May 6 Seminar Flyer
Our seminar flyer, suitable for framing.
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April 2023
Ice Cream Social
It's almost time for our third annual ice cream social! Check out these photos from our 2017 and 2018 extravaganzas.
Plus, if you show up, you'll learn this one weird trick to lose an inch of belly fat in just one week!
And yes, it involves ice cream!
More Stuff
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Monthly Misogi
Or as Sensei calls it, the March of the Damned.
Last month the technique was hanmi handachi ushiro ryokatatori kokyunage.
My Eyes! They Burn!
Dear lord, Clinton, your browser history. Shame on you. 😳
Blue Spruell Sensei @ Aikido Miramar
What a wonderful seminar. Thank you Aikido Miramar, Spruell Sensei, and all my fellow conspirators on the mat.
Such a lovely group of people.
Ichi No Tachi
Editor's Note: This is the first in a five part series highlighting the weapons system of Chiba Sensei. My thanks to Buck Pittman for organizing this kata. Any translation or other errors are mine alone.
| Steps | Uke | Nage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | middle posture (chudan) | middle posture (chudan) |
| sasou (right hanmi) | ||
| 2 | shomen uchi (irimi → right hanmi) | |
| 3 | gyaku kesa giri (slide left → right hanmi) | |
| shomen uchi (irimi → left hanmi) | ||
| 4 | receive cut, turn bokken (tenshin → left hanmi) | |
| 5 | shomen uchi (irimi → right hanmi) | |
| 6 | kiri otoshi (tenshin → right hanmi) | receive cut (right hanmi) |
Definitions
sasou: to invite, call forth, lure
gyaku kesa giri: reverse diagonal strike
kiri otoshi: mutual cut or strike, one party controlling
aiuchi: mutual cut or strike, neither party controlling
Upcoming Events
- 31st Anniversary Seminar
- Sat, May 6
- Our Dojo
- Claude Berthiaume Shihan
- Sat, May 20
- Cherbourg, France