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.
