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Nikajo details from Ando Tsuneo Sensei
Jacques Payet Sensei in Novosibirsk, 2017
Shioda Yasuhisa Sensei in Moscow, 2007
Message from Jacques Payet Sensei
I would like to thank Andrey Sensei and the Novosibirsk Yoshinkan federation for inviting me again and organizing this seminar. Thank you for their great heart , their dedication to Aikido and wonderful hospitality. Thank you to all the instructors and members of other dojos who came from other region of Russia and took part. Thank you all , stay happy and in peace . Until next time .
Osu
Jacques Payet (7 dan Yoshinkan Aikido)
Congratulations!
We would like to congratulate the students team of Shosetsukan Dojo with successful passing of their dan tests!
Shodan: Anna Ardeeva, Vladimir Serbinenko, Pavel Savin, Alexandr Troshnev, Alexandr Kalameitsev, Pavel Matvienko.
Sandan: Yuriy Lebedev.
Family classes on V Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Festival
Dear friends!
We remind you there will be family classes on V Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Festival, where parents can participate with their children!
Don’t forget your Gi!
Shihan Jacques Payet – Let energy flow through connection
Jacques Payet Shihan. How to connect mind and body though the technique
Shihan Jacques Payet: Making Uke Happy
Aikido For All
Yoshinkan aikido’s Shihan Tsutomu Chida
Written by Enrica Cheung, Paul Chapman & Ben Stone
Tsutomu Chida, 8th Dan Shihan, is well known to devotees of Yoshinkan aikido, and well respected by in-the-know aikidoka the world over. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Shihan Joe Thambu establishing Yoshinkan in Australia, Shihan Chida visited Melbourne to instruct a series of seminars, and impart some of his hard-won aikido wisdom to Blitz.
Chida Sensei, could you please tell us a little about how you started aikido, and some of the history behind your aikido career?
When I started aikido, around 1969, it was not well known or popular. On my way to school, I would sometimes walk by a local aikido school, so one day I joined. At first I kept going just because I didn’t want to give up easily. However, at some point I became captivated by its charms [and have kept going ever since]. (more…)
