And now...the Timothy Leary of Aikido...

Bill Plank!!! Why? You ask...because he blows minds!!! Today he used the most humbling martial tool of all time...the JO!!! He did a post-mortum of Takaguchi Shihan's class using the Jo to "clarify" what the core of his lesson covered. Sensei Plank defined the theme of the class as: "spirals...most people associate circles with Aikido...but circles are closed shapes...spirals are infinite...." Yeah like I said...mind blowing.

Dave Millar Sensei...the Sensei who is always smiling.

The theme of Sensei Millar's class was....hanmi, hanmi, hanmi. Specifically, his lesson was, in classic Capital Aikikai fashion, the ability to change hanmi with your hips without using your feet...awesome class!

Sensei Jack Simpson

Simpson Sensei's theme for class was and I quote " Defense against samurai on horseback with uzis"...if you can't tell he has quite the sense of humor!!! PS he's not the pretty one.

Working plan for the afternoon practice.

2:00 pm -Sensei Jack Simpson: Western MD

3:00 pm - Sensei Dave Millar: Capital Aikikai

4:00 pm - Sensei Bill Plank: Capital/Jackson Hole

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.