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EventsSeminars and DemonstrationsUpcoming 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
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| Rank | Name |
| 6th Kyu | Carolyn Whetzel |
| Keiko Ishioka | |
| 5th Kyu | Rohit Thadani |
| 4th Kyu | Terri Manzara |
| 3rd Kyu | Scott Mitchell |
| 1st Kyu | Jennifer Keefer |
We want to kindly thank Hayashi Sensei for her informal participation in our grading.
Internal Kyu Testing
Chesterfield Athletic Club
February 26,2006
Thanks to everyone who came and made our first internally conducted kyu testing a great success.
Congratulations to our newly ranked people:
| Rank | Name |
| 6th Kyu | Rohit Thadani |
| 5th Kyu | Andrew Ryno |
| Terri Manzara | |
| 4th Kyu | Phil Allen |
| 3rd Kyu | Richard Keifel |
| 2nd Kyu | Jennifer Keefer |
After the tests, our sensei offered five points for us all to work on every class, to make the next testing is even more polished:
- Demonstrate awareness of your partner, especially between techniques (Zanshin)
- Bend your knees and lower your center (Tanden)
- Smiling will help you relax and move naturally (Shizen)
- Demonstrate proper spacing with your partner (Maai)
- Maintain posture throughout (Shisei)
Many thanks once again to John Ekey Sensei and Michael Grossman Sensei for their guidance.
Well done everyone!
Fourth Annual Aikido Demonstration at the Japanese Festival
2006, Missouri Botanical Garden
September 3-4, 2006
We were honored once again to participate in the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. This prestigous event is a three day celebration of Japanese culture held annually over the Labor Day Weekend.
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
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
Winter Aikido Seminar
Jeff Albright Sensei, 3rd Dan
February 11-13, 2005
Winter Aikido Seminar
Marsha Turner Sensei, 4th Dan
January 7-9, 2005
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.