May 2019
TAA Memorial Day Gasshuku 2019
Join us for the 30th (almost annual) Iwama-Style May Aikido Seminar featuring Inagaki Shihan and other fantastic instructors, May 24-26, 2019. Tell your training partners that you are going on Facebook. See the promo video, too. Shigemi Inagaki Shihan, 8th dan Bill Witt Shihan Hans Goto Sensei, 7th dan Hoa Newens Kim Peuser Bernice Tom Wolfgang Baumgartner Aviv Goldsmith, 6th dan click to view/print flyer click to register online THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD-OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Find out more »September 2019
Aviv Sensei at Aikido in Kalispell, Montana
Aviv Sensei will instruct taijutsu and bukiwaza at Aikido in Kalispell, Montana with thanks to a Takemusu Aikido Association Member Support Grant. Click for flyer
Find out more »10th Anniversary Celebration and Training
Following our Heiwa Matsuri Fall Peace Festival on Saturday 9/21, join us for dinner Saturday night (separate registration) and a day of training on Sunday (includes a simple lunch) to celebrate TEN YEARS at our world-class headquarters dojo. To view the event flyer: https://www.aikidoinfredericksburg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/10th-anniversary-seminar.pdf To register online for Sunday's seminar: https://shindojo.eventzilla.net/ Tell your training partners that you are coming on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/488777208537612/ Tentative teaching schedule, now announced: 9:00 AM Dwight Petersen, 3rd dan 9:30 AM Jeff Martin, 4th dan 10:15…
Find out more »Dan Tests in Louisa
Aviv Sensei will instruct morning classes and then conduct Aikido in Louisa's First Ever Blackbelt Tests! Sept 28 at the Betty J. Queen Center in Louisa, VA Click for flyer
Find out more »December 2019
Holiday Seminar 2019 with Hans Goto Shihan, 7th dan
December 7 – 8, 2019 Hans Goto Sensei has over 40 years of experience in the martial arts. His main focus has been Aikido, with extended residential training in Iwama, Japan, under Morihiro Saito Shihan. Goto Sensei was one of the first foreign students admitted to study at the Iwama Dojo. Goto Sensei is Head Instructor and founder of Bay Marin Aikido and serves as President of the Takemusu Aikido Association. He has published in Black Belt and other periodicals.…
Find out more »January 2020
New Year’s Day Training – Kagami Biraki
Join us on New Year's Day for energetic training and personal goal setting! Click for flyer
Find out more »April 2020
Tai Sai Seminar with Miles Kessler Sensei, 6th dan – POSTPONED TILL 2021
Join us for training in mindfulness, Aikido, meditation, and joy with renowned international teacher Miles Kessler. Miles Sensei will build on his body of work and focus this seminar on "Stillness and Movement" in Aikido. As a dual lineage holder in the traditions of Aikido and Mahasi meditation, Miles Sensei builds on his knowledge of Aikido, Vipassna Meditation, and Integral Practice. He will lead us in creatively unlocking the potential that Aikido holds for the evolution of the individual, of the art,…
Find out more »July 2020
Nishio Seminar – POSTPONED
2nd Annual Nishio Aikido Keikokai Northern Virginia Seminar with Senseis Takao Arisue and Kazuya Nakamichi Shihan
Find out more »September 2020
2020 Common Ground All-Virginia Aikido Friendship Seminar – Online Panel Discussion
Online Panel Discussion Virginia Aikido Past, Present, and Future Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 (10A-Noon) 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. Invited Instructors Gordon Sakamoto Shihan, 7th Dan, Northern VA Aikikai (USAF) Aviv Goldsmith, 6th dan, Aikido in Fredericksburg (TAA) Yvonne Thelwell, 6th dan, Aikido of Arlington (CAA) Steven Gayer, 5th dan, Shin Ryu of Virginia (Shin Ryu) Steve Wolf,…
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Heiwa Matsuri Fall Peace Festival — Online for 2020
Join us for the annual local celebration of International Aiki Peace Week! This year's event will be online via Zoom. Starting at 10:30 AM we will have two activities for kids then the program will progress for general audiences and culminate with the World Peace Flag Ceremony. Click here for event flyer with schedule and login info. Tell your friends you are going on Facebook. Free and Donations are welcome.
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