And so it begins....again!

As you can see there are a derth of yudansha on the mat getting the kinks worked out before the first Sunday practice.

Sundays CAF summer camp schedule

8:00 am - Sensei Jaime Obrecht: Capital-Lincoln

9:00 am - Sensei Cathy Colin: Woodstock Aikido

10:00 am - Sensei Mike Martin: Capital Hill Aikikai

11:00 am - Shidoin Bob Poresky: Capital-Syracuse

12:00 pm - Shihan Clyde Takaguchi: Capital-Silver Springs

The usual suspects.

Well, the Rochester Pheonix Aikido club was well represented as you can see. Be sure to ask Vic about the "monster" margaritas...where are Min and Mike?...at the cool kid table...they weren't coooooool enough to get their picture taken by your intrepid correspondent...haha.

The cool kid table...

We all went to dinner at a nice local Chinese buffet...as you can see all the "cool" kids got to hangout at the big table...ha!

PS: Special thanks go to Sensei Asim for doing the leg work and heavy lifting that made this all happen...the CAF brain trust joked that he is now coordinator for life...ha!

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.