Aikido Shoho Dojo Grand Opening

合気道小林道場ニューヨーク道場開き
Aikido Kobayashi Dojo presents
Aikido Shoho Dojo Grand Opening
Seminar & Demonstration featuring top Instructors from the Tri-state area
Saturday October 6th, 2012
Glen Matsuda, 6 Dan Aikikai
Aikido Association of America
Corey Guilbault, 4 Dan Aikikai
Zenshinkai Aikido Association
Steve Kanney, 5 Dan Aikikai
Takemusu Aikido Association
Stewart Johnson, 4 Dan Aikikai
Zenshinkai Aikido Association
Location:
Aikido Shoho Dojo
307 East 92nd Street (between 1 & 2 Ave), 2 Floor, NYC 10128
(646) 509-9212
http://aikidonyc.com
Schedule:
9:30 am
10 am-1 pm
1-3 pm
3-5 pm
5-5:30 pm
6 pm
Registration & warm up
Aikido
Lunch break
Aikido
Demonstrations
Group Dinner
Please bring your jo, bokken & tanto.
Instructors’ Biographies:
Glen Matsuda, 6th Dan, is chief instructor of Rockland Aikido. Beginning his Aikido
study in 1970, he has studied under several instructors and had been with Toyoda
Shihan since 1974. Matsuda Sensei has been an assistant instructor at Tenshinkan Dojo,
headquarters of the AAA, and has taught programs in Illinois, Indiana and Rockland
County, NY. He is a member of the Northeastern Division Teaching Committee. In
addition, Matsuda Sensei has studied Shodo, or Japanese calligraphy for 8 years with
Nihon Shuji, receiving the rank of Shodan.
Steve Kanney is the chief instructor of the Aikido Westchester Dojo and teaches the
majority of the classes. He began martial arts training in 1972, and Aikido in 1978. While
starting with a student of Yamada Sensei, he first met Morihiro Saito Sensei at a 10 day
seminar in the United States in 1979. While he was not able to move to Japan as a
formal student of Saito Sensei, he did continue to follow his seminars in the U. S. and
practice on his own in addition to his regular Aikido training. He moved to New York in
1983 and first met Seiichi Sugano in 1989. His practice gravitated towards Sugano
Sensei's approach over time, while he continued to accumulate experience with Morihiro
Saito Sensei. With the passing of sensei’s Sugano (2010) and Saito (2002), he
eventually found his way to the Takemusu Aikido Association under the direction of Hoa
Newens Sensei 7th Dan. He also finds opportunities to train at seminars with Hitohiro
Saito as well as other senior Takemusu Aikido Association instructors.
Aikido of Norwalk chief instructor Corey Guilbault began his training in 1989 while in
college at Syracuse University. Upon graduation, he enrolled as a student of Tenshinkan
Dojo, headquarters of the Aikido Association of America, under the late F. Toyoda
Shihan. Several years later, Mr. Guilbault moved to Brooklyn, New York where he
became a student of Shaku Joseph Jarman Sensei at the Jikishinkan Dojo. Awarded his
Shodan during his years at Jikishinkan Dojo, Guilbault Sensei went on to instruct
numerous classes at the dojo and spent several years as the director of the dojo
children's program. In 1999 Guilbault Sensei moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where at
the request of Toyoda Shihan, and with the support of the Aikido Association of America,
he founded Aikido of Norwalk. Today Mr. Guilbault is a student of G. Noble Sensei and
he has affiliated Aikido of Norwalk with the Zenshinkai Aikido Association where he also
serves as a member of the Teaching Committee.
Stewart Johnson Sensei began his Aikido and formal Buddhist training in 1992 at
Jikishinkan Dojo under Joseph Jarman Sensei. Currently ranked Yondan (fourth degree
black belt), he became Chief Instructor and Dojo-cho of Jikishinkan Dojo in 2005.
Johnson Sensei was fortunate to have been able to attend seminars and receive
instruction from Shihan Fumio Toyoda from 1992 until 2001, when Toyoda Sensei
tragically and unexpectedly passed away. In 2011 Jikishinkan Dojo affiliated with the
Zenshinkai Aikido Association, an organization founded by Greg Noble Sensei to
continue Toyoda Sensei's Aikido teaching and legacy. Johnson Sensei serves on the
Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Buddhist Association and is a member of the
Zenshinkai Aikido Association teaching committee. His goal as both an Aikido student
and teacher is to fully realize the truth of O'Sensei's statment: "Opponents confront us
continually, but in reality there is no opponent there."
SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM
Aikido Shoho Dojo Grand Opening: Saturday October 6, 2012
Please register me for the seminar. Enclosed is my check or money
order in the amount of $60 made payable to: Shoho Dojo
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Please mail registration form and payment to:
Shoho Dojo, 307 E. 92nd St. 2nd Fl, NY, NY 10128
For more info contact Ph: 646-509-9212 Email: aikidonyc@gmail.com
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