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Craig Fife

Jul 24 2017

Craig Fife Sensei Seminar

As you can see from the flyer, Craig Fife Sensei will be at Aikido’Ka September 15 – 17. Our good friend Gideon Haimovitz will do his shodan test on Saturday morning, September 16, at about 10 am.

Many folks will know Craig Sensei from being one of the Aiki Summer Retreat headliners. He’s an extraordinary aikido instructor and an absolutely first-rate person. You will enjoy yourself and learn a tremendous amount at this seminar. Please join us!

Craig Fife Sensei is the founder and chief instructor of Aikido Northwest. Since 2013, Fife Sensei has been one of the headliners of Aiki Summer Retreat, with Michael Friedl Shihan and Kimberly Richardson Sensei. He began his aikido training in 1973 in Boise, Idaho. Fife Sensei currently holds the rank of Rokudan (6th degree black belt), from the Aikikai Foundation, Aikido World Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. This rank was awarded to him by his teacher, Frank Doran Shihan.

In addition to Fife Sensei’s personal study of Aikido, he has been actively teaching Aikido since 1980. Fife Sensei has also been a student of Iaido since 1990 and currently holds the rank of Nidan (2nd degree black belt) from the All United States Kendo Federation. Fife Sensei is a member of the California Aikido Association Teaching Committee.

For more info and to register for the seminar, click here.

Written by Frank Bloksberg · Categorized: seminars, testing · Tagged: Craig Fife, Gideon Haimovitz, shodan test

Jul 19 2015

Aiki Summer Retreat — Photo of All Instructors

At Aiki Summer Retreat, we had a fair number of instructors. Each day, we had our featured instructors, Senseis Michael Friedl, Kimberly Richardson, Danielle Smith and Craig Fife. We also had instructors for our 7 – 8 am classes — Senseis Forrest Kan, Johnny Newsome, Chuck Hauk, Calvin Koshiyama, and Darrel Berlie. These senior instructors taught and mentored along with Frank Bloksberg (me), Michele Simone, Mark Zwagerman, Erik Haag, Jeramy Hale, Molly Molly Sacco Hale, Sara G Snell, and Mark Kruger.

What a blast!

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Written by Frank Bloksberg · Categorized: Aiki Summer Camp · Tagged: Aiki Summer Retreat, Calvin Koshiyama, Chuck Hauk, Craig Fife, Danielle Smith, Darrel Berlie, Erik Haag, Forrest Kan, Frank Bloksberg, Jeramy Hale, Johnny Newsome, Kimberly Richardson, Mark Kruger, Mark Zwagerman, Michael Friedl, Michele Simone, Molly Molly Sacco Hale, Sara G Snell

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