Kyu test started today and will continue into next week. We are happy to see such strong focus from the Aiki-kids, Aiki-Youth, and the adult class today.
Smiling faces in Aiki-Kids
A special congratulations to Emma on getting her BLUE belt!
Good job Aiki-Youth!
The above Aiki-Youth students tested at the adult level and have earned their 9th kyu in Yoshinkan Aikido. A job well done.
Here is the link to the pictures from today – ENJOY!
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Aikido Del Mar’s next kyu test is scheduled on Saturday April 7th, 2012.
All students are encouraged to attend open mat time on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:10 – 7:30pm. Instructors will be present to answer questions and help with test preparation.
Note, Kenshu class will be held for the next three Saturdays (March 17th, March 24th, and March 31st) from 1:30 to 3:00pm. As a result, the adult class will end early to accommodate. The Aiki-Kids and Aiki-Youth classes are unchanged.
In order to help students become more comfortable with the ukemi portion of the test, we have prepared a few ukemi how-to videos. We recommend students to view the following instructional videos at home several times before coming to class to further practice. This will greatly enhance the learning process.
Happy training everyone!
Jacques Payet Shihan, 7th Dan in Yoshinkan Aikido, will be visiting us from Japan. It is a rare opportunity to train with such a highly ranked instructor and we are honored to host him this year.
The schedule of classes for his visit to Southern California is as follows:
LOS ANGELES AIKIDO
12418 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604
Saturday, February 18, 2-4pm $50
4-6pm $50
Sunday, February 19, 11-1pm $50
$120 for all three classes
AIKIDO OF DEL MAR
3800-A Mykonos Lane, San Diego, CA 92130
Main hall at the Boys and Girls Club
Monday, February 20, 7-9pm $50
Tuesday, February 21, 7-9pm $50
Wednesday, February 22, 7-9pm $50
$120 for all three classes
IMPORTANT! As a result of holding these special classes, all of our normally scheduled classes on Saturday (Feb 18), Monday (Feb 20) and Wednesday (Feb 22) are cancelled.
Some of the advanced Aiki-kids (you must receive an invitation from your teacher to attend), and all of the Aiki-Youth can attend the first part of the training on February 20th from 7:00 to 7:30pm (cost is $10). Aiki-Youth students are also invited to participate in all of the trainings. All adult students are highly encouraged to attend regardless of rank. Visitors from other dojos in Southern California are also invited. Spectators are welcome.
We will be carpooling to Los Angeles for the classes on Saturday and Sunday, so let us know if you can join us.
Looking forward to seeing you there! Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions.
About Jacques Payet Shihan: Payet Sensei has the unique distinction of being uchi-deshi (live-in apprentice) directly under the guidance of Shioda Sensei longer that any other Westerner. He was appointed staff instructor at the Yoshinkan Honbu dojo (world headquarters in Tokyo) and during that time he designed the Foreign Instructor course in 1991 and translated Aikido Shugyo the autobiography of Kancho Gozo Shioda. He was appointed technical director for the English Aikido Yoshinkan Federation. He has taught classes and seminars in many private companies, university clubs and dojos in Japan as well as in many other countries around the world.
Happy New Year Everyone!
It is that time of the year again where students of aikido can officially kick off another year of training by a tradition of reflecting on the past year and rededicating to the new year called Kagami Biraki (鏡開き).
Aikido Del Mar will host our Kagami Biraki celebration on Saturday January 21st, 2012 from 11am to 1pm. It is our tradition to have all students (Aiki-Kids, Aiki-Youth and Adult) meet on the mats together. Each student will demonstrate some aspect of aikido one’s working on. Note: parking on Saturdays will be busy from now on since the Boys and Girls Club hosts a junior basketball league, so please allow yourself plenty of time to find parking.
After the demonstration we will enjoy a potluck lunch together as a renewed aikido family. Family and friends are also invited to this special dojo celebration. The potluck signup sheet will be on the clip board during class so you can write down what you plan to share.
Here’s one of our most memorable dojo moments in 2011 – Joe’s Shodan Test Jiyu Waza (aikido freestyle). Enjoy!
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Hello everyone,
We will have regular classes on Mondays and Wednesdays for the next two weeks. No classes on Saturday, Dec 24th and Saturday, Dec 31st.
Happy holidays!
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Congratulations to everyone tested on Dec 10th and Dec 12th! It has been exciting for us to witness so much progress in our dojo. All the white belts have graduated to yellow belts in the Aiki-Kids class. Two students from Aiki-Youth have been promoted to the adult class. And we had our first ever shodan test in the adult class – congratulations to Joe Cornwell for earning his black belt!
Congrats Aiki-Kids!
Congrats Aiki-Youth!
Congrats to everyone tested in the adult class, notably the Cornwall family for supporting Joe Cornwall's shodan achievement.
To access and download pictures from the recent kyu test, please click on the link KYU TEST DEC 2011.
You can also access other pictures from 2011 through the following links.
Thank you everyone for being a part of Aikido Del Mar and sharing the journey of aikido!
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Tagged Aikido, aikido san diego, black belt, dojo, kyu test, shodan, shodan test
