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Chicago Aikikai had a great turnout for its Nanadan seminar with instructors Tres Hofmeister (Boulder Aikikai) and Robin Cooper (Aikido of Madison) on June 9-11. Old and new friends from around the country turned up for a fun and informative weekend of training, exchange, making connections and renewing old ones.
It is one week until our June seminar with Tres Hofmeister (7th dan, Boulder Aikikai) and Robin Cooper (7th dan, Aikido of Madison), part of ASU‘s initiative “Bringing Saotome Sensei’s Legacy Forward“. There is still time to register if you have not done so.
In the meantime, please check out our new Zoom videos with Hofmeister and Cooper before they come to the Windy City.
“To practice Aikido fully, you must calm the spirit and go back to the origin.”
-Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido
Aikido, a martial way
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so it seems like a good time to turn back the clock and look at the Asian American origins of Chicago Aikikai and its place in bringing the Japanese martial art of aikido to the Windy City. [Read more…] about The Asian American Roots of Chicago Aikikai and Aikido in Chicago
Chicago Aikikai is proud to welcome back Tres Hofmeister (7th dan, Boulder Aikikai) for the first time since the pandemic, this time together with Robin Cooper (7th dan, Aikido of Madison), for a special two-instructor seminar. [Read more…] about Bringing Saotome Sensei’s Legacy Forward
Congratulations to Chicago Aikikai members who took their kyu tests last Friday, March 17.
Yvonne Matos (6th kyu)
Martha Lee Turner (5th kyu)
Good job and great work. And thanks to all those who helped them to prepare.