Learning To Be Silent

A last minute reminder that our kyu tests are scheduled for Saturday, January 21st.  Kids testing will be held during our children’s class, and adult testing will occur after our regular adult class.

Good luck!

Aikido Center of Jacksonville, circa 1996

In 1992, the band got together in a small dance studio off San Jose. They came to practice a new kind of martial art, the idea of which was revolutionary: A martial art meant for peace, not fighting.

In a city full of karate and tae kwon do studios, they had no business starting this new type of school. Just who the hell did they think they were, anyway?

But they did it.

Thank you Curtis, and Chris, wherever you are. Here’s to the next twenty years.

Rock on.

A few more photos from our Saturday class.

Enjoy!

Wonderful friends, great class. Our thanks to Steve and Sue from Palm Beach Aikikai, Ted and Leo from the Aiki O-Kami Society, and of course Lane Sensei and his students.

Also our congratulations to Jason (and Tatiana, Dustin, and Daniel) for passing their kyu tests.

We have more pictures and video, which we hope to post soon.

This actually began with Lawrence, when he placed fresh flowers on the kamiza for our February kyu tests. Maggie then joined in, with several beautiful arrangements of her own. (I understand that she is studying ikebana.)

Here is our kamiza for the past few weeks, along with a bit of flower taxonomy, for all you closet floriculturists out there.