Welcome to South Austin Aikido

Just a reminder to our group on where we post our SAA pictures.  We have two URLs that can be used to see many photos on Phanfare (over 45G) .  The first link below provides general access to our public photos.  The second link allows members to log in using their Phanfare ID/password to see our SAA private photos and videos in addition to the public photos.

• General Access: http://southaustinaikido.phanfare.com
• Member Access: http://albums.phanfare.com/southaustinaikido

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how to log into the member's access.

Many Blessings,

It is good to be home.  ASU Summer Camp in the Rockies was a great experience!  There will be more information coming soon about the camp.

George Ledyard Sensei took some videos of each of the teachers at this year's camp and posted them in the video section of his Facebook page (Thank you Ledyard Sensei).  See link below.  Enjoy!

Click here to see the videos

A group of us are attending the ASU Summer Camp just outside of Glenwood Springs, CO.  The weather is perfect, excellent teachers, lots of training and great fun with our many friends (both new and old).  This is truly an awesome camp and one that Aikidoka of all levels benefit from.  Look for our update on our experience very soon.

Not to worry.  Even though some of us are at camp, the dojo is open this week for class during our normal hours.

We will have our normal class schedule on Sunday, July 5^th.  If you are in town and your schedule permits, come on by and train with us.

Whether you are traveling or staying in town for various activities, we at South Austin Aikido wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable July 4th holiday weekend!

We recently finished a seminar with Bill Gleason Sensei of Shobu Aikido in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sensei worked the entire weekend on the principle of entering and rotating the spine with proper posture.  The key to the movement is to bend your knees and allow the energy to move down your spine.  We worked from a variety of attacks each time working to keep our hips facing our partner and rotating the spine without twisting the hips away from our attacker.  It was a mind teaser at first but became easier as the weekend progressed.  Each movement was based on entering directly into uke’s power and twisting the spine.

On Sunday Jesse Spears rolled 60 times to celebrate his birthday. Even with the dojo being quite warm due to the recond heat in Texas, Jesse did very well rolling for the many energetic aikidoka who helped with the special birthday rolls. Great Job Jesse and Happy Birthday!