My apologies for the hiatus: Sensei and I just returned from New York Aikikai and we have lots to share. In the meantime, I’m posting a few photos from the Christmas seminar at Brevard Aikikai, held earlier this month.<\/p>\n
This was a fascinating seminar. In addition to Dee and Grady Sensei, Dan Dease Sensei of Central Florida Aikikai<\/a> and Dan Fernandez Sensei of Tampa Aikikai taught. Having received some instruction from students of Saotome Sensei in the past, I was largely familiar with Fernandez Sensei’s chosen topics and points of emphasis. I enjoyed his class greatly and particularly enjoyed speaking with him off the mat.<\/p>\n However, I had few points of reference for Dease Sensei’s class, which made it all the more interesting. Dease Sensei is a student of Seishiro Endo Sensei, an Aikikai shihan teaching at hombu. I learned quite a bit watching his class; to get an idea of his approach to Aikido, you can read a comment he\u00a0wrote here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I look forward to attending his classes again in the future.<\/p>\n