Welcome to South Austin Aikido

This past Sunday we had two tests with Chris Weber testing for Gokyu and Gilbert Hughes testing for Nikyu.

Chris got to go first and did a fabulous job of moving and bending his knees. His posture was good and he easily handled all of the required techniques, plus plenty of extra ones. His randori was off of the charts as he used the entire mat and kept all of his ukes spread throughout the exercise. Great job Chris on a great test!!

Then Gilbert came next, moving very well through the kyu test. Though he did get a little tired, his energy and pace of the test was very good. Gilbert did such a good job with all of the techniques that we added tanto dori for good measure and he did very well with the take-aways. Great job Gilbert and keep up the good work!!

Following the kyu tests we went over to PeiWei for dinner and celebration where we all enjoyed plenty of good food and conversation. Thanks to everyone for a successful kyu test Sunday and special thanks to the many ukes during the kyu tests.

We will have open mat for kyu test preparation and kyu testing this weekend (see schedule below).

Saturday, February 27th:  Open Mat 10:00AM to 11:30AM: We will have open mat time available for reviewing the upcoming kyu tests as well as general open mat time. All are welcome to participate in this 90 minute training session.

Please note that we share the parking lot with several businesses that operate on Saturday morning so our members/guests will need to park in the Broken Spoke's parking lot (next door to our dojo) for the Saturday morning class.

Sunday, February 28th:  Kyu Testing 2:15PM to 3:15PM: We will have kyu testing during the second class. We plan on going out for dinner immediately following and all are welcome to join.

We will have open mat for kyu test preparation this weekend (see schedule below).

Saturday, June 26th:  Open Mat 10:00AM to 11:30AM: We will have open mat time available for reviewing the upcoming kyu tests as well as general open mat time. All are welcome to participate in this 90 minute training session.

Please note that we share the parking lot with several businesses that operate on Saturday morning so our members/guests will need to park in the Broken Spoke's parking lot (next door to our dojo) for the Saturday morning class.

Sunday, June 27th:  Normal class schedule 1:00PM to 3:00PM.  The kyu testing planned for this weekend has been rescheduled for a later date.

Monday, June 28th:  No Class:  Due to the weekend training on June 26th and 27th, there will be no class on Monday, June 28th.

We will have open mat for kyu test preparation this weekend (see schedule below).

Saturday, July 10th:  Open Mat 10:00AM to 11:30AM: We will have open mat time available for reviewing the upcoming kyu tests as well as general open mat time. All are welcome to participate in this 90 minute training session.

Please note that we share the parking lot with several businesses that operate on Saturday morning so our members/guests will need to park in the Broken Spoke's parking lot (next door to our dojo) for the Saturday morning class.

Sunday, July 11th:  Kyu Testing 2:15PM to 3:15PM: We will have kyu testing during the second class. We plan on going out for dinner immediately following and all are welcome to join.

Monday, July 12th:  No Class:  Due to the weekend training on July 10th and 11th, there will be no class on Monday, July 12th.

On Sunday we celebrated Todd Kammerer’s birthday by providing birthday rolls from everyone in attendance.  No one is completely sure how old Todd is (I think he is 29 for the 17th time) but he rolled 52 times in just about 5 minutes.  Not bad for a middle aged guy.  Todd hung in pretty well and although sucking a lot of air, he completed his rolls without too much difficulty. He did count very strictly as no one was allowed any do overs.  Way to go Toddsan and Happy Birthday!!