Friday, November 12th – Sunday, November 14th
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Soseikan Dojo is honored to welcome guest instructor Hiroshi Tajiri Sensei, Godan, to teach Aikido and Shodo (Japanese calligraphy).

“In the Foot Steps of Shihan”
A Seminar Series by the Students of Fumio Toyoda Shihan.
Guest Instructor – Hiroshi Tajiri Sensei – Godan

Seminar to be held at
A Center for the Martial Arts – Soseikan Dojo
11425 S. Harlem Ave.
Worth, Illinois 60482
708-448-AIKI (2454)
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A 5th dan, shihandai, Tajiri Sensei has been practicing Aikido for over 30 years. He began
practicing Aikido at the age of 17 at the Seibukan Budo Dojo in Kyoto Japan. Tajiri-sensei moved to Chicago in 1973 and became an uchideshi (live-in student) of Fumio Toyoda-shihan (then the chief instructor of the Chicago Ki Society). He continued to study under Toyoda-shihan till his death in 2001 and remains a loyal student to this day.

Dates and Times:

• Friday, Nov 12th: 6 – 9 p.m. Aikido
• Saturday, Nov 13th: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Aikido
•      1 – 3 p.m. lunch
•      3 – 6 p.m. Shodo (calligraphy)
•      dinner to follow
• Sunday, Nov. 14th: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Aikido

Cost for the seminar:

• Full Seminar – $TBD
• Full Seminar, Aikido only – $TBD
• Pick two Aikido sessions (6 hours) – $TBD
• Friday Aikido – $TBD
• Saturday Aikido – $TBD
• Saturday Shodo – $TBD
• Sunday Aikido – $TBD

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July the 4th, the anniversary of Fumio Toyoda Shihan’s passing, will be honored with special Aikido training sessions at Onshinkan Dojo, Tokushinkan Dojo, and Soseikan Dojo. From 10AM to 12PM, students of Fumio Toyoda Shihan will share memories and techniques.

Sosei Aikido Kyokai was formed to continue the teaching methodology of Shihan Fumio Toyoda and to offer Aikido for all. In doing so, we honor his memory.

Onshinkan Dojo, Merrillville, Indiana – Website | Map | Calendar
Tokushinkan Dojo, Oak Park, Illinois – Website | Map | Calendar
Soseikan Dojo, Worth, Illinois – Website | Map | Calendar

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Our friend, Sensei Alan Adams wrote an article about Ed Germanov Sensei’s seminar at Soseikan Dojo on the weekend of June 4th – 6th. Adams Sensei is the Dojo-cho of Lifelong Arts Center near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Read the seminar write-up here.

Once again, thanks to all who participated in the seminar!

When Soseikan dojo / A Center For The Martial Arts had an open house last week, they were visited by lots of students both old and new, families interested in programs for their children, curious neighbors, and some media coverage.

Read the newspaper article from The Reporter here.

September 17th -19th, 2010
Instructed by David Rose
This unique seminar combines Aikido training, nature awareness, and wilderness survival in the natural setting of beautiful southwest Michigan. This seminar is presented at Rose’s Retreat on Saddle Lake.

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. Learn the sacred order of survival: how to construct shelter, make fire, prepare water, and find food. Tired of watching all the frustrated Survivors try to make fire? Learn to make fire using a bow drill. Without water, dehydration can set in very rapidly. Learn how to find and prepare water in order to make it drinkable. Participants will learn how to make primitive drinking vessels and how to boil water using primitive techniques. Find, identify, and prepare edible and medicinal plants. Learn how to identify animal habitats, create simple traps and snares. Basic hunting and tracking techniques will be taught, as well as identification of different animals based on their tracks and other signs of their passing.

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