Kanata Aikikai

Class last night at the Kanata Aikikai, including a future student

Awesome class tonight at the Aikikai, two visitors, Chris from Connecticut and Diego from Italy. It was great meeting both of them, and having the opportunity to train with them. Thank you both for visiting our dojo.

The Kanata Aikikai will be hosting a one day seminar to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday February 22nd, with a celebration dinner at a local restaurant that evening.
This is a save the date notification, much more information will follow.

Sunset tonight at Sandbanks. It's middle of July weather.

I am throwing a question out to my community of Aikidoists.

This February will be the 40th anniversary of my dojo, the Kanata Aikikai. To celebrate this event I would like to host a one day seminar and a dinner. The issue in Ottawa is always the same however, I can rent a space, but have no idea where I can obtain enough mats to rent for the weekend. If anyone has any ideas at all where I can rent mats suitable for this event, as far away as Montreal, please let me hear your suggestions. Thank you.

The Kanata Aikikai will be celebrating Kagami Biraki tomorrow evening, Wednesday January 10th. Class starts at 6:00, I hope to see all the members of the Kanata Aikikai there to help celebrate the new year and renew our commitment to our training.

Happy New Year to all my Facebook Friends, family, and students. May you all have a fantastic 2024. Live well.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

- Jimi Hendrix -

"For all practitioners, I’d like to say that aikido is a very unique martial art and I hope you enjoy its practice. But my main message is for instructors. To the instructors, I would say strongly not to sit and relax. You are still on your way. Aikido is an endless study until you die. Please improve yourself, not for yourself but for your students and for the art of aikido. This is your responsibility. Take it seriously."

-Yoshimitsu Yamada, 8th dan
Chief Instructor at New York Aikikai
President of United States Aiki
Federation
Fr. Interview with Aikido Journal, 2019