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Common Ground 2016
September 3, 2016 @ 4:00 am - 1:30 pm EDT
$75Aikido in Virginia Friendship Seminar
Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, Sept. 3 (8A-5:30P)
A day for practitioners of Aikido to come together and experience the diversity of Virginia’s Aikido Resources – which are all part of O-Sensei’s legacy.
Instructors include:
- Gordon Sakamoto, 6th dan, Northern Virginia Aikikai (USAF)
- Yousuf Mehter 6th Dan, ret. Aikido of Central New York (USAF)
- Stephen Gayer, 6th dan, Shin Ryu Virginia (Kannagara)
- Aviv Goldsmith, 6th dan, Aikido in Fredericksburg (TAA)
- Yvonne Thelwell, 5th dan, Aikido of Arlington (CAA)
- Steve Wolf, 4th dan, Northern Virginia Ki-Aikido (Eastern Ki Federation)
- Sean Gray, 2nd dan, DC Yoshinkan Aikido (AYF)
$79 Fee includes a simple lunch
IF YOU GET LOST EN ROUTE CALL
THE DOJO AT 540-582-9600
Discounted hotel rooms available at Sleep Inn Southpoint (ask for “Aikido” rate)
SLEEP INN SOUTHPOINT 5400 SOUTHPOINT BLVD FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407 USA Phone: 1.540.710.5500
With advance notice, overnight crash space at the dojo on the mat is also available.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE (tentative)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
10:45 AM
11:35 AM
12:25 PM
1:40 PM
2:30 PM
3:20 PM
4:10 PM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
10:35 AM
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
1:35 PM
2:25 PM
3:15 PM
4:05 PM
5:30 PM
Registration Begins
Mat Open for Stretching
Aviv Goldsmith
Gordon Sakamoto
Yousuf Mehter
Steven Gayer
Lunch (included)
Steve Wolf
Sean Gray
Yvonne Thelwell
Reception
Seminar participants staying overnight are welcome to join us for Sunday’s bukiwaza class from 9A – 10:30.
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