Takaguchi Shihan says...

The theme of the second lesson was: Blending omote & ura. All I can say is "Wow!"

1st Up: Asim Sensei

Asim Sensei' s class focused on spacing and timing. Sensei is on the right.

The quiet before the storm...

The quiet stretching before the Seminar starts. There are Shihan, Sensei, sempai, and kohai everywhere...wish the whole Rochester group was here...know that all of you are here in spirit...

CAF

Aviv Goldsmith Sensei's Dojo is a dream come to fruition. This space according to Sensei Goldsmith is the realisation of a 20 year dream. It is patterned after the Iwama Dojo in Japan and is a sustainable green building.

Live from CAF!!!

Here are a few pics of the Dojo.

Capital Aikikai Federation 2010 Summer Camp "Gasshuku", July 17-18

  The first annual Summer Camp of Capital Aikikai "Gasshuku"* will be held in this weekend. Enjoy!

* Summer camp is called "Gasshuku" in Japanese.

Upcoming Seminars 2010

We will have two upcoming seminars.


What: Seminary by Dave Millar sensei 5th dan, Shidoin of Capital Aikikai
When: September 18th, 19th, 2010
Where: Capital Aikikai of Syracuse, NY

What: Seminar by Clyde Takeguchi Shihan  7th dan, Capital Aikikai
When: December 4th and 5th, 2010
Where: Capital Aikikai of Syracuse, NY

Back to normal schedule

Class schedule got back to regular time. Join training!

This weekend

No official class Friday thru Monday, but a few forks are planning to go to the dojo Friday 5:30pm. 
Check in with Sherry if you are interested in attending.

Happy Holiday,

Dojo Schedule with Calender

 Dojo Schedule is updated. We have google calender embedded on the page like this.

Blog update

Two new pages are added on this blog. Check menu bar on left side of this page.

Video

  Some videos of O-sensei and dosyu's and Takeguchi Shihan are shown.

Dojo tour

  Presenting dojo pictures like as dojo tour. 

New album is added on Gallery

New Dojo Logo

As many of you notice, our dojo has new logo. 

Schedule of July

Dojo will be closed from Friday July 2nd to Monday July 5th for independence day weekend.

Capital Aikikai Federation 2010 Gasshuku, July 17-18

We will have Summer camp of CAF(Capital Aikikai Federation) 2010 next month.

Capital Aikikai Federation 2010 Gasshuku
This weekend seminar will be hosted by Potomac Aikikai in conjunction with their 6th Year Anniversary celebration. Classes will be taught by Takeguchi Shihan and other CAF instructors. Please click the web link for details.  web link

Bob Poresky Sensei's Class this weekend 6/6/2010

Bob Poresky sensei will be coming to Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club tomorrow.

Class will start 11am till 1pm.. ish

When: Sunday, June 6th, 2010
           Class start 11am
Where: Rochester Phonix Aikido Club (34 Elton St, Rochester, NY) [Direction]
Instructor Bob Poresky Sensei 4th Dan, Chief instructor of Capital Aikikai of Syracuse

Tenkan practice in Sunday Class

  We focused on Tenkan in Sunday general class. We started from simple swing training of swords, then turned with swords as you Tenkan. All other techniques related to Tenkan turning. Although Tenkan is basic of basic practice in Aikido, it is kind of difficult technique to get. I guess Tenkan bugs lots of Aikido practitioners in their training. Sword training might help to develop Tenkan.
   A new student just joined Sunday class. Hope he enjoyed Aikido. We also had visiting practitioners. It is fun to train with various Aikidoist.

  In youth class, we had 7 children on Sunday class. In the half of class, we had Ukemi (Rolling) drill. All children did good job in the rolling.

Syracuse 5/22

Saturday's group had a clear focus. Like the twilight zone. We started with one technique and transformed it into a different one. Later we started as uke and switched roles. Maybe, Bob put us in a place where the only thing we could do was practice. The opportunity to train with the Syracuse dojo helps put things in perspective. At the same time, we had alot of fun too.
Paula

Syracuse or Bust !!!

For those of you that were unable to attend this months Saturday seminar with Shidoin Poresky, rest assured that the Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club was well represented. In fact, there was a surprise appearance by Tom who had a prior commitment but was able to carve some time out of his hectic schedule to get some extra training in with Sensei Poresky. From the look in his eye I'd say we might even see a few things added to Monday and Friday practices. The lesson today centered predominantly around Henka waza and Kaeshi waza. Todays lesson made me appreciate how much effort Sensei Williams...sorry...Vic and the other instructors have put into helping all of us improve our attacks and Ukemi. Ukemi means literally, "receiving [with/through] the body". I would add, through the lens of today's training, that we are then better prepared to flow and redirect that energy from any situation even one of perceived weakness.

Bob Poresky Sensei's Class 5/22/2010

Bob Poresky Sensei's class will be May 22th, 2010.

Instructor: Bob Poresky Sensei
Where: Capital Aikikai of Syracuse (Direction)
When: May 22th, 2010. Class will start 11am to 1pm
           We will meet up at parking to leave at 9:15am.

See you then!

5th kyu test Sunday

A big hug for everyone at Rochester Phoenix Aikido. Thanks for your help and support.
xoxoPaula