Bob Poresky Sensei's class Next Sunday

Bob Poresky sensei will be in class next Sunday, Jan 9th 2011.
Anyone is welcome to join.

Instructor: Bob Poresky sensei, 4th dan, Chief instructor of Capital Aikikai of Syracuse
When: Sunday, January 9th, 2011
           11:00 AM ~ 1:00PM
Where: Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club
            3rd Floor, 34 Elton St.
            Rochester, NY 14607
            (Click here to see map)

New year training 2011

We started training this year today. Both Youth and Adult class are now open.


Join Aikido!

Schedule next week

Schedule for next week is changed. Please check it.

12/27(Mon) Adult class 6pm~
12/28(Tue) Adult class 9:30am~/ 6pm~
12/29(Wed) Kids class 5pm~/Adult class 6pm~
12/31(Fri) Adult class 9:30am~/ 5pm~


Class in next year will start from Jan 2nd (Sun) as regular schedule.


Have a happy christmas holiday!

Kyu testing in Kids class

 We had Kyu testing in Youth class last Sunday. Everyone did great job. Congratulations!

Dojo closed in Christmas holiday

Dojo will be officially closed from December 24th (Friday) to 26th(Sunday).

Excellent seminar by Clyde Tekeguchi shihan

  Annual seminar by Tekeguchi shihan was so much fun. Everyone enjoyed training at Bob's dojo together. Over 50 people attended at the seminar and many people stayed 2 days. In second day, Sensei focused on Tenchi nage in various perspective. At the end of the day, we trained applied technique agianst Jo and it impressed me a lot.

Web album is updated. Visit :

TakeguchiSenseiSeminar2010Dec

Clyde Takeguchi Sensei's annual seminar

Join Seminar by Clyde Takeguchi Shihan 7th dan, Capital Aikikai

• When: December 4th and 5th, 2010
• Where: Capital Aikikai of Syracuse, NY 

The dojo will be closed the week-end of the Takaguchi Shihan seminar. Both
adult and youth classes cancelled Sunday Dec 5th.

Seminar details can be found here:
    http://www.aikido-syracuse.com/sem-clyde.shtml

Date Changed: Bob Poresky Sensei's class on November 2010

Note: Date of Poresky sensei's class has changed


Bob Poresky sensei will be back Sunday, 21th on November.

Instructor: Bob Poresky Sensei, 4th dan, Chief Instructor of Capital Aikikai of Syracuse
When: November 21th, 2010, Class will start 11:00AM till 1:00PM
Where: Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club

Anyone is welcome to attend the class

Hotel information for Seminar in Syracuse (Clyde Takeguchi Shihan)

Hotel information for Seminar in Syracuse(Clyde Takeguchi Shihan) is follows:
 
Hampton Inn & Suites
3017 Erie Boulevard East
Syracuse, NY 13224
Web site: www.hampton.com (type in Syracuse, New York)
The rate is $109/night plus tax and service (13%) – total = $123.17/night
Includes: the usual fitness / pool and free breakfast

Call 315 – 373 – 0333 for reservations and reference AIKIDO or Capital AIKIKAI special room rate (they are reserving 10 rooms at that rate – standard rate is $139 to $159 plus)

The hotel is about 3 miles from the Capital Aikikai of Syracuse Dojo (Dojo Location is here) –

Any questions:
Bob Poresky, Chief instructor of Capital Aikikai of Syracuse

Sunday class (Poresky sensei's class / Kids class)

  Over 20 people attended Bob Poresky Sensei's class. He mainly focused on off-balancing by subtle movement of Hanmi posture. The most interest and difficult technique was Katadori iriminage with the off-balancing movement.  Once you get this technique, it can be applied any techniques. The movement was subtle, but affect a lot.

  In youth class, all kids attended. In half of the class, they all trained together and split two groups in the other half of the class. At the end of the class, they played sward game.

  Pictures are updated here.

Children were enjoying Ukemi(rolling, a pic above), Kokyuho, Ikkyo and games. Their Ukemi is getting improved a lot.

Bob Poresky sensei's class next Sunday

Bob Poresky sensei will be in regular Class next Sunday.

Class will start at 11:00 am till 1:00pm
 at Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club

Anyone is welcome to join the class!

 (Pics from recent Poresky sensei's class)

Sunday kids class

Today, we did some new exercises and techniques in kids class. All students did back roll Ukemi exercise very well. Balancing, centering, controlling space give good idea to develop techniques. We all enjoyed.

Get idea from Kaeshi waza

  Practicing particular technique is not good enough to understand the principle of the technique. Sometimes  training Kaeshi-waza (Reversed technique) gives you a good clue. We trained Sankyo and Sankyo kaeshiwaza in today's class.You will find what is missing in your technique by training the reversed technique.

Seminar by Dave Millar sensei 5th dan

We will have Aikido Seminar by Dave Miller sensei next weekend. It will be held at Syracuse.

Seminar by Dave Millar sensei 5th dan

September 18th, 19th, 2010

• where: Capital Aikikai of Syracuse, NY
• more information click here

Tesing in youth class

Two children passed testings for orange and yellow+ belts at last Sunday class. Both did good job. Congratulations!

Beginner/Intro to Aikido courses:

Join us: Beginner class of Aikido

Saturday, Sep 4th and 11th from 10am - 1pm, at Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club.

This course is aimed at beginners and people interested in trying aikido for the first time so, bring your friends. Graded students are invited along to assist.

Fall Aikido Seminar: Seishiro Endo Shihan, Oct 30-31

Capital Aikikai is privileged to be hosting Endo Shihan once again this
fall. The seminar will be 30-31 October, with classes on Saturday and
Sunday morning at the same venue we used for the 2007 seminar -
...Georgetown Prep. The fee for both days will be $100, with daily rates
available. For more info, we invite you to visit our website link:
http://www.capitalaikikai.org/seminar. (The registration page is not
yet available, but will be shortly!)

Fall Aikido Seminar: Seishiro Endo Shihan, Oct 30-31

Endo Sensei: Seishiro Endo Sensei is an 8th degree shihan from Aikikai Hombu Dojo. He also is the founder and dojo cho of Aikido Saku Dojo in Nagano, Japan. Endo Shihan started studying Aikido under O Sensei, Morihei Ueshiba, at Hombu Dojo in 1967 as one of his last uchi deshi. Endo Shihan is dedicated to promoting Aikido worldwide and he has taught in more than 30 different countries.

Endo Shihan is well known for his gentle, dynamic yet powerful Aikido. Students often describe his classes as joyful and inspiring. Please come join us for Seishiro Endo Shihan's second visit to Washington, DC, at Capital Aikikai!

Location: 

• Georgetown Preparatory School; 10900 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD [area map]

	Seminar Sessions Saturday: 10:00a - 12:00p 2:00p - 4:30p 7:00p seminar party Sunday: 10:00a - 1:00p Seminar Fees Saturday Only: $75 Sunday Only: $45 Both Days: $100

New aikido classes from September:

New aikido classes from September:
Tuesday:  

Weapons class 5:30pm to 6:30pm, 

Aikido from 6:30pm to 8pm.

Friday:  

Aikido class 6pm - 7pm and 7pm - 8pm.

Saturday:

Open mat 10am - 11:30am

Beginner/Intro to Aikido courses:

Saturday, Sep 4 and 11 from 10am - 1pm.
This course is aimed at beginners and people interested in trying aikido for the first time so, bring your friends. Graded students are invited along to assist.

New incentives:

New students (beginners) that attend 30 days in first 3 months will get one month free.

Anyone attending 75 days between September 1 and New year will get free Capital Aikido Federation membership for 2011.

Outside Weapon Training at Lake and BBQ, Aug 21th

  We had outside training outside at Lake on Aug 21th. we trained at beautiful land on the hill. We all enjoyed swinging weapons in such a beautiful atmosphere. Luckily, it was beautiful weather. BBQ and swimming in Lake was also fun.

 

Check more photos on Gallery

Kids' Aikido Summer Camp 2010, 4th day, Aug 20th

What a week! Practice. Practice. Practice. The mat sessions are 50 minutes of refining techniques we know and then stretching ourselves into new ones. Sword practice continues to be a favorite along with freetime games of Battlefield and 5,000. What now?
Paula