Who else wants a great aikido weekend with an incredible instructor, fun people and beautiful surroundings?
Michael Friedl Sensei
(7th Dan) at Aikido'Ka
Friedl Sensei is an incredible instructor and aikidoist. He is always tremendous fun.
Don't miss Saturday's potluck-birthday party. Our utterly wonderful student, Sydney Manka, is celebrating her 18th birthday on Saturday, March 21 with us. (Just so you know, Sydney's been training with us since she was 12.)
Please come train and celebrate. This will be an absolutely wonderful weekend. We'd love to have you here with us.
Date
Friday
March 20, 2015
Time
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Cost
Entire Seminar - $120
Friday Only - $40
Saturday
March 21, 2015
9:30 - 11:30 am
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Potluck/
Sydney's 18th Birthday Party!
Begins 5:30 pm
Saturday Only - $75
Sunday
March 22, 2015
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday Only - $50
Michael Friedl Sensei is founder and chief instructor of Aikido of Ashland. He is a previous President of the California Aikido Association. Friedl Sensei is Bloksberg Sensei's direct aikido teacher.
Friedl Sensei began his Aikido training in 1972 under Clyde Takeguchi Shihan in Madison, Wisconsin. Friedl Sensei became a live-in student (also 
known as a uchi deshi) for Takeguchi Sensei from 1975-1977 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1978 Friedl Sensei established a dojo in Burlington, Vermont. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1979 and started a small aikido club. Friedl Sensei affiliated with Frank Doran Shihan in 1979 and has been a student of his since that time. Friedl Sensei 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.