Train with these Aikido Masters.

H OST E D BY : PAT H E N D R I C KS SE N SE I , 7 T H DA N
AWASE & FRIENDSHIP
S A T U R D A Y, N O V E M B E R 9
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10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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$40
Pat Hendricks Sensei
Hoa Newens Sensei
Bernice Tom Sensei
Kim Peuser Sensei
Aikido of San Leandro
Aikido Institute Davis
Sunset Cliffs Aikido
Aikido Institute Oakland
7th Dan
7th Dan
7th Dan
7th Dan
Pat Hendricks began studying Aikido in 1974
while a student at Monterey Peninsula
College in California under Stan Pranin. In
1976 moved to Iwama, Japan, where she
became uchi-deshi and a student of Saito
Sensei for two years. Over the next 25 years
Pat Sensei returned regularly to Iwama as
uchi-deshi under Saito Sensei. She still
returns to this day. In 1984 she founded the
Aikido of San Leandro dojo. At the All-Japan
Demonstration in Tokyo in 1992, Pat Sensei
was very honored to have been the sole uke
for Saito Sensei's demonstration, the first
time a Caucasian, less a female aikido-ka,
participated as uke for such a high-ranking
teacher at such a high profile event.
Howard Hoa Newens Sensei, 7th Dan, has
trained and taught Aikido since 1967.
Throughout the years, he studied with Sensei
Dang Thong Phong, 6th dan, Seiichi Sugano,
8th dan, and the late Morihiro Saito, 9th dan.
Newens Sensei is the former head of Aikido
Institute Oakland. In addition to directing
Aikido Institute Davis, he currently serves on
the board of Takemusu Aikido Association a
non-profit corporation dedicated to
promoting Aikido. He has also trained in Wu
Tai Chi and Chi Kung since 1987. Newens
Sensei has published a comprehensive series
of Aikido DVDs entitled Aikido Curriculum
and a new book “Aikido Insights" that
presents the insights gained after forty-four
years of training.
Bernice Tom, 7th Dan, began Aikido in 1974
and met Saito Sensei shortly thereafter. In
spring 1975, for one month she studied with
Saito Sensei in Japan. She moved to Iwama in
1980 and continued studying with Saito
Sensei for 3½ years in Iwama. She continued
many sojourns to study with him until Saito
Sensei passed in May 2002. She is currently
the head instructor of Sunset Cliffs Aikido.
Kim Peuser, 7th Dan, began training in Aikido
at the Aikido Institute Oakland in 1974. He
was Chief Instructor at the dojo from
1988-1995 and again from 2002 to 2008. He
has trained extensively in California, and
under Morihiro Saito Sensei, 9th Dan, of the
Iwama Dojo in Japan. Peuser Sensei is the on
the Board of Directors of Aiki Integrated Arts
and is a Director of the Takemusu Aikido
Association.
Train with these Aikido Masters.
1033 MacArthur Blvd. San Leandro, CA
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