Aikido Hawaii: News and Announcements

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Upcoming Seminars and Announcements

This page is for recent upcoming seminars and training information. We're happy to post your Aikido and Hawaii related news and announcements. Submissions from all students of Aikido, regardless of style or affiliation, are welcomed. Contact us to submit your postings.

February 17th - 20th 2012: Aikido of Hilo Winter Camp with Yoshiaki Yokota Shihan
A weekend of intensive aikido training and fellowship at Aikido of Hilo’s annual Big Island Winter Camp. Our guest sensei will be accompanied by a group of 4-5 students from Japan who will travel with him and train with all the Hawaii members. We are honored to host: YOSHIAKI YOKOTA, 7th Dan, Shihan, of Aikikai Hombu, Tokyo, Japan. Yokota Shihan is among the most senior and experienced instructors at Aikido World Headquarters. Please see http://www.aikidoofhilo.org/2012FebWinterCamp.html for further information. Aikido of HIlo and the Hawaii Aikido Federation (Nuuanu Aikido Club) will be sponsoring a "Kan Geiko" ("Mid-winter Training") for Yokota sensei's visit, those attending four or more of Yokota sensei's classes will receive a special edition keiko towel. President's Day weekend seminar at Aikido of Hilo Feb 22, 23, 24 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) =- practice at Waialae Dojo, 6:30 pm ($10 mat fee per evening) Feb 25 - 2 morning classes at Nuuanu YMCA, 8:30 am (children invited) and 9:30 am. Feb 26 - all day seminar at Nuuanu YMCA (classes 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 1:00pm, 2:15 pm) - $45 for Saturday and Sunday

February 17th - 20th 2012: Aikido of Hilo Winter Camp with Yoshiaki Yokota Shihan

A weekend of intensive aikido training and fellowship at Aikido of Hilo’s annual Big Island Winter Camp.

Our guest sensei will be accompanied by a group of 4-5 students from Japan who will travel with him and train with all the Hawaii members. We are honored to host: YOSHIAKI YOKOTA, 7th Dan, Shihan, of Aikikai Hombu, Tokyo, Japan. Yokota Shihan is among the most senior and experienced instructors at Aikido World Headquarters.

Please see http://www.aikidoofhilo.org/2012FebWinterCamp.html for further information.

Aikido of HIlo and the Hawaii Aikido Federation (Nuuanu Aikido Club) will be sponsoring a "Kan Geiko" ("Mid-winter Training") for Yokota sensei's visit, those attending four or more of Yokota sensei's classes will receive a special edition keiko towel.

President's Day weekend seminar at Aikido of Hilo
Feb 22, 23, 24 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) =- practice at Waialae Dojo, 6:30 pm ($10 mat fee per evening)
Feb 25 - 2 morning classes at Nuuanu YMCA, 8:30 am (children invited) and 9:30 am.
Feb 26 - all day seminar at Nuuanu YMCA (classes 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 1:00pm, 2:15 pm) - $45 for Saturday and Sunday

March 3rd-4th 2012: Dan Harden on Oahu
"Internal training, Aiki, and empowering Aikido" - 5th Hawaii Workshop Sponsored by the Aikido Sangenkai This workshop is a continuation of the workshops held here in Hawaii since 2010. Dan is making his research into the Japanese arts and the resultant training practices of his private dojo available on a national level. The goal is to offer a workshop in a neutral environment, with an emphasis on learning and understanding internal power and aiki as a basis for martial movement in a global sense, while undertaking the difficult task of taking that first step into personal training and integration of the concepts into your own art. This will be Dan's fifth workshop in Hawaii. The work shop will review and expand the principles of the system Dan has developed and taught successfully to hundreds of students and teachers from a wide range of martial arts. Dan will outline the training in such a way as to make the relevancy to martial movement immediate, clear and accessible. Included will be: -> A presentation of how the martial arts take advantage of natural and common postural failures and methods for building a martial body that moves antithetical to the principles most martial arts use as their foundation for defeating the common body frame. -> How the trained body can begin to take care of itself automatically in a live environment. -> An emphasis on specific training tools (solo and paired) to develop internal power, and specifically how it relates to aiki connections in a martial context. -> Creating and maintaining a structure supported on all sides and how to strengthen it with breath training exercises. The material covered; while benefiting aikido greatly will not be "specific" to just the aiki arts like Aikido and Daito ryu, but any grappling or striking art, so teachers from other disciplines are welcome. Dress will be sweats or shorts and T-shirts. No Gis, No budo affiliated T-shirts please. This will be very informal, and casual, but I strongly urge you to bring a notebook. This will be a closed workshop with no pictures, video, or visitors allowed. Participants are required to fill out an application to be considered for a spot. People may or may not be accepted by Dan's sole discretion. Preference will be given to those who have attended previous workshops. Please contact us for further information. Payment in full is required to register and reserve a place for the event. There is no registration at the door. Thanks..see you there.

March 3rd-4th 2012: Dan Harden on Oahu

"Internal training, Aiki, and empowering Aikido" - 5th Hawaii Workshop

Sponsored by the Aikido Sangenkai

This workshop is a continuation of the workshops held here in Hawaii since 2010. Dan is making his research into the Japanese arts and the resultant training practices of his private dojo available on a national level. The goal is to offer a workshop in a neutral environment, with an emphasis on learning and understanding internal power and aiki as a basis for martial movement in a global sense, while undertaking the difficult task of taking that first step into personal training and integration of the concepts into your own art. This will be Dan's fifth workshop in Hawaii.

The work shop will review and expand the principles of the system Dan has developed and taught successfully to hundreds of students and teachers from a wide range of martial arts. Dan will outline the training in such a way as to make the relevancy to martial movement immediate, clear and accessible. Included will be:

-> A presentation of how the martial arts take advantage of natural and common postural failures and methods for building a martial body that moves antithetical to the principles most martial arts use as their foundation for defeating the common body frame.

-> How the trained body can begin to take care of itself automatically in a live environment.

-> An emphasis on specific training tools (solo and paired) to develop internal power, and specifically how it relates to aiki connections in a martial context.

-> Creating and maintaining a structure supported on all sides and how to strengthen it with breath training exercises.

The material covered; while benefiting aikido greatly will not be "specific" to just the aiki arts like Aikido and Daito ryu, but any grappling or striking art, so teachers from other disciplines are welcome.

Dress will be sweats or shorts and T-shirts. No Gis, No budo affiliated T-shirts please. This will be very informal, and casual, but I strongly urge you to bring a notebook.

This will be a closed workshop with no pictures, video, or visitors allowed. Participants are required to fill out an application to be considered for a spot. People may or may not be accepted by Dan's sole discretion. Preference will be given to those who have attended previous workshops.

Please contact us for further information.

Payment in full is required to register and reserve a place for the event. There is no registration at the door.

Thanks..see you there.

March 10th-11th 2012: Dan Harden on the Big Island
"Internal training, Aiki, and empowering Aikido" - 1st Big Island Workshop Sponsored by the Aikido Sangenkai and Aiki Kai o Kona Hale Halawai Park, Kailua Kona, HI This workshop is a continuation of the workshops held here in Hawaii since 2010. Dan is making his research into the Japanese arts and the resultant training practices of his private dojo available on a national level. The goal is to offer a workshop in a neutral environment, with an emphasis on learning and understanding internal power and aiki as a basis for martial movement in a global sense, while undertaking the difficult task of taking that first step into personal training and integration of the concepts into your own art. This will be Dan's sixth workshop in Hawaii and his first workshop on the Big Island. The work shop will review and expand the principles of the system Dan has developed and taught successfully to hundreds of students and teachers from a wide range of martial arts. Dan will outline the training in such a way as to make the relevancy to martial movement immediate, clear and accessible. Included will be: -> A presentation of how the martial arts take advantage of natural and common postural failures and methods for building a martial body that moves antithetical to the principles most martial arts use as their foundation for defeating the common body frame. -> How the trained body can begin to take care of itself automatically in a live environment. -> An emphasis on specific training tools (solo and paired) to develop internal power, and specifically how it relates to aiki connections in a martial context. -> Creating and maintaining a structure supported on all sides and how to strengthen it with breath training exercises. The material covered; while benefiting aikido greatly will not be "specific" to just the aiki arts like Aikido and Daito ryu, but any grappling or striking art, so teachers from other disciplines are welcome. Dress will be sweats or shorts and T-shirts. No Gis, No budo affiliated T-shirts please. This will be very informal, and casual, but I strongly urge you to bring a notebook. This will be a closed workshop with no pictures, video, or visitors allowed. Participants are required to fill out an application to be considered for a spot. People may or may not be accepted by Dan's sole discretion. Preference will be given to those who have attended previous workshops. Please contact us for further information. Payment in full is required to register and reserve a place for the event. There is no registration at the door. Thanks..see you there.

March 10th-11th 2012: Dan Harden on the Big Island

"Internal training, Aiki, and empowering Aikido" - 1st Big Island Workshop

Sponsored by the Aikido Sangenkai and Aiki Kai o Kona

Hale Halawai Park, Kailua Kona, HI

This workshop is a continuation of the workshops held here in Hawaii since 2010. Dan is making his research into the Japanese arts and the resultant training practices of his private dojo available on a national level. The goal is to offer a workshop in a neutral environment, with an emphasis on learning and understanding internal power and aiki as a basis for martial movement in a global sense, while undertaking the difficult task of taking that first step into personal training and integration of the concepts into your own art. This will be Dan's sixth workshop in Hawaii and his first workshop on the Big Island.

The work shop will review and expand the principles of the system Dan has developed and taught successfully to hundreds of students and teachers from a wide range of martial arts. Dan will outline the training in such a way as to make the relevancy to martial movement immediate, clear and accessible. Included will be:

-> A presentation of how the martial arts take advantage of natural and common postural failures and methods for building a martial body that moves antithetical to the principles most martial arts use as their foundation for defeating the common body frame.

-> How the trained body can begin to take care of itself automatically in a live environment.

-> An emphasis on specific training tools (solo and paired) to develop internal power, and specifically how it relates to aiki connections in a martial context.

-> Creating and maintaining a structure supported on all sides and how to strengthen it with breath training exercises.

The material covered; while benefiting aikido greatly will not be "specific" to just the aiki arts like Aikido and Daito ryu, but any grappling or striking art, so teachers from other disciplines are welcome.

Dress will be sweats or shorts and T-shirts. No Gis, No budo affiliated T-shirts please. This will be very informal, and casual, but I strongly urge you to bring a notebook.

This will be a closed workshop with no pictures, video, or visitors allowed. Participants are required to fill out an application to be considered for a spot. People may or may not be accepted by Dan's sole discretion. Preference will be given to those who have attended previous workshops.

Please contact us for further information.

Payment in full is required to register and reserve a place for the event. There is no registration at the door.

Thanks..see you there.

April 7th - 8th 2012: Howard Popkin and Joseph Brogna in Hawaii - Aiki Principles
The Aikido Sangenkai is happy to be hosting Howard Popkin's first Hawaii workshop. Howard Popkin is a long time student and instructor of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu and was the New York representative for the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai before resigning to form the Daitoryu Ginjukai. He was also a long time student of the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai, and practices and teaches Goshin-budo Jujitsu - an American offshoot of Hakkoryu Jujutsu. Joseph Brogna is a licensed instructor of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu and Goshin-budo Jujitsu, and teaches at the Popkins-Brogna Self Defense Center in New York with Howard. He is also a student of the following Japanese Jujitsu systems of the Kokusai Jujitsu Renmei: Asayama Ichiden-Ryu, Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu and Kukishinden Ryu Hanbo-jitsu Howard will conduct a seminar covering the techniques and principles of Daito Ryu, the system of Aikijutsu taught to Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba by Sokaku Takeda. This workshop will consist of principle based, body centered instruction and will be of immense value in understanding how to do Aikido or other martial arts with "Aiki". This workshop is open to the public regardless of style or affiliation. Please contact us for further information.

April 7th - 8th 2012: Howard Popkin and Joseph Brogna in Hawaii - Aiki Principles

The Aikido Sangenkai is happy to be hosting Howard Popkin's first Hawaii workshop.

Howard Popkin is a long time student and instructor of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu and was the New York representative for the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai before resigning to form the Daitoryu Ginjukai. He was also a long time student of the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai, and practices and teaches Goshin-budo Jujitsu - an American offshoot of Hakkoryu Jujutsu.

Joseph Brogna is a licensed instructor of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu and Goshin-budo Jujitsu, and teaches at the Popkins-Brogna Self Defense Center in New York with Howard. He is also a student of the following Japanese Jujitsu systems of the Kokusai Jujitsu Renmei: Asayama Ichiden-Ryu, Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu and Kukishinden Ryu Hanbo-jitsu

Howard will conduct a seminar covering the techniques and principles of Daito Ryu, the system of Aikijutsu taught to Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba by Sokaku Takeda. This workshop will consist of principle based, body centered instruction and will be of immense value in understanding how to do Aikido or other martial arts with "Aiki". This workshop is open to the public regardless of style or affiliation.

Please contact us for further information.

April 28th 2012: Aikido of Hilo - OSensei Memorial Seminar
With guest instructor John Stevens Sensei - details TBA. Please see http://www.aikidoofhilo.org for further information.

September 1st - 3rd 2012: Aikido of Hilo - Fall Seminar
With guest instructor Shegemi Inagaki Sensei, 7th Dan of the Ibaraki branch dojo of Hombu (Iwama) - details TBA. Please see http://www.aikidoofhilo.org for further information.

November 1st - 4th 2012: Aikido Training 2012 with Mariko Takamizo Sensei
Aikido Renshinkan and Hawaii Betsuin Aikido Club are pleased to host the 7th annual Aikido Training Seminar with guest instructor Mariko Takamizo Shihan, from Aikikai World Headquarters. Details TBA.