Michael Friedl Shihan (7th Dan) and Yondan Demonstration at Aikido'Ka
April 22 - 24, 2016
Friedl Shihan is an incredible instructor and aikidoist. He is always tremendous fun.
Saturday morning Frank Bloksberg Sensei will do his 4th Degree Black Belt Demonstration. Saturday evening, we'll have a potluck and party.
Please come train and celebrate. This will be an absolutely wonderful weekend. We'd love to have you here with us.
Date
Friday
April 22, 2015
Time
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Cost
Entire Seminar - $130
Friday Only - $45
Saturday
April 23, 2015
9:30 - 11:30 am
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Potluck and Celebration
Begins 5:30 pm
Saturday Only - $80
Sunday
April 24, 2015
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday Only - $50
Michael Friedl Shihan is founder and chief instructor of Aikido of Ashland. He is Division Head for Division 2 of the California Aikido Association. He is also a previous President of the California Aikido Association. Friedl Shihan is Bloksberg Sensei's direct aikido teacher.
Friedl Shihan began his Aikido training in 1972 under Clyde Takeguchi Shihan in Madison, Wisconsin. Friedl Shihan became a live-in student (also 
known as a uchi deshi) for Takeguchi Sensei from 1975-1977 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1978 Friedl Shihan established a dojo in Burlington, Vermont. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1979 and started a small aikido club. Friedl Shihan affiliated with Frank Doran Shihan in 1979 and has been a student of his since that time. Friedl Shihan was uchi deshi for Saito Shihan in Iwama, Japan from 1981-1983. There he studied weapons intensely and the Iwama style of weapons remains a strong influence in his weapons style to this day.