{"id":937,"date":"2010-04-01T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/?p=937"},"modified":"2012-09-18T09:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:22:20","slug":"seminar-videos-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/seminar-videos-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Videos, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editors Note: This is the\u00a0fifth in an eight part series discussing past seminars at our school.\u00a0The entire series can be found under the\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0category.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I know these videos weren’t taken at our school. I’m including them because Dee took ukemi, and frankly, because this was an awesome seminar.<\/p>\n

First, some background. The seminar took place in 2003 at the Aikido Center of Atlanta<\/a>, an absolutely gorgeous dojo located in Avondale Estates, Georgia. (They also have a sister dojo in Savannah, which Dee and I visited in 2007).\u00a0If you haven’t trained there,\u00a0allow me to\u00a0set the scene. Picture\u00a0a space with stone walls, beautiful wood accents, and a\u00a0magnificent wooden door. Think castle, writ small.<\/p>\n

Some more background. One of our instructors, John Miller, started his training<\/a> there, (albeit in a different location), under Rodney Grantham Sensei. And two of our earliest students, Chris and Tammy, were members of the dojo for a while. Dee and I stayed with them during the seminar.<\/p>\n

A few more details, for our students. This was the seminar Dee learned that\u00a0nifty kaiten-nage variation she teaches on occasion. And it was here<\/em> that I learned that\u00a0incredible morote-tori shiho-nage, the one that hopelessly tangles uke. You’ll see\u00a0it in all three videos.<\/p>\n

Yamada Sensei and Donovan Waite Sensei both instructed, which gave us the added benefit of training with Waite Sensei during Yamada Sensei’s class. It’s hard to overstate the impact this seminar had on me, a\u00a03rd kyu at the time. It was that good.<\/p>\n

And now, the videos:<\/p>\n

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