Please join us at our Wellington Dojo for a weekend seminar with a very special teacher—Toshiharu Sawada Shihan from Nagoya.
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March 2011: New Zealand National Aikido Seminar
The national Aikido Shinruykan gasshuku (weekend seminar) is scheduled for 4-6 March 2011. As with previous years, we have exceptional guest instructors visiting New Zealand: Seijuro Masuda-Shihan (8th Dan) and Takeshi Yamashima-Shihan (7th Dan).
When booking your flights/accommodation, make sure you note the change of city. To commemorate Aikido Shinryukan Christchurch’s 20th Anniversary, this year’s gasshuku will be held in Christchurch.
Please visit their website for more informaiton.
Aikido Tenshindo Grading and Seminar Photos Now Available
Wow, what an amazing experience!
I was happy to see so many of our club members face the stress and challenge of a grading seminar, and turn those nerves into good demonstrations of aikido. Some brave souls even dared to smile their way through the whole thing! 🙂
Despite my own nerves, and with generous support from Connie, we have a large set of images now available via Picasa. Should be open for everyone to see, so let me know if there are any issues.
Wellington Seminar and Grading
Takase-Shihan (7th Dan) will be visiting Wellington for the weekend of 6-7 November 2010. Registration and training will start at 9am Saturday. Sensei will arrive at 10am.
Saturday | 9am to 4pm
Sunday | 9:30am to 4pm
Fees | Seminar – $70 for weekend or $40 per day
(Student Discounts available). Additional grading fees vary according to rank.
Japanese Festival of Wellington – 2010
Aikido Tenshindo has been invited to participate in the Japanese Festival of Wellington. The festival is tomorrow (5th September from 1pm to 7pm). More event info…
There will be a number of demonstrations from karate to taiko (drum group) to tea ceremony. And, our friends from Wellington Judo and Jujitsu have kindly offered us some of their demonstration time. If you’d like to join us on stage, or just come and watch, we’re scheduled for five minutes between 5:15pm and 5:35pm.
The festival is a combination of free cultural events, and a great way to mark the beginning of Spring.