Archives for February 2014

Summer Camp Scholarships

Scholarship applications for 2014 USAF Summer Camp are now being accepted.  Because of the generous donations and success of the 2013 Summer Camp Raffle, there are 24 scholarships available this year.
Click here to access the form .
The DEADLINE for application submissions is May 1, 2014 and winners will be announced by May 5, 2014.   If you are applying for a scholarship, you are still encouraged to register for a Camp Package and book your hotel room as soon as possible.  Scholarships ONLY cover the Aikido portion of Camp Packages (full or 1⁄2 week). Scholarship recipients are responsible for paying their travel, food and hotel expenses.  Please read the application thoroughly before proceeding.

 

Summer Camp Is Now Open For Registration

Once again, Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, located at 401 South New York Road, Galloway, New Jersey USA, will be the venue for the 2014 USAF Summer Camp beginning Sunday, July 27th and ending Saturday, August 2nd. To accommodate Aikido camp participants and their family and friends, the hotel has blocked off a number of rooms at a discounted rate, including a very limited number of rooms for arrival prior to camp on Saturday, July 26th.

You are encouraged to register for a Camp Package and book your hotel room as soon as possible because of the large turnout expected due to Yamada Sensei’s 50th anniversary celebration. Although you will have to pay in full for your Camp Package at the time of registration, you will not incur charges for your hotel reservation until your actual stay. DEADLINE for registration is Friday, June 20th but the blocked off USAF discounted hotel rooms may be fully occupied prior to the DEADLINE.

For more information and to proceed with your registration, click here

We look forward to seeing you at camp!

Sincerely,

Laura Pavlick and Karen De Paola

2014 Summer Camp Preview

The registration process for the 2014 USAF Summer Camp is almost complete and the projected launch date is coming soon.To help you plan for this event, here is some information you will need to consider (more info/details will follow once summer camp registration is online).

Location:  Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, 401 South New York Road, Galloway, New Jersey USA

Dates:  Sunday, July 27th – Saturday, August 2nd

To accommodate Aikido camp participants and their family and friends, the hotel has blocked off a number of rooms at a discounted rate, including a very limited number of rooms for arrival prior to camp on Saturday, July 26th.

 OPTION #1 – Camp Package/Hotel (includes Aikido, dinner and breakfast as described below)

Deadline For Camp Package/Hotel RegistrationsFriday, June 20th.  Please note: Room reservations made after the USAF discounted blocked rooms are at full occupancy or after the DEADLINE will be subject to an increased room rate and may not include breakfast.   

 

2014 USAF Camp Package Rates (does not include hotel)

Camp Package.……………………………………………………………………………………………………..Cost

Full Week Practicing Participant (Sun-Sat; 7 days of aikido/6 dinners)…………………………………..$525

Full Week Non-Practicing Participant (Sun-Sat; dinners for 6 nights)……………………………………$255

1st or 2nd Half-Week Practicing Participant (Sun-Wed or Wed-Sat; 4 days of aikido/3 dinners)……$395

1st or 2nd Half-Week Non-Practicing Participant (Sun-Wed or Wed-Sat; dinners for 3 nights………$195

 

Dinners are included in Camp Packages for the number of designated nights. Non-practicing family members/friends and children 5 years and older must be registered and pay the applicable CAMP PACKAGE rate in order to receive the hotel-catered dinners and dine with the Aikido group.  Children UNDER 5 years of age eat dinner with you for free. 

 

2014 USAF Discounted Hotel Room Rates

 

2014 USAF DISCOUNTED HOTEL ROOM RATES:

Rooming Options………………………………………………………….Cost per night (does not include hotel tax & fees*)

Single (1 person per room)……………………………………………………………..$93

Double (2 people per room)…………………………………………………………….$116 ($58 per person)

Triple (3 people per room)………………………………………………………………$139 ($46 per person)

Quad (4 people per room)……………………………………………………………….$160 ($40 per person)

*Sales tax (7%); occupancy tax (8%); HOTEL service fee  ($3 per person per nighT)

 

Breakfast is included as part of your hotel stay for the dates you reserve a hotel room at the USAF discounted rates. The hotel will provide you with tickets for a buffet breakfast for the mornings you wake up at the hotel. Each person staying in a hotel room must be registered with the hotel at the USAF discounted rate in order to receive breakfast tickets from the hotel. Children UNDER 12 years stay for free at the hotel but MUST be included in your hotel reservation.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Hotel reservations made directly with the hotel by phone or through the hotel’s public website are not recognized as a USAF reservation and will not include the discounted rate or breakfast.  All Camp Package hotel room reservations must be made through the USAF-linked hotel reservation portal emailed to you after you register and pay for your Camp Package.

 

OPTION #2 – Day Participation (Meals are NOT included)

IF YOU ARE NOT PURCHASING OPTION #1 (Camp Package/Hotel), then the “Day Participation Rates” apply (meals are NOT included).  This year you can pay for the number of days you plan on training without committing to specific days of the week (other than Saturday). As a Day Participant, you must arrange for your own accommodations and meals. Several dining options are available at the hotel throughout the day as well as locker rooms and showers. IMPORTANT: Because the USAF’s arrangement with the hotel limits seating and food quantity at each night’s dinner buffet, Day Participants are not able to purchase the USAF dinner buffet or eat dinner with the Aikido group.

 

Day Participation RatesSunday-Friday Day Passes – $90 for each day   Saturday Day Pass – $40

 

USAF Is Collecting Donations; 50th Anniversary of Yamada Sensei and the New York Aikikai

Dear Aikido Community:

For the past 5 decades, Yamada Sensei and the New York Aikikai have had a profound effect on thousands of people worldwide. As a gesture of deep appreciation, the USAF will present a donation to Yamada Sensei and the NYA  in celebration of their 50th anniversary.

We hope that those of you who are a part of this expansive Aikido community will participate in this fund raiser. Donations to the USAF can be made online through PayPal. The USAF will present its donation at the USAF summer camp banquet dinner.  All credit cards are accepted and you do not need a PayPal account to donate. No checks, cash or money orders are being accepted at this time, so please visit this link to proceed: Donation

A list of the donors will be included in the “happy 50th anniversary” card. The deadline for making a donation is July 15th, 2014.

Please spread the word to anyone who might want to contribute to this exciting project. And thank you in advance for your donation.

Sincerely yours,

Laura Pavlick

Director of Operations

A Sad Loss of Albany Aikido

John Wright started his Aikido training in 1979. In addition to Faust Sensei his Aikido has been influenced by Yousef Mehter Sensei, Yamada Shihan, Kanai Shihan, Chiba Shihan and a host of other teachers to whom he is eternally grateful to for their encouraging him to try new ways of doing familiar techniques. John has also been involved in the Chinese martial arts Tai Chi, Bagua Chang and Hsing-i. His Aikido training has made him realize that conflict situations with others can generally best be handled by a non-confrontational approach – blending in Aikido parlance. Passing on this art has been a wonderful experience. John received his 4th Dan in 2006.



Special Project for NY Aikikai &Yamada Sensei’s 50th Anniversary

Dear Fellow Aikidoka

As you probably know, 2014 is a special year for the New York Aikikai and Yamada Sensei, celebrating the dojo’s 50th anniversary!

We are working on a special project for this celebration, and would like to ask for everybody’s help.

If you, or someone you know, visited the NYA dojo (or the anniversaries summer camps) along these years (1964-2014) and have interesting photos from your visit please email them to us in the highest quality you have. If you have many, you can send them in lower quality and we can ask for the ones we pick to be sent later at a higher resolution.

If you have older (none digital), printed photos and you are unable to scan them, let us know and we can help with that too.

Please send your photos to (or contact with any questions) Shai Golan –shaigolan@gmail.com

To be able to put this together in time for the summer celebrations we would appreciate it if you send us your photos ASAP or, by end of February at the latest.

Your help is greatly appreciated and we hope to see everybody at one of the many upcoming NYA 50th celebrations!

 

Shai Golan,

New York Aikikai

shaigolan@gmail.com

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