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Training will begin at 11:00 PM please arrive anytime after 9:00 PM. Friends and family are more than welcome to watch class and then join us for the festivities following our training into the new year.
There will be no classes at NYAC from 12/24 through 01/05/10.
Sunday 12/20/09 - DOJO CLOSED DUE TO SNOW!
- NY Aikido Center - Sunday 11/15 at 11:30 AM. - NY Aikido Center - Date & Time to be announced.Students - Please arrive before 9:00 AM for dojo salt purification and cleaning. This will be followed by Misogi (bring fundoshi & towel) and then Hatsu Geiko.
This is the chance to invite your friends, co-workers, fellow (outside) students or any former NYAC students that you are still in touch with to join us at 11:00 AM for the Hatsu Geiko portion of the day. Please also extend an invitation for them to join us at 12:00 Noon when refreshments, and a Dojo "Potluck" will be served for for Kagami Baraki.
Please accept our apologies
Information for the years 2006 through the beginning of 2009
is not available
Events in 2006
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Students - Please arrive before 9:00 AM for dojo salt purification and cleaning. This will be followed by Misogi (bring fundoshi & towel) and then Hatsu Geiko.
This is the chance to invite your friends, co-workers, fellow (outside) students or any former NYAC students that you are still in touch with to join us at 11:00 AM for the Hatsu Geiko portion of the day. Please also extend an invitation for them to join us at 12:00 Noon when refreshments, and a Dojo "Potluck" will be served for for Kagami Baraki.
Events in 2005
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Training will begin at 11:00 PM please arrive anytime after 9:00 PM. Friends and family are more than welcome to join us.
- NY Aikido Center - December 9th
- 11th - NY Aikido Center - August 27thDojo Closed from 05/27 through 05/30 We re-open on Tuesday 05/31
Please contact David Kenyon at rinchendorje@habitata.com for more info
Note: Dojo Open while Ravens Sensei is in CA.
We will meet at 9:00 AM for traditional dojo salt purification and cleaning . This will be followed by Misogi-no-Gyo (bring fundoshi & towel) and then Hatsu Geiko. Please arrive before 9:00 AM. If you would like, you may invite friends, co-workers, fellow (outside) students or any former students that you are still in touch with to join us at 11:00 AM for the Hatsu Geiko portion of the day. You may also invite your friends and family to join us for Kagami Baraki at 12:00 Noon when refreshments, and a Dojo "Potluck" will be served.
December 2004
Training will begin at 11:00 PM please arrive anytime after 9:00 PM. Please invite your friends and family to join us.
Events in 2003 (click items for more information)
June 2003 - The NY Aikido Center is now open!
Testing will be held for all associated Doshinokai member National & International Dojos. Please ask your teacher for further information on eligibility, the application process, and fees, if any.
Aikido Seminar - Shaun Ravens Sensei
Rochester, New York - November 2002
You are invited to attend an open seminar featuring Shaun Ravens Sensei. This seminar will be held Saturday, November 9th. This seminar will cover basic and intermediate level instruction in kansetsu & Nage waza (joint locking & throwing techniques); kaeshi waza (reversal techniques); kokyu waza (unification techniques); and te-sabaki (hand movements) as they relate to both aikido techniques and randori (multiple person freestyle attacks). There will also be a session focusing on both bokken (wooden sword) suburi and kumi-tachi (paired sword practice), so please bring your own bokken.This seminar is open to all martial artists, regardless of style, rank or affiliation. We encourage all to attend. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail as soon as possible.
Location and registration information to be posted the week of October 21st.
Ravens Sensei will be one of the demonstrators at the Friendship Demonstration in conjunction with the East Coast "Building Bridges" Aikido Seminar. This event will be held on July 14th from 3:30 - 4:45 PM and is hosted by Rick Stickles Sensei of Aikido Schools of New Jersey
Ikazuchi
Dojo Opening Grand Opening of the long-awaited Doshinokai Honbu
Dojo in Irvine, California - Saturday, June 26th 2002
Aikido Doshinokai
- Culver City Dojo Opening Grand Opening.
Culver City, California - Saturday, June 8th 2002
Matsuoka Sensei To Demonstrate at the Aiki Expo
Las Vegas, NV - May 2002
Mark your calendar for May 3rd - 5th, 2002. Haruo Matsuoka Sensei will be participating in the 5th Friendship Demonstration held in conjunction with Aiki Expo 2002, in Las Vegas. This event is hosted by Aikido Journal. This unparalleled event will include many other outstanding aikido instructors as well. To find out more about the instructors and demonstrators, please visit: Aiki Expo.
Haruo Matsuoka Sensei, 5th Dan
Miami, FL - April 20th & 21st
Aikido Doshinokai Training & Kyu Test
Aikido Doshinokai
Los Angeles, CA - March 17th
Black Belt Test
Aikido Training - Westchester, NY
Shaun Ravens is now sharing the triangle-circle-square concepts taught to him by his teacher, Haruo Matsuoka Sensei, 5th Dan. Classes cover basic kansetsu waza (joint locks), kokyu waza (moving with proper breathing), nage waza (throwing techniques) and ukemi waza (receiving techniques and falling - each with proper attitude) all with a focus on proper posture and timing. The goal of this series is for participants to be able to incorporate these ideas into their own aikido, regardless of style. Training is on scheduled Sundays, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM. Current students are from various backgrounds, and include Tomiki; Aikikai; Kokikai; Doshinokai; USAF, etc. All styles and affiliations are welcome and encouraged to attend. Beginners most welcome - No Experience Necessary!
Aikido Seminar
with Haruo Matsuoka Sensei
Los Angeles, CA. November 10th & 11th 2001.
This class will Focus on kokyu, weapons and randori for intermediate to advanced aikidoka.
3rd Power
Foundation Moving.
We will be moving our offices from our Brooklyn location at the end of 2000.
Aikido
Seminar with Haruo Matsuoka Sensei
Los Angeles, CA. March 3rd & 4th, 2000.
Please join us as we welcome Matsuoka Sensei back from Japan. Sensei has spent the past several years aligning himself with Seiseki Abe Shihan, 10th Dan who was one of O-Sensei's closest disciples. Come take advantage of what he has gleaned from this great master. This class will focus on basic, intermediate and advanced aikido principles.
Human Spirit Festival
New York, NY - August 12th - 16th, 1999
Come and be a part of this rare, once in a lifetime event. We are hosting this festival in hopes that we may present Japanese Cultural art forms at the highest level. This is an entirely hands-on event. You will meet and learn from Seiseki Abe Shihan, one of Japan's foremost Aikido and Calligraphy masters, a true Japanese National Treasure. Click here for all the details
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