido Sho-Shin-Juku for attending, it was nice to see old friends and to continue to build bridges with other San Antonio dojos. We look forward to seeing everyone again soon.
For more
information about Ledyard Sensei visit www.aikieast.com A special DVD containing the "Principles of Irimi" teachings from this seminar will be available soon.
Alamo City Aikido was honored to host a seminar with
Shihan Hiroshi Ikeda
February 24th-26th, 2006
It was a truly special weekend hosting this world class instructor. The seminar was our largest yet! A seminar of this size can only be made possible through a community effort. Thank you to all of our visiting friends, both near and far, and our members for all their support and hard work. You made Ikeda Sensei's first visit to Texas a success!
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Kevin Choate Sensei January 6th-8th, 2006
We were proud to host Kevin Choate Sensei at our Kagami Biraki (New Year Dojo Opening Celebration) seminar. We could not have asked for a better start to the new year than the instruction and inspiration provided by Choate Sensei. He has a unique approach to Aikido, giving us lots of new ways and ideas to practice basic technique and training. As always, thanks to the Austin group for supporting our seminar and making it a great success. All of our levels of training
benefited and we look forward to having Choate Sensei again.
Ledyard Sensei 6th Dan in San Antonio Oct. 14th-16th, 2005
The second annual seminar with George Ledyard Sensei at Alamo City Aikido was a great success. Ledyard Sensei's systematic teaching style got accross many advanced concepts to all of us and the seeds he planted will continue to bare fruit in our training for a long time. Thanks again Sensei for being such an incredible influence and mentor to our dojo.
Sunny Skys Sensei In Austin
Our friends at Hill Country Aikido in Austin hosted a seminar over the weekend of July 15th-17th with Sunny Skys Sensei of Aiki Zenshin Dojo in Fremont California. A great time and valuable learning experience was had by all who participated. The folks at Hill Country Aikido put on a fantastic seminar and showed gracious hospitality as usual. This was the second time that our dojo was fortunate enough to have exposure to Skys Sensei's impeccable technique and personable teaching style. Our thanks to the Austin group for hosting a great weekend.
Peter Trimmer Sensei
On January 28th-29th we held a seminar with Peter Trimmer Sensei, at our dojo in San Antonio, Texas. Thank you Sensei for making the seminar such a success and the valuable learning experiences you provided to all of us. We would like to thank all of the members who participated as well. A special thank you to Jay Lindholm and his group from Hill Country Aikido in Austin, who always contribute so much to our seminars through their presence and support.
George Meyer Sensei
Thank You to George Meyer Sensei of Navy Aikido in Annapolis
for coming down to our hot South Texas weather and teaching a great Memorial Day Seminar
