Shindokan Special Events

MASTER CALENDAR 2000

8th Annual Kagamibiraki
1/9/00 10:15 a.m. HB

15th Biannual Asa Geiko, Monday 1/24 - 2/2 7 - 8 a.m. HB

5th Annual Heavy Power Clinic Series: (note all series classes are held in HB on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. except 1/30 at 8:30 a.m. following that morning's 7 - 8 a.m. asa geiko)

Mid-Winter Special Guest Instructor: Koji Sonoda, 4th dan, 28th Yoshinkan Riot Police Instructor Course Graduate. A distinguished instructor at the Nakano Police Dojo, Sonoda Sensei has been recognized for his crisp demonstration skills. He will be teaching special classes throughout his California visit January 30 through February 16.

4th Annual Zen Mountain Winter Gasshuku with Mits Karasawa Sensei, 7th dan, Toronto, Canada March 9 - 12. Eight clinics, three days, Irvine dojo, Irvine Valley College and the Zen Mt. Center.

The Yoshinkan yearly calendar has a distinctive rhythm. With each season, a particular focus. This fall in California was no exception. Our continuing Budo Today Series of hosted events have featured…

Jacques Payet Sensei, September 16, 18, 19 for a series of kurobikai or black belt clinics. Payet Sensei is an incredible resource and was our guest for several weeks this fall. Without a doubt, he is the foremost English language authority on Shioda Sensei and Yoshinkan Aikido!

Ando Tsuneo Shihan, November 11, 12, 13, 14 for an immersion camp gasshuku with co-instructor Payet Sensei. These two remarkable instructors were among the last of Yoshinkan Aikido founder Shioda Sensei's uchi deshi. They offer us a portal into the old, austere apprenticeship system of instruction that Shioda Sensei himself experienced as a young deshi to Uyeshiba Sensei in 1932. Each shares an urgency in their teaching to pass along their appreciation of Yoshinkan aikido.

Both of these seminars were offered a balance of mat time and social events. Both the September and November schedule were identical. Following our Thursday evening opening training sessions, there were informal receptions at a nearby Japanese yakitori-ya. Not merely a North American version of a Japanese B-B-Q, Honda-ya is the real thing!

Each seminar had also featured a local visit to a nearby 100-year old California hot spring. This gave our guests a taste of the best that California had to offer: woke up at the beach, trained with our friends, basked in the desert and returned to another warm reception near the ocean.

This Budo Today Series of events were crafted to offer the finest in Yoshinkan instruction in the most enjoyable of environments. The reason was simple. We wanted our guests to return!

Examples of Annual Demonstrations in which Shindokan participates :

• The All Japan Yoshinkan Embu, held in September in Tokyo.  1998 marks the 44th annual event.
• Festival of Kings,  Hawaii's premier martial arts event. Held in Maui, Hawaii  ~ last week of July.
• US Japan Exposition, at Los Angeles or Orange County Convention Centers, Late November.
• Shindokan's "Budo Today Series" (BTS) seminar, in southern California, May, July or August. (Note , see last years summary report in which 23 time Kickboxing World Champion Jean Yves Theriault (the ICEMAN) taught his special training secrets in an intimate gasshuku, or training camp).

• Shindokan's celebration of  Shioda Gozo Soke's Birthday, memorial celebration held each September at one of the Shindokan Kenshu Center locations.

Previous Events  (For future events see 3 month calendar) :

• ASA Geiko, 10 days January 19 - 28, 7AM - 8AM, Huntington Beach Dojo.
• Special Winter Mini-Camp, January 22 - 24, with special guests from Minnesota.
• Winter Gasshuku, featuring special guest Kevin Blok from Chudokan Dojo.  To be held at Zen Mountain Center near Idlewyld, Ca., March 5 - 8.
• OSU Festival, sponsored by Kadokan Dojo, April 25 - 26.
• "Budo Today Series" Summer Gasshuku, July 7-11, with special guests Jean Yves Theriault and Kevin Blok.

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