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Ikeda Sensei group photo from Oberlin


http://www.aikiweb.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1526

Here is a link to the group photo of everyone who was at the seminar that Saturday.

Ikkyo by Yamaguchi Shihan

If you have been to the dojo in the past week, you have noticed that Sensei has been teaching a unique and advanced approach to Ikkyo, the most fundamental technique in Aikido. Here is a clip of The Master himself at work, demonstrating what we have been going over during the past week. Gassho.

-Andre ("Muketsu")

Caption Contest


1. "You want me to jump HOW high?"
2. "It's good to be the king."
3. Joe is helping Eric find his contact lens but Jane doesn’t like Eric and wishes to usurp his Ninja powers by smashing it.
4. "I wish they'd get out of the way of this sweet jump I made......"
5. Joe and Jane teach Eric where the big and little hands are for 6:17 on the clock.
6. "So Jane, when Eric hits the ground, his knees will land here, and his head will hit your foot here, so stay clear past this point."
7. "Exxxxcellent plan! You hold him down and I will leave wheelie marks he won't believe!!"
8. "I keep pumping, but no water comes out....."