Events

Seminars and Demonstrations

Upcoming events will be announced on our News page. This page contains details of past seminars that we have hosted.

Seventh Annual Demonstration at the Japanese Festival
Missouri Botanical Garden
September 5 - September 7, 2009

Saint Louis Aikikai 2009 Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Sixth Annual Demonstration at the Japanese Festival
Missouri Botanical Garden
August 31 - September 1, 2008

Students and Sensei performing Randori with the St. Louis Aikikai at their annual aikido demonstration for the 2008 Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.

We are very grateful to everyone who attended and participated in this event. We extend particular thanks to the Kirkwood Judo Club for sharing their mats with us.

Third Annual Aikido Demonstration
St. Louis Japanese Festival
Missouri Botanical Garden
September 3-5, 2005

2005 Japanese Festival Photo Album

Second Annual Spring Friendship Seminar
Cyndy Hayashi Sensei, 6th Dan
April 22-24, 2005

Color Flier in PDF

St. Louis Aikikai was proud to welcome back Cyndy Hayashi Sensei (6th Dan) from Aikido West in Redwood City, California.

Hayashi Sensei is the senior instructor under Frank Doran Shihan (7th Dan), one of the regular instructors at the annual Summer Camp in the Rockies.

She began training at Aikido of San Francisco in 1977, later spending a year in Japan with Morihiro Saito Sensei at the Aiki Shrine in Iwama, where she received her shodan.

Hayashi Sensei is administrator for the California Aikido Association, which last year hosted the visit of Moriteru Ueshiba, the Third Aikido Doshu, to the San Francisco Bay Area.

This event was fanastic, our thanks to Hayashi Sensei and everyone who attended!

Public Friendship Seminar
Haruo Matsuoka, 5th Dan
March 18-20, 2005

St. Louis Aikikai was honoured to welcome Haruo Matsuoka, 5th Dan, to St. Louis, Missouri, for a friendship seminar open to all interested martial artists.

Matsuoka Sensei currently trains under the direction of Master Seiseki Abe Sensei (10th Dan), one of the closest and highest ranking disciples of O-Sensei, the founder of Aikido.

For more than twenty years, Matsuoka Sensei was one of the highest-ranking disciples of Master Steven Seagal (7th Dan) and served as Chief Instructor of his Los Angeles-based Tenshin Dojo from 1989 until 1997, where after he returned to Japan.

He returned to Southern California in 1999 and currently serves as Chief Instructor of Ikazuchi Dojo, Chief Instructor of the UCI Aikido program and Chief Instructor of his Aikido Doshinokai organization in Los Angeles.

Matsuoka Sensei leads Aikido seminars around the world and is one of the featured instructors at Aiki Expo 2005.

We have pictures from this seminar in our Matsuoka Album

Color Flier in PDF

Black & White Flier in PDF

Winter Aikido Seminar
Jeff Albright Sensei, 3rd Dan
February 11-13, 2005

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Winter Aikido Seminar
Marsha Turner Sensei, 4th Dan
January 7-9, 2005

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St. Louis Japanese Festival
Missouri Botanical Garden
September 4-6, 2004

We have hundreds of photographs from the 2004 Japanese Festival.

The theme for the 2004 Japanese Festival was the classical warrior traditions of Japan, Koryu Bugei.

Our album includes pictures from demonstrations given by many of the leading exponents of koryu arts in the United States, including Dave Lowry, Phil Relnick, Larry Bieri, Ellis Amdur, and Mike and Diane Skoss.

This album also contatins pictures from our Second Annual Aikido Demonstration on Sunday and Monday.

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Summer Aikido Seminar
Jeff Albright Sensei, 3rd Dan
July 30-August 1, 2004

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Spring Aikido Seminar
Marsha Turner Sensei, 4th Dan
June 4-6, 2004

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Spring Friendship Seminar
Cyndy Hayashi Sensei, 6th Dan
May 7-9, 2004

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Autumn Aikido Seminar
Marsha Turner Sensei, 4th Dan
December 5-7, 2003

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Spring Aikido Seminar
Marsha Turner Sensei, 4th Dan
June 6-8, 2003

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