The Warhawk Martial Arts Club invites all to come and take part in the
2nd Annual Sosei Aikido Kyokai Seminar.

Date: March 13th, 2010
Time: 9am – 5 pm
Location: University of Wisconsin
800 West Main St.
Whitewater, WI. 53190
uww.edu
Williams Center – Wrestling Gym 2nd fl / Rm 202
Fee: 45.00

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Sosei Aikido Kyokai along with Aikido Dojo del Norte in Arecibo, Puerto Rico will be holding an Aikido Seminar which is scheduled for May 14th, 15th and 16th 2010.

Location and Seminar fee info coming…..

Group Trip is planned: May 11th – May 17th
Seminar May 15,16 and 17th 2010

All are invited to a special night of training being hosted by Anshindokan Dojo and Dojo Cho Warren Jones Sensei.

Date: February 20th
Time: 7:30 pm
Fee: none
Location:
Anshindokan Dojo
8342 1/2 S. Stony Island Ave.
Chicago, Illinois

June 25th -27th, 2010
Instructed by David Rose
This unique seminar combines Aikido training, nature awareness, and wilderness survival in the natural setting of beautiful southwest Michigan

Sensei David Rose is a 4th degree black belt in Aikido and was an Uchideshi (live in student) and Kenshusei under Shihan Fumio Toyoda. Sensei Rose has also had extensive wilderness survival training through a professional Tracker School by Tom Brown Jr.

Join us for an exciting weekend, immersing yourself in nature for aikido training, weapons practice, and introductory classes in wilderness survival.

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Midwest Token Kai  – Sword Show

Dates:April 30, May 1st and 2nd

Location:
Hyatt Regency Woodfield Schaumburg
1800 East Golf Road,
Schaumburg, Illinois, USA 60173
847-605-1234  

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Taught by women, for women. Sorry, guys!

Date: April 16-18, 2010

Location: Tokushinkan Dojo – One Point Center
48 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL (nearby west suburb of Chicago)
Dojo: (708) 383-4711

Instructors:
Dianne Costanzo (Tokushinkan Dojo, Oak Park, IL)
Elisabeth Menning (Aikido of Northern Indiana, Merrillville, IN)
Charlene Reiss (Choshinkan Dojo, Durham, NC)

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February 26 – 28 2010
Tsuki and Ski Friendship Seminar
Jyushinkan Dojo
Logan, UT 84321

We will be holding a special classes on Friday 26, Saturday the 27, and on Sunday the 28 we will all go to one of the local area resorts for a day on the slopes. No skiing experience needed!

Instruction by: Ken MacBeth Sensei

http://aikido.usu.edu/htm/seminars

Certificate-maker “Scissors Paper Stone” included a photo of Sensei Roberto Garza and the Soseikan dojo in their advertisement in the October 2009 issue of Black Belt magazine.

The issue is currently on newspaper stands, but you can get an enlarged view of the advertisement here.

The Black Belt magazine website is http://www.blackbeltmag.com and the website for Scissors Paper Stone is http://www.paperscissorsstone.com

Congratulations to the family of Sensei David Rose on their new son and also to the family of Sensei Mark Dring on their new daughter.
We wish them the best of luck and health to the mothers, babies, and the rest of the families. We also wish to offer condolences to Wynter Rose, seeing that she now has 3 boys (4 counting David). We expect to see the new children on the mat as soon as possible.

On behalf of Sosei Aikido Kyokai and all the Dojo Cho of the Kyokai, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all who pasted their Dan, Ikkyu and Nikkyu exams on June 13th 2009.

Soseikan Dojo – Bob Garza – Dojo Cho

• Shodan – Barbara Harrison
• Shodan – Michael Baraz
• Ikkyu – Nick Meshes

Tokushinkan Dojo – Dianne Costanzo – Dojo Cho

• Shodan – Cyd Curtis
• Shodan – Bruce Kyes

Onshinkan Dojo – Elisabeth Menning – Dojo Cho

• Nidan – Shannon Crawford-Taylor
• Shodan – Jeff Loewe

Gakushinkan – Lionel Romanzo – Dojo Cho

• Sandan – Lionel Romanzo
• Shodan – Adam Penoyer
• Nikkyu – Leah Tanabe

This test day was dedicated to the memory of Shihan Fumio Toyoda. The spirit felt the the dojo this day was over whelming. All who tested gave their best and we all were proud to be a part of the day.

Sunday – June 14th members of Soseikan Dojo went up as a group to the Japan Fest. What a great time we had ! We ate, we watched the various demos, Taiko, Koto, Judo, Aikido and so much more. We ran into old friends and made new ones.

On a final note, this weekend we are happy to welcome back to ” Fall for Toyoda “, Ed Germanov Sensei. The seminar will take place on Friday June 19th at 6pm, Saturday June 20th at 10am with group dinner at 7pm that evening and Sunday June 21st at 10am. Please check our events tab on the Kyokai site for more info. On a last note David Rose will be testing for Yondan on Sunday morning June 21st, come in and cheer him on, Good luck David. We look forward to seeing some of you this weekend and remember the Door is always open to all at Sosei Aikido Kyokai.

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