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"Students in Cecil Alternative Program master self-discipline"
"Students in Cecil Alternative Program master self-discipline"
From: Jun Akiyama posted on 2. Feb 2012, 04:12pm
URL: http://www.newarkpostonline.com/features/article_bde07bea-4dd4-11e1-aad0-001871e3ce6c.html
This article entitled "Aikido helps students in Cecil Alternative Program master self-discipline" highlights the Cecil Alternative Program in Elkton, MD which uses aikido as part of their program for at-risk students with Zenko Okimura sensei (7th dan) as their teacher.
From the article: "We want our students to take the principles of Aikido off the mat and into the classroom and into their daily lives at school or at home," said Guertin, who has studied Aikido since he was a teenager and is close to attaining a black belt.
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Wycombe, UK: Memorial course for Sensei Haydn Foster, 5/12-13
Wycombe, UK: Memorial course for Sensei Haydn Foster, 5/12-13
From: Paul Foster-Dent posted on 2. Feb 2012, 09:38am
URL: http://www.instituteofaikido.co.uk/2/post/2011/12/sensei-foster-memorial-course-dates.html
The Institute Of Aikido are proud to announce a memorial course in honour of its founder Sensei Haydn Foster. The course will be held at the Wycombe Judo Centre on May 12th and 13th. Instructors at the course will be:
Wasyl Kolesnikov (7th Dan Universal Aikido) Phil Smith (6th Dan Shihan UKA)
Paul McGlone (6th Dan Takemusu Iwama) Davinder Bath (5th Dan Birankai)
Barbara Moss (5th Dan Yama Arashi UK)
Also teaching over the weekend will be IOA sensei's: William Timms (5th Dan), Lawson Moore (5th Dan), Frank Burlingham (5th Dan), Simon Thackery (5th Dan) and Paul Foster-Dent (4th Dan and Sensei Foster's grandson)
A dinner will also be held on the Saturday night. For more details including accomodation and costs etc please go to the above link or go to http://www.thehutdojo.co.uk/
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Lia Suzuki Sensei in Pennsylvania April 20 - 22, 2012
Lia Suzuki Sensei in Pennsylvania April 20 - 22, 2012
From: Steve Trinkle posted on 22. Jan 2012, 09:02pm
URL: http://aki-usa.org/
Aikido Kenkyukai Pennsylvania
Spring Gasshuku 2012 with Lia Suzuki Sensei, 6th Dan.
Upper Dublin Sports Center - 680 Tennis Ave.
Ambler, PA 19002
Schedule:
Friday, April 20 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Saturday, April 21 - 10:00 to Noon and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday, April 22 - 10:00 to Noon.
Cost: $90 for entire weekend or $35 per class.
Contact: Steve Trinkle - s.trinkle@verizon.net (215) 906-9515
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"Aikido helps boy deflect bullying"
"Aikido helps boy deflect bullying"
From: Jun Akiyama posted on 20. Jan 2012, 03:59pm
URL: http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/aikido-children-anti-bullying/1244310/
This article entitled "Aikido helps boy deflect bullying" reports on how aikido helped 10-year-old Lucas Gribble in Auckland, New Zealand, deal with bullying.
From the article: "What aikido teaches them is to centre themselves, focus on their bodies and to be grounded. [...] We teach them to respond positively to people and emotionally charged situations, rather than responding with aggression."
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Meido Moore Sensei in Chicago, Feb. 25-26, 2012
Meido Moore Sensei in Chicago, Feb. 25-26, 2012
From: Enmei Hunter posted on 20. Jan 2012, 03:59pm
URL: http://www.shinjinkai.org/SeminarSignupKangeiko.html
Shinjinkai in Chicago is pleased to announce its 2012 Aikido Kangeiko instructed by Meido Moore Sensei (6th dan). Instruction will include both taijutsu and weapons. Moore Sensei is also a Rinzai Zen teacher: additional instruction will thus be given in meditation and related internal/hara training methods coming from that tradition which are useful for martial artists. Please click the headline link for schedule, fee and contact information.
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