Aikido Shimbokukai Virtual Summer Seminar 2020, 15th Anniversary, JULY 5
Due to COVID-19, many, if not most, dojo are closed. In the spirit of community and friendship, we are organizing a virtual Shimbokukai Summer Seminar. This is our 15th year since forming Aikido Shimbokukai, and we had planned a big celebratory seminar. However, the global pandemic has made that unworkable. We wanted do something, in the spirit of celebration and community, so we planned this virtual seminar.
This event will take place on JULY 5. We have a great lineup of instructors, all of whom will offer a 30 minute class. Each of these instructors has something special to offer. The lineup includes instructors of various levels/ranks, in a variety of locations, and from a variety of lineages (Please see Instructors section below). Classes will run from 9:30 am-12 noon, and again from 3:00-5:30 pm PACIFIC TIME.
This seminar is open to anyone who wishes to attend, from ANY affiliation or lineage. Please feel free, comfortable, and WELCOME to come and explore Aikido together!
We will be using Zoom to connect. To attend, please RSVP on the Facebook event page, or click HERE to register. When we get closer to the date, we will send an email to everyone who has registered with the login information and a password, so as to protect everyone's privacy. In that email we will also include any information regarding the classes, and things needed, such as weapons, keiko gi, etc.
There is no set fee to attend. We have a suggested donation of US$25, though feel free to contribute more or less, as your situation allows. All contributions will be divided among the instructors, as our way of saying "thank you" for their time, energy, and instruction, not just during this time of the pandemic, but all the time.
We look forward to this event, and hope to see you on the virtual mat!
This event will take place on JULY 5. We have a great lineup of instructors, all of whom will offer a 30 minute class. Each of these instructors has something special to offer. The lineup includes instructors of various levels/ranks, in a variety of locations, and from a variety of lineages (Please see Instructors section below). Classes will run from 9:30 am-12 noon, and again from 3:00-5:30 pm PACIFIC TIME.
This seminar is open to anyone who wishes to attend, from ANY affiliation or lineage. Please feel free, comfortable, and WELCOME to come and explore Aikido together!
We will be using Zoom to connect. To attend, please RSVP on the Facebook event page, or click HERE to register. When we get closer to the date, we will send an email to everyone who has registered with the login information and a password, so as to protect everyone's privacy. In that email we will also include any information regarding the classes, and things needed, such as weapons, keiko gi, etc.
There is no set fee to attend. We have a suggested donation of US$25, though feel free to contribute more or less, as your situation allows. All contributions will be divided among the instructors, as our way of saying "thank you" for their time, energy, and instruction, not just during this time of the pandemic, but all the time.
We look forward to this event, and hope to see you on the virtual mat!
INSTRUCTORS
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan, 7 Dan, Boulder Aikikai, Colorado, USA
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan was born on January 8, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. He joined the Kokugakuin University and the Aikido club there, of which Mitsugi Saotome Shihan was the chief instructor. After graduation he trained regularly at Aikido World Headquarters and in SaotomeShihan’s Reimeijuku Dojo in Tokyo. He established Boulder Aikikai in 1980 for the study of the Japanese martial art of Aikido.The dojo is affiliated with the Aikido World Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, through the Aikido Shimbokukai. Ikeda Shihan is well-known for his effective technique, and travels extensively around the world teaching. He is a member of the Grading Committee and Vice-President of Aikido Shimbokukai.
Meido Moore Sensei, 6 Dan, USA
Meido Moore Sensei began Aikido training in 1986 at the age of 18. In 1990 he was invited by the Aikido and Zen master Tenzan Toyoda Sensei to Chicago, where he began the first of six years residence as uchideshi (live-in apprentice). He served as manager of the Ryoshinkan, Toyoda Sensei's international headquarters dojo; and in 1999 Toyoda Sensei designated him and another uchideshi as his two successors, with responsibility for carrying and transmitting his teachings. To fulfill that responsibility, Moore Sensei founded Shinjinkai in 2002. Moore Sensei has instructed several hundred seminars, retreats, and training camps around the world. He is a Shidoin and member of the Grading Committee of Aikido Shimbokukai, as well as on the Advisory Bloard.
Andrey Samotokhin Sensei, 4 Dan, Michi Dojo, Kiev, Ukraine
John Burn Sensei, 4 Dan, Chishin Dojo, Coventry, England
Burn Sensei began training in martial arts at the age of 7 and has been studying Aikido since the early 90’s; he is the only direct student of Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei in the UK, who he has maintained a close relationship with for over 15 years. He spends countless hours every year with Ikeda Sensei, including personal tuition and runs a fulltime dojo in Coventry. His main interest in Aikido is internal strength, specifically in how to use gravity and the ground to bring solidity to his body while breaking another's balance. He has a good understanding of body mechanics through constant analysis and study of internal strength with how it relates to Ueshiba Morihei, the Founder's, Aikido thanks to Mike Sigman. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Shimbokukai.
Kay Rudisill, 3 Dan Aikikai, Denver Aikikai, Colorado, USA, California Aikido Association
Kay Rudisill started her training with Ki-Society in 1981 under Hideki Shiohira Sensei in Berkeley, CA. After years of traveling and living in different places, she landed in Stockton, CA where she trained under John Smartt Sensei at the New School Aikido. When she moved to Colorado, she started training from 1999-2007 at Boulder Aikikai ASU, under Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan. She took several hiatuses over the years and explored ways to help people through Aikido principles off the mat. Then in 2014 she returned to the dojo and began training at Denver Aikikai under Edgar Johansson Sensei, CAA. Kay is a Supporting Member of Aikido Shimbokukai.
Cat Strada Sensei, 3 Dan, Jiai Aikido, California, USA
Keizan Murray Sensei, 3 Dan, Shinjinkai, IL, USA
Binu Fernandez Sensei, 2 Dan, Pune Aikikai, Pune, India
Binu Sensei presently holds the rank of Nidan (Second degree black belt), conferred upon him by Aikido World Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. He is a student of Anoop Chengara Sensei, 4 dan. Binu Sensei is the Chief Instructor of Pune Aikikai.