📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Mark Vestrich
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Training with Takeda Shihan feels as close as you can come to flying without using any equipment like a parachute or hang glider!
Lightness, support, trust, fun and hard work are all sensations that come to mind as I reflect back on those five days in Los Angeles.
Many thanks...
📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Scott Shapiro
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There are other aikido dojo closer to where we live in Los Angeles. What first drew me to Lia-sensei was her transmission of the Japanese style. As someone who spent time in Japan, I really appreciated this: it wasn’t just that she used Japanese for the names of holds/throws and...
📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Elishai Shapiro
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Note: Elishai was 11 years old at the time of this experience. This is his report about an Adults’ 5-Day Seminar he participated in with black belts from around the world.
I was at the Aikido 20th anniversary seminar and I thought it was an amazing experience! Takeda Shihan came...
📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Lia Suzuki
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I was thrilled that so many joined us for our 20th Anniversary Seminar and Celebration in Los Angeles! New friends and old gathered from as far away as British Columbia, Philadelphia, New York, Indonesia, San Francisco Bay Area, and even Japan!
Takeda Shihan always brings positive...
📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Alix Flavelle
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Los Angeles seminar August 18th – 22nd , 2016
Impressions by Alix Flavelle
It was a relatively small group with the good fortune of learning from several high level teachers. And a like-minded group, eager to experience something different than the classical repertoire of Aikido...
📰 REVIEW: AKI USA 20th Anniversary Seminar By Jean-Rene Leduc
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Years leading up to the 20th Anniversary Aikido Celebration in Los Angeles led by Takeda Yoshinobu Shihan
Lia Sensei arrived at our dojo in Boston in the early 1980s. She was very young, eyes open with the desire to learn more about the Art. William Gleason Sensei...
