When Kimberly Richardson Sensei agreed to teach at the Aiki Summer Retreat, she could only be with us through Wednesday. But Sensei just let us know that she can now be with us for the entire Retreat!
This is fantastic!
10 Steps to Becoming a Better Aikidoist
- Train.
- Train more.
- Train even more.
- Train even more than that.
- Train when you don’t want to.
- Train when you do.
- Train when you’re preparing for a test.
- Train when you’re not.
- Train every day.
- Keep training.
Here’s a cool poster to share and hang on your wall.
This post and poster are inspired by Brian Clark’s post about writing.
Drawing Winners Coming Soon!
We’ll be announcing the winners of the Aiki Summer Retreat drawings soon! One person will save a bunch of money and another will win a Galaxy Tab 2. Stay tuned!
And, of course, if you haven’t signed up for the Aiki Summer Retreat yet – Register now!
I’m Sick Today – Tuesday, March 19 — No Youth Class
I’m sick today, Tuesday, March 19, so we won’t be having youth class. Our other classes will go ahead as scheduled. I’ll keep you posted if we have to cancel any other classes.
By the way, it’s just a cold. So, no big deal.
Visiting Mary Heiny Sensei at Aikido of Reno
Gabriel, Laszlo and I went to a seminar on Saturday at Aikido of Reno. The seminar was taught by Mary Heiny Sensei and Vince Salvatore Sensei (Chief Instructor at Aikido of Reno). It was a different kind of seminar. The main theme was that different aikido lineages may approach techniques somewhat differently while applying the same principles. Mary Sensei would demonstrate a technique, shomen uchi ikkyo, for instance, from the Shingu perspective. Then Vince Sensei would do the same from the Iwama perspective. We would practice both ways and experience how the approach may be different, but the point was the same.
All in all, it was quite an interesting, and certainly, very worthwhile experience. We all had a very good time.