Archives for January 2015

Aikido Center of Atlanta’s Kagami Biraki

On January 10, the Aikido Center of Atlanta hosted its annual Kagami Biraki New Year’s practice.

This year was a huge success with over seventy five people attending from as far away as New Mexico. Longtime ACA Instructor Jeremy Wojcik received his fourth Dan promotion and Robert Allen was given his Nidan certificate. Each dojo-cho took turns teaching half hour segments for a total of five hours.

The Instructors were:

Jeremy Wojcik – Aikido Center of Atlanta

Darrell Tangman –  Augusta Aikido Club

Michael Goodman –  Roswell Budokan/kyushinkan dojo

Blue Spruell –  Peachtree Aikikai

Don Slater –   Georgia Southern Univ. Aikido Club

Garn Sherman –   West Georgia Aikikai

John Porter –   Vicksburg Aikikai

Alicia and Patrick Hardesty –  Kentuckiana Aikikai

George Kennedy –  Aikido Center of Atlanta

The Seminar was free and a pizza party was enjoyed by all after practice. Thanks to everyone who made it such a success and we look forward to doing it again next year!

Dan Promotions May 16th 2014 – January 1st 2015

Test applications received and dated between May 16, 2014 and January 1, 2015 (some listings represent applications prior to Hombu approval).

 

 

 

Shodan

  • Andre Aguilar – Naka Ima Aikikai
  • Mark Allen – New York Aikikai
  • George Bill Barnard – Aikido Of Dallas
  • Justin Barrett – Aikido Of Ramapo Valley
  • David Beebe – Framingham Aikikai
  • Zachary W. Biesanz – New York Aikikai
  • William T. Bresnihan – Florida Aikikai
  • Jesus Camaraza – Gold Coast Aikikai
  • Frank Campione = Aikido Of Staten Island
  • Philip Capello – New York Aikikai
  • Christopher Chirco – Papa Aikido Usa
  • Nicholas Chirco – Papa Aikido Usa
  • Tadeusz Cisowski – Portland Aikido
  • Michael F. Coiro – Palm Beach Aikikai
  • Sidney Contreras – Aikido North Jersey
  • Brehan Crawford – Two Rivers Aikikai
  • Diana Edenburg – Florida Aikikai
  • Scott M. Fecteau – Lewiston Aikido/Willow
  • Jason T. Ferrell – Aikido Of Austin
  • Juan Carlos Figueroa – New York Aikikai
  • Jose Gonzalez – Aikido Schools Of New Jersey
  • Basia Halliop – Toronto Aikikai
  • Mike Harvey – Nations Aikikai
  • Daniel Herak – Florida Aikikai
  • Lawrence Howard – Albany Aikido
  • Amber Huntley – Aikido De La Montagne
  • Dwi Jaya – Toronto Aikikai
  • Fatima Johnson – Chushin Aikikai
  • Mohammad Jozaghi – Dairyukai Aikikai
  • David Jurasek – Naka Ima Aikikai
  • Petri Koskinen – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • Michelle Lefkowitz – Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • Marla S. Lender – Aikido Of Central New York
  • Richard Lookshin – Florida Aikikai
  • Robert E. Maguire, Jr. – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Andrew Manby – Framingham Aikikai
  • Xavier Matute – Monteregie Aikikai
  • Alex Metzger – Granite State Aikido Club
  • John P. Murdoch II – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Bradford A. Myers – Framingham Aikikai
  • James Nachbaur – Capitol Hill Aikikai
  • Yaron  Nahum – New York Aikikai
  • Philip Natale –  Albany Aikido
  • Aleksey  Nuzhnov  – New York Aikikai
  • Burt Okamoto – Northern Virginia Aikikai
  • Turner Osler -Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • Benjamin Pelletier – New York Aikikai
  • Shailendra Pradhan – Central Illinois Aikikai
  • Rey Robles – Southern Maryland Aikido Center
  • Hiroaki Sasa – New York Aikikai
  • Robert Schriver – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • Robert Sinka – Aikido North Jersey
  • Mark J. Sisti – Suffolk Aikikai
  • Mitsuko Spruell – Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta
  • Jeffrey Stueve – Nations Aikikai
  • Jay Tall – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • Katinka Titchenell – Pasadena Aikikai
  • Joseph J. Udovic – Aikido Of Cleveland
  • Matthew Unger – Skylands Aikikai
  • Oscar Vazquez – Nations Aikikai
  • Sara Veysey – New York Aikikai
  • Tom Warmath – Nations Aikikai
  • Dena Williams – New York Aikikai
  • Kate L. Wurtzel – Austin Aikikai
  • Nicholas Yee – Aikido Of Ramapo Valley

Nidan

  • Minoru Akiyama – Aikido North Jersey
  • Paul Alexander – New York Aikikai
  • Robert Allen  – Aikido Center of Atlanta
  • Neil Applebaum – New York Aikikai
  • Jonathan Beller – New York Aikikai
  • Adam Benilous – Palm Beach Aikikai
  • Ameer Benno – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • David F. Breniak – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Mark Brodbeck – Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta
  • Judith L. Brown – Portland Aikido
  • Sheila C. Cahilig – Aikido Schools Of New Jersey
  • Yves C. Calderone – Aikido Of Ramapo Valley
  • Emily Cross – Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • James Curcurato – New York Aikikai
  • Isabel De La Vega – Florida Aikikai
  • Carlos A. Del Pino – Gold Coast Aikikai
  • Diane P. Dubois – Lewiston Aikido/Willow
  • Stephen Ferrari – New York Aikikai
  • Liam J. Finnegan – Nations Aikikai
  • Mario Gaerlan – Aikido North Jersey
  • John Guise – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Sherwin Heath-Retemyer – New York Aikikai
  • Jennifer Henis – New York Aikikai
  • Greogory Hom – New York Aikikai
  • James Hyde – Aikido Of Charlotte
  • Michael Kamler – New York Aikikai
  • Stephen Lane – Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • Khalid Laraki – Aikido Of Chester County
  • Anne Liao – Newport Beach Aikikai
  • Reuven Lirov – Pinellas County Aikikai
  • Eric Lopresti – New York Aikikai
  • Edgar J. Martinez – Miami Aikikai
  • Kimberly Mcneil – Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • Stephen Mctague – Woodstock Aikido
  • Marcos J. Menendez – Gold Coast Aikikai
  • Thomas Newcome – New York Aikikai
  • Joanna Oniszczuk – New York Aikikai
  • Jesus Pacheco – Florida Aikikai
  • Alfred B. Pittman – Aikido Center Of Jacksonville
  • Dmitriy Pozdnyakov – Woodstock Aikido
  • Edward Ramos – Florida Aikikai
  • Suzanne Rancourt – Albany Aikido
  • Scott Rothstein – New York Aikikai
  • Keith D. Russell – Newport Beach Aikikai
  • Patrick Scott – New York Aikikai
  • Ross Setlow  – Albany Aikido
  • Lev Shakhtmeyster – New York Aikikai
  • Neferti Tadair – New York Aikikai
  • James V. Vellocido – Newport Beach Aikikai
  • Robert Villamar – New York Aikikai
  • Joseph Zinnes – Skylands Aikikai
Sandan
  • Scott R. Ackerson – Aikido Of Cleveland
  • Evelyn L. Acosta – Gold Coast Aikikai
  • Alexander, E. Lee Jr. – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Karen Clark – Aikido Of Champlain Valley
  • Lynn Crystal – Aikido of Red Bank
  • Jerry N. Dewees – Twin Cities Aikido Center
  • Joseph A. Dicarlo – Aikido North Jersey
  • Andrew Edelstein – Florida Aikikai
  • Alan  Fishbone  – New York Aikikai
  • Michael Fitzpatrick – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Wendy Guyer – Midwest Aikido Center
  • Reynold  Hoyte – New York Aikikai
  • Kim Johnston – NY Eastside Aikikai
  • Jed Lavit – New York Aikikai
  • Brenda Mae Mcluskie – Water Oak Aikikai
  • John J. Montes  – New York Aikikai
  • Ramon Moralejo – New York Aikikai
  • Fumi Ono – Hoboken Aikikai
  • Todd S. Paul – Woodstock Aikido
  • Kevin J. Roland – Northern Virginia Aikikai
  • Dmitry Snovalnikov – Aikido Of Austin
  • James A. Wendt – Lewiston Aikido/Willow
  • Ryan Wild – Aikido Of Ramapo Valley
  • Martin Wise – Mandala Aikido

Yondan

  • Chad Chalileh -Aikido Of Ramapo Valley
  • Christopher Ednie – Aikido Of Red Bank
  • Kevin Farrell – Woodstock Aikido
  • Mark Goodman – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • Donna Grant – Southern Maryland Aikido Center
  • Katie Haywood – Open Sky Aikikai
  • Victor Hung – Aikido Of Colorado
  • Ray Kohl – Midwest Aikido Center
  • Wendy Kopka – Midwest Aikido Center
  • Chris J. Mills – Island Aikido
  • Keisuke Ogawa – Aikikai Of Philadelphia
  • Joseph F. Roy – Aikido Schools Of New Jersey
  • James Sinnott – Aikido Institute Of Newfoundland
  • Brian M. Sykes – North Coast Aikikai
  • William Tilles – Aikido Of Park Slope
  • Jeremy Wojcik – Aikido Center Of Atlanta
  • Donald J. Zdeb – Litchfield Hills Aikikai

Godan

  • Michael J. Gelb – Aikido Schools Of New Jersey
  • Bryan Golden – Woodstock Aikido
  • George Hemmings – St. Ives Aiki Dojo
  • Amy Kipp – Harvard Aikikai
  • Ralph Legnini – Woodstock Aikido
  • Michael  Martin – Capitol Hill Aikikai
  • Marcos Miranda – Palm Beach Aikikai
  • Lynne Morrison – Florida Aikikai
  • Noriko Oba – New York Aikikai
  • Keith Rosello – New York Aikikai
  • Marilyn St. John – Woodstock Aikido
  • Harvey S. Wood-Cohan – Palm Beach Aikikai

Rokudan

  • Tariq Baig – Florida Aikikai
  • Skip Chapman – Jersey Shore Aikikai
  • Karen De Paola – Skylands Aikikai
  • Maria Cristina Dumlao – Gold Coast Aikikai
  • Julia M. Freedgood – Valley Aikido
  • Malory A. Graham – Seattle Aikikai
  • Vu Xuan Ha – Boston Aikikai
  • Salvatore J. Lacorte – North Coast Aikikai
  • Dennis Main – Aikido Of Charlotte
  • Robert M. Mason – Aikido Of Dallas
  • Michael J. McNally – Hoboken Aikikai
  • Dale F. Nordenberg – Dogwood Aikikai – Bronx
  • Nizam Taleb – Lenape Aikikai
  • Eran Vardi – Aikido Of Ramapo Valley
  • Jerry B. Zimmerman – Aikido North Jersey

“Aiki is Musubi” – Tamura Nobuyoshi Shihan. 2014: A Celebration of Connection and Family

Little did Yamada-Sensei know in 1964 that 50 years later, his life’s dedication in the “Big Apple” would inspire two aikido students, Dan and Nina Hayes, to connect in the “Little Apple” (Manhattan, KS) in an aikido wedding.

 

 

 

 

April 5, 2014 Aikido Wedding of Dan and Nina Hayes in Manhattan, KS, officiated by Dan’s “Ma,” Pastor Jayne Sensei of Thiel College Aikikai, and assisted by Reverend Tom Boomershine, fellow aikido student from Iowa. Photography by Brandon Chan

This aikido family actually started in 1972, when Peter Bernath started his aikido career under Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei at New York Aikikai.  Eventually in 1979, Peter met Penny at the Florida Winter Seminar.  There, Yamada Sensei asked them to open Florida Aikikai, with Peter to be the chief instructor and Penny to be the dojo manager.  So, in 1980, Florida Aikikai was officially opened, and 2 years later, Peter and Penny Bernath Sensei married.

1982 wedding of Peter and Penny Bernath Sensei

Then in 1987, two people named Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson joined Peter and Penny Bernath Sensei in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to allow their child, Dan, to participate in children’s classes.

1985 wedding of Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson Sensei

Dan Hayes (circled) with Peter Bernath Sensei leaning on his shoulder. Dan’s younger brother, Matt was also in Aikido at the time. He is second from the right, second row from the back wall.

Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson Sensei moved to Manhattan, KS, in 1994 with their family.  They formed KSU Aikido, and Dan continued aikido under his parents.

Dan Hayes, his stepmother Jayne Thompson Sensei, Penny Bernath Sensei (guest seminar instructor), and Dan’s father Jack Hayes Sensei.

 By 2002, Dan had been practicing for 15 years.  Then, a freshman veterinary student, Nina, came along, looking for an activity outside the classroom and hospital walls.  She ended up on an aikido mat on the Kansas State University campus with Jack and Jayne Sensei (Dan’s parents) as her instructors.  Nina didn’t have any martial arts experience at all and wasn’t sure if this “aikido thing” was the right choice, but was told, “just keep coming to practice.”  And she did.

Nina’s first seminar, 5 months after starting aikido, was instructed by Yamada Sensei and Peter Bernath Sensei at Kansas State University.

By the time Nina graduated, Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson Sensei had moved to Minnesota, and she was studying with their son, Dan, the new head instructor of KSU Aikido and the newly formed Tatsumaki Aikikai community group.

Testing under Dan Sensei.

In 2007, however, Nina moved to Omaha, NE, for work.  Dan followed her there, where he formed a new dojo, Chushin Aikikai.  He also continued on as the technical director for KSU Aikido and Tatsumaki Aikikai.  And Nina and Dan “kept going to practice” – regularly in Omaha, and making a 3 hour drive about once a month to Manhattan, KS… until 2013, when Dan and Nina became engaged.

Engagement photo taken by LQ Photography.

With much support from their dojos in Omaha and Kansas, Dan and Nina Hayes were married during the lunch break of the Musubi Aikido Seminar this past April.

  

Dan and Nina were honored to have their teachers, Peter and Penny Bernath Sensei, and Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson Sensei instruct at the seminar.

There’s nothing like being uke for your new mother-in-law as she demonstrates a technique for the seminar!  Photography by Stacy Smith.

Thank you, Yamada-Sensei, Peter and Penny Bernath Sensei, Jack Hayes and Jayne Thompson Sensei, and all our aikido friends and family for helping a new “aikido family” start in 2014!!  We look forward to many more aikido memories together in 2015 and beyond!!

2015 New USAF Dojo

The USAF would like to welcome the following new member dojo:

1/15/2015:

Allegheny College Aikikai

Chief Instructor: Rob Humphreys

520 North Main Street

Meadville, PA 16335

gatoraikido@webs.com

1/27/2015:

Ottawa Aikikai

Chief Instructor: Don Dickie

155 Loretta Ave North

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada K1Y 2J7

ottawaaikikai.ca

 

1/28/2015:

Grinnell Aikikai

Chief Instructor: Charles Cunningham

Grinnell College Bear Center

1201 10th Avenue

Grinnell, Iowa 50112

 

2/9/2015:

Aiki Muenster

Chief Instructors: David Ross, Gabriele Bixel

TG Muenster

Lotharinger Strasse 17

Muenster, German 48147

aiki-muenster.de

 

2/11/2015:

Casablanca Aikikai

Chief Instructor: Driss Benmoussa

131 Lot Communal Sidi Maarouf

Casablanca, Morocco 20190

 

2/12/2015:

Prairie Aikikai

Chief Instructor: Richard Mintz

4040 Plainview Drive

Des Moines, Iowa 50311

www.prairie-aikikai.com

 

4/1/2015:

Southland Aikido

Chief Instructor: James Graves

670 Monterey Pass Road

Monterey Park, CA 91754

www.southlandaikido.org

 

4/21/2015:

Summit View Aikido

Chief Instructor: Cong Nguyen

116 Fall Street

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

 

4/21/2015:

Maru Aikikai South

Chief Instructor: Alexander Angustain

116 Fall Street226 W. Main Street

Alhambra, CA 91801

www.maruaikikaisouth.com

 

 

Aikido of Charlotte’s Annual Friendship Seminar

Aikido of Charlotte’s Annual Friendship seminar was held on January 3, 2015.  Classes were taught by Sensei Dennis Main, 6th Dan, Shidoin and Sensei Jonathan Weiner, 4th Dan, Fukushidoin of Aikido of Charlotte and were joined by Sensei Charlie Huff, 4th Dan and Sensei Phi Truong, 2nd Dan of Charlotte Aikikai (an ASU Affiliate). This was a special occasion as well, because Main Sensei was just promoted to 6th Dan with the New Year and the opportunity to train with our fellow aikidoka from the area was an excellent way to celebrate.

We were joined by practitioners from as far away as Columbia, SC and Greenville, NC, from a variety of affiliations: ASU, Nihon Goshin Aikido, even Karate.  It was a great time to learn, make friends, and have a fantastic workout.

 

Best Wishes For The New Year

It’s hard to believe another year has gone by.  As you know, 2014 was a special year for me in many ways.  Most importantly, it was the celebration of my 50th anniversary at New York Aikikai.  I had so many wonderful occasions to be all over the world, and I appreciate how hard you worked at hosting and attending seminars that focused on my anniversary.   I made so many speeches, was awarded honorary plaques and statues, received so many gifts, and even had a chance to sing some of my favorite songs for you at summer camp while Steve played his guitar. It was a yearlong party for sure.  My health then became my focus towards the end of the year, but once again you showed me so much support and understanding.  The perfect way to end the year was the NYA Christmas seminar, where I was able to teach and relax at my home dojo and be surrounded by my students and all the visitors who traveled to be a part of the event.

Even though I am in good health and continue to grow stronger every day, I will use 2015 to take the time to further my recovery and return to my old self.  Sometimes that might mean traveling less or not teaching as many classes, and as you know, I can grow restless when I am told to take it easy.  But I am determined to be as fit as ever, and even if my schedule is lighter this coming year, in my heart I will always be on the mat.

Happy New Year,

Sincerely

Y. Yamada

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