Welcome to South Austin Aikido

Congratulations to Joyce and Jesse Spears on the Birth of their new daughter Erin. Erin was born on Monday April 28th and weighed 6 lbs 14 ounces. Except for lack of sleep both Jesse and Joyce are doing well. Pictures are available on line at the following link. http://homepage.mac.com/jessespears/PhotoAlbum7.html

Dates have been set for a seminar with Sunny Skys Sensei from Fremont California. The seminar will be held on July 18-20 click on hyperlink for registration form or flyer. Please come and join in the training with us.

The seminar with Tres Hofmeister Sensei was a great success. Thanks to everyone who attended and assisted with the seminar. Special thanks to Ron and Ian from Boulder for coming to train with us. We hope to do this again in September.

Summer Camp Registrations are available for Colorado and soon to be available for the Washington DC camp. If you are interested in attending either of these camps, please contact me.

New sign up packages for the new year are available, just sign up for three months and receive a judo gi included in the price ($150.00). Also, if you are a friend of a current member, ask about our member special!!

The weapons arrived and exceeded our expectations on quality. we will be putting together another order this year so if interested, contact Chris Sims. The ebony weapons are of good quality and if we get enough people interested, the cost is 50% of the normal retail price. If you are interested in getting in on the order contact Chris at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it The weapons can be viewed at the following link www.arthagallery.com .  Thanks Chris for your assistance on the weapons order.