Aikido Shugyo Dojo Newsletter   Copyright © 1997
Apr 1997-May 1997
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

by John McNabb and Oleg Gorfinkel

Readers! You are invited to write for Aikido News on any subject that is interesting to you and that you think may interest others. Story ideas are all around us. It may be an actual event from your life, a fictional story, a poem. Is there a person in our dojo or in the wider aikido community you want to know more about? Why not interview them? Know someone who has a neat story to tell? Ask them to write it down!

Remember—if something impresses you, fascinates you, catches your eye, chances are the rest of us want to know about it to.

Cartoon by Hamish MacDonald

Aikido in the Philippines by Laura Holmes

From the edge of the mat by Claire F. Wooten

Daruma by Alan Terakawa

Finding time by Paul McCafferty

Aikido in fog poem by Fran Turner

Dance of Wills poem by Tina Machado

Interview with Corrado Listro by Siamak Abdollahi

Aiki Pix by Ose Kolman

Free Introduction to Aikido/Bring a Friend Class
the First Tuesday of each month, 19:30-20:45 at the Bloor Valley Club
Upcoming dates are May 6 and June 3. This free class acquaints absolute beginners with some of the basics of aikido.

Seminar with Fran Turner Sensei
April 19 & 20 at Montreal Aikikai
Fran Turner Sensei will teach at Montreal Aikikai on April 19 & 20.

Instructors' Classes
Tuesday, April 22, and Tuesday, May 20, 19:30-20:30 at the Bloor Valley Club
These classes will be held one Tuesday evening a month, from 19:30 until 20:30, at the BVC. They are designed for those students who are interested in helping out with teaching, who are third kyu or above, who have Sensei's permission and who have certification in CPR and Basic First Aid.

CPR and Basic First Aid course
Saturday, April 26, or May 24, 9:30-16:30 at the Dunfield Club (Yonge & Eglinton)
Aikido Shugyo students may join a course in CPR and Basic First Aid at the Dunfield Club (Yonge & Eglinton) on one of the two Saturdays mentioned above. All students are urged to take this day-long course taught by ABC Emergency Management Seminars and arranged by the Sports Clubs of Canada. The fee is $55. CPR and First Aid are mandatory for those with teaching responsibilities. To enroll, please speak with Fran.

Seminar with Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan, Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan and Mitsunari Kanai Shihan
May 2, 3 & 4 at Aikido de la Montagne
N. Tamura, 8th dan of France, Y. Yamada, 8th dan of New York Aikikai and M. Kanai, 8th dan of New England Aikikai will be teaching this three-day seminar at Aikido de la Montagne, Montreal.

Seminar with Donovan Waite Sensei
June 21 & 22 at the Metro Central YMCA
Donovan Waite Sensei, 5th dan, of New York Aikikai, will teach a seminar hosted by Aikido Shugyo Dojo at the Metro Central YMCA on the weekend of June 21 & 22.
Jennifer Doyle is organizing the talent night scheduled for the party on Saturday evening.

East Coast Summer Camp
August 2 - 9 at Colgate University
Y. Yamada, 8th dan of New York Aikikai and M. Kanai, 8th dan of New England Aikikai along with guest instructors, Hayato Osawa, 6th dan, and Mariko Takamizo, 5th dan, from Hombu Dojo will be teaching at the 1997 East Coast Summer Camp that will take place at the beautiful Colgate University campus located in Hamilton, New York.

This newsletter is published every two months and is available at the dojo for all Aikido Shugyo members and visitors. If you would like to have Aikido News delivered to your home every two months for one whole year, send your name, full mailing address and a cheque or money order for $10 ($10 U.S. for U.S. residents) payable to Aikido Shugyo Dojo to:

    56 Langley Avenue,
    Toronto, Ontario M4K 1B5
    CANADA

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A weak man is just by accident. A strong but nonviolent man is unjust accident.

—Mahatma Ghandi, Non-Violence in Peace and War