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Last Update February 8, 2010 |
Open House Demonstration Day!
SATURDAY MARCH 6 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
New Location 5000 Howard Business Parkway off 6th concession (between Howard and Huron Line)
Come on out to our Demo day and check what our Dojo has to offer.
SCHEDULE
11:00am - 11:25am - Youth Demonstration
11:30am - 11:45am - Weapons Demonstration
11:45am - 12:00pm - Adult Demonstration
12:00pm - 12:15pm - Instructor Demonstration
12:15pm - 12:45pm - Free Trial Class
12:45pm - 1:00pm - Questions and Answers
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If you would like more information
Contact by phone at (519) 972-6543
ORemail at seikokan@yahoo.com
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New Location!
New Location 5000 Howard Business Parkway off 6th concession (between Howard and Huron Line)
The Dojo has a separate entrance off to the right side of the building.
Our new Dojo now has change rooms, an office as well as 84 tatami (mats).
Register Now!
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If you would like more information
Contact by phone at (519) 972-6543
ORemail at seikokan@yahoo.com
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Facebook
Seikokan Aikido now has a Facebook account. Anyone is welcome to join. Please feel free to post comments, pictures, and videos.
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Seikokan Dojo Merchandise |
| *Aikido Seikokan T-Shirts (Youth-white)....$15.00
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*Aikido Seikokan T-Shirts (Black or Grey)....$20.00
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*Seikokan Dogi Bags (with detachable pouch)....$35.00
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*Aikido Dogi (100% Cotton quality Uniform)....$80.00
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*Weapons Bag (For Bokken, Jo, Tanto)....$35.00
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*Bokken (Hardwood Sword, 1 meter)....$25.00
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*Bokken (White Oak Japan, 1 meter)....$75.00
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*Bokken (Red Oak Japan, 1 meter)....$75.00
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*Bokken Youth (Hardwood Sword, 75 cm)....$20.00
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*Jo (Hardwood Staff, 127 x 2.5 cm)....$30.00
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*Jo (White Oak Japan, 127 x 2.5 cm)....$95.00
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*Jo Youth (Hardwood Staff, Various)....$15.00
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*Tanto (Hardwood knife, 29 cm)....$10.00
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| *Next Adult Kyu Test Thursday February 5 - 11:00am & 7:30pm*
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**Next Youth (Ages 6-9) Kyu Test TBA - 6:00pm**
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***Next Youth (Ages 10-13) Kyu Test TBA - 6:00pm***
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| Kenshu - April 24, 2008 |
| James Demers |
| Linton Lee |
| C. James Nolan |
| Mark Casagrande |
| Richard Reaume |
| Ken Clarke |
| Lance Spina |
| Patrick Baylis |
| Robert Bondy |
| Dan Sionov |
| Michelle Demers |
| Nathan Unwin |
| Marc Parent |
| Rob Iannucci |
| David Haradyn |
| Chris Ard |
| Adults - December 4, 2008 |
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| 1st Kyu |
| Marc Parent |
| 6th Kyu |
| Chris Vander Hyden |
| 7th Kyu |
| CShawn Emery |
| 8th Kyu |
| Francis Burns |
| 9th Kyu |
| Chris Gauvin |
| Sam Garlick |
| Youth (Ages 6-9) - November 25, 2008 |
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| 4th Kyu |
| Sergei Ouditt |
| Luka Miokovic |
| 5th Kyu |
| Conner Sax |
| Daniel Sebestyen |
| Yousef Alami |
| 6th Kyu |
| Natalie Koutras |
| 7th Kyu |
| Mateo Desando |
| Shawn Evon |
| Victoria Iannucci |
| Daniel Kelly |
| 8th Kyu |
| Alexa Vanier |
| Gabriella Rauti |
| Peter Sebestyen |
| 9th Kyu |
| Frank Amato |
| Donald Davidson |
| Christopher Francia |
| Donald Hearn |
| Annika Desando |
| Maia Schisler |
| Lukas Koutras |
| 10th Kyu |
| Karen Accetta |
| Charlette Davidson |
| Jonathan Graniero |
| Noah Meloche |
| Ancika Quimby |
| Christian Yager |
| Ethan Sax |
| Carver Mackinnon |
| Mya Guadette |
| Youth (Ages 10-13) - November 27, 2008 |
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| 4th Kyu |
| Samantha Staddon |
| 5th Kyu |
| Marino Ard |
| Maxwell Staddon |
| Andrew Cookson |
| Corey Winseck |
| 7th Kyu |
| Dyllan Meloche |
| Steven Appleyard |
| 8th Kyu |
| Brad Simone |
| 10th Kyu |
| Matthew Andrews |
| Khaled Ewemer |
| Ethan Scott |
| Logan Steinburg |
| Kailey Scurr |
Zan Shin |
| Stand in the Middle of a Teeter-Totter
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| by Rob Bondy
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| Recently I attended a visitation for a young girl who had died in a car accident. Being a parent of two young girls, I found the experience particularly difficult. As I drove away from the funeral home, I became aware of a very strong appreciation for life that I am hit with immediately following such loss. It usually manifests as a deeper commitment to be a good father and husband. In that moment, I experienced a merging of two dualities, life and death. Duality is the great challenge in life. How do we reconcile life and death, strong and weak, hard and soft, or compassion and detachment?
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In training, there are countless opportunities to encounter dualities. Hard and soft, or rather, tense and relaxed is a common one. Our goal is most definitely to be relaxed in our practice; but, with so much to be attentive to, this seems impossible. Robert Mustard Sensei noticed this in his past visits to our dojo, calling the lot of us a "bunch of gorillas". Showing some sympathy for this plight, Mustard Sensei also reminded us that without tense, we could never know relaxed. Although it was said in an almost off handed manner, that simple observation is the core teaching for anyone who seeks to study the way seriously.
| In training, we will continually move between extremes. In our first attempts at Jiyu waza (freestyle) we will sometimes move too fast, and at other times not fast enough. As our pins develop we find a balance between a weak and ineffective pin and the arm wrenchers that test our training friendships. Most clearly we can see it in weapons practice. There it seems more difficult to get that correct distance. Close enough to breathe reality into the martial nature of the movement, but far enough to prevent injury. This interval is called Ma ai.
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The translation of Ma ai is "proper distance". Ma means distance, and Ai means harmony. This is the same Ai as in Aikido (The way of harmony with energy). Harmony and balance seems to be the core goal of both budo and life. We want it now. That's our problem, fault, whatever. What we must keep in mind is that we need to know and experience both sides before we can ever have harmony. Fast and slow, hard and soft, or life and death are all part of the same reality. We should not begrudge either, or we will never have Ai.
| "Everyday is a good Day"
-Ummon
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| "There are only two things you can control in the universe;
your actions, and your reactions."
-Rob Bondy
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Have Questions or Comments?
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