Monday, March 23, 2009
No class March 23 and 25
The studio at the IF School of Ballet will be closed for spring break this week. Make-up classes are scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 21 (this past Saturday) and Apr. 4. Classes resume Monday, Mar. 30.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year/New Dojo!
Happy new year to all current and prospective students of Snake River Aikido. 2008 was an exciting year for me personally, and for our dojo. I was promoted to 4th dan after giving a comprehensive demonstration at Aikido West in Redwood City (home dojo of Doran Shihan, head of our division in the California Aikido Association). Many thanks to all the students who helped me prepare as I worked through material the past few months, and particularly to Michael Cardwell and Heather Peterson for traveling with me to Aikido West and playing a large role in my demonstration. I received several very nice compliments about their performance, which makes me proud to be their sensei. A special thanks to Cyndy Hayashi sensei as well, who gave me advice, moral support, reviewed my demo during her vacation in Idaho, and recruited uke for my randori the day of my demonstration at Aikido West!
The big news for everyone is that we are moving from EITC after 18 years. We will be renting space/time at the Idaho Falls School of Ballet, 410 W. 16th Street in Idaho Falls. They have a nice link that provides directions (http://www.ifballet.com/web/) You can also learn more about their instructors. Over the holidays I purchased enough foldout mats to cover a 20'x40' section of the main dance studio floor. I encourage anyone interested, and current/former students who might not be ready to train yet, to come and see the new facilities. We'll be conducting classes at the same time they were held at EITC, Mon-Wed 7:30-9pm. We will also have the flexibility of rescheduling classes when I'm gone for work, and also having additional classes. Right now I'm planning a women's self defense class for teenage girls that will be held the last weekend in January, and Cyndy Hayashi sensei has also volunteered to conduct her well-respected self defense workshop as a fundraiser for the dojo sometime later this year.
Speaking of Hayashi sensei, she and her husband have a condo on Ski Hill Road going up to Targhee, and we were very fortunate to have her be the first high-ranked sensei from our organization to visit this past November. Now that she's broken the ice, we hope to have her back during her visits to Idaho in the future, and have also planted the seed hoping to have Doran Shihan visit us (at least to fish the Idaho rivers!) this coming summer.
Thank you all for your continued support and commitment to Aikido. I hope that this move will help us all to train harder and reach new heights in our Aikido training!
Frank
The big news for everyone is that we are moving from EITC after 18 years. We will be renting space/time at the Idaho Falls School of Ballet, 410 W. 16th Street in Idaho Falls. They have a nice link that provides directions (http://www.ifballet.com/web/) You can also learn more about their instructors. Over the holidays I purchased enough foldout mats to cover a 20'x40' section of the main dance studio floor. I encourage anyone interested, and current/former students who might not be ready to train yet, to come and see the new facilities. We'll be conducting classes at the same time they were held at EITC, Mon-Wed 7:30-9pm. We will also have the flexibility of rescheduling classes when I'm gone for work, and also having additional classes. Right now I'm planning a women's self defense class for teenage girls that will be held the last weekend in January, and Cyndy Hayashi sensei has also volunteered to conduct her well-respected self defense workshop as a fundraiser for the dojo sometime later this year.
Speaking of Hayashi sensei, she and her husband have a condo on Ski Hill Road going up to Targhee, and we were very fortunate to have her be the first high-ranked sensei from our organization to visit this past November. Now that she's broken the ice, we hope to have her back during her visits to Idaho in the future, and have also planted the seed hoping to have Doran Shihan visit us (at least to fish the Idaho rivers!) this coming summer.
Thank you all for your continued support and commitment to Aikido. I hope that this move will help us all to train harder and reach new heights in our Aikido training!
Frank
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Week of October 20
Students,
Just wanted to let you know that I will be absent both Monday and Wednesday this week due to work travel. I'll be back next Monday, Oct. 27. In the meantime, I'd like you all to work on things that you need to refine - beginners, things like rolls, basic technique; advanced students, techniques appropriate to your rank and next test. Advanced students, it's VERY important that you incorporate any advice you received from Hayashi sensei into your training.
Thanks to all of you - beginners and advanced students - for your enthusiasm and spirit this semester. It has been a great start, and I know those who were able to attend class Wednesday and train with Hayashi sensei are experiencing some new thoughts about your own aikido.
See you next week,
Frank
Just wanted to let you know that I will be absent both Monday and Wednesday this week due to work travel. I'll be back next Monday, Oct. 27. In the meantime, I'd like you all to work on things that you need to refine - beginners, things like rolls, basic technique; advanced students, techniques appropriate to your rank and next test. Advanced students, it's VERY important that you incorporate any advice you received from Hayashi sensei into your training.
Thanks to all of you - beginners and advanced students - for your enthusiasm and spirit this semester. It has been a great start, and I know those who were able to attend class Wednesday and train with Hayashi sensei are experiencing some new thoughts about your own aikido.
See you next week,
Frank
Monday, September 1, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Fall semester at EITC
Attention all aikido students!
Classes for the fall start Monday, Sep 8 - 2 weeks away. EITC is now serious about having a minimum of 7 students signed up, and ideally before the first night of class (in fact they called to cancel the summer class on the first night since only 1 person had signed up).
Please be sure to sign up as soon as you can so that we can have a class indoor this fall, and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Frank
Classes for the fall start Monday, Sep 8 - 2 weeks away. EITC is now serious about having a minimum of 7 students signed up, and ideally before the first night of class (in fact they called to cancel the summer class on the first night since only 1 person had signed up).
Please be sure to sign up as soon as you can so that we can have a class indoor this fall, and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Frank
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Neck injury
Not really serious, but I wont be in tonight. It happened on a very slow, easy roll, just tweaked it a bit.
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