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Welcome to our Gallery. We have media from the following events...


Fourth Annual Aikido Demonstration
St. Louis Japanese Festival
Missouri Botanical Garden
September 1-3, 2006

The theme for the 2006 Japanese Festival was again Sumo.

We will have photos up soon, for now here is a video we uploaded to YouTube.


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:

  1. Demonstrate awareness of your partner, especially between techniques (Zanshin)
  2. Bend your knees and lower your center (Tanden)
  3. Smiling will help you relax and move naturally (Shizen)
  4. Demonstrate proper spacing with your partner (Maai)
  5. Maintain posture throughout (Shisei)

Many thanks once again to John Ekey Sensei and Michael Grossman Sensei for their guidance.

Well done everyone,

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

We are publishing photos from this year's Japanese Festival as we get them. If you have pictures, please send them to us! Here is what we have so far of the 2005 Japanese Festival.

The theme for the 2005 Japanese Festival was SUMO, if you have any pictures of the two giants, please send them in too!

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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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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