Welcome to South Austin Aikido

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

Saturday, March 19th:  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, March 20th:  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.

Just a reminder that Daylight Saving Time will begin this weekend at 2:00AM on Sunday, March 13th, at which time we will turn our clocks forward one hour (spring forward).

See http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b2.html  for more details.

Todd Kammerer celebrated the 18th anniversary of his 29th birthday Monday with 50 rolls. Everybody in class got into the act--even granddaughter Gabby threw Todd five times, which pleased her to no end.

Happy Birthday, Todd!

Due to the severe winter storm moving through Central Texas, South Austin Aikido will have a modified schedule Thursday, February 3rd. We will not have a second class (7:00 - 8:00 PM), to let people get home before the worst of the weather. During these poor weather conditions, please take care and travel safe.

We will back to our normal training schedule on Sunday, when everybody will be nice and rested after our mini break! Feel free to call us at 512-970-2422 if you have any questions regarding our class schedule.

The weekend before last, Mary Heiny Sensei made her fourth visit to South Austin Aikido.  The seminar was a huge success with 52 participants over the seminar weekend.

We studied aikido connection which, is at the heart of every technique.  Mary Sensei explained about the importance of acceptance and how to dissipate energy into the ground by passing it down your spine.  We practiced this principle primarily thru ryote tori from a variety of techniques including ikkyo, iriminage, shihonage, kokyunage and tenchinage.

On Saturday after the second class, we headed to the beautiful home of Darrell White for a pot luck celebration.  The food was awesome and we had a lot of enjoyable conversation, mostly picking Mary Sensei’s brain about her experiences in Japan and ideas about aikido.

Thank you to all of the participants who came to support the seminar and a special thank you to Mary Heiny Sensei for your teaching over this wonderful seminar weekend.  We look forward to doing this again in the future!

We are very excited to be hosting a seminar Mary Heiny Sensei the weekend of January 21st - 23rd.  This will truly be an awesome event and Aikidoka of all levels are encouraged to attend both the weekend seminar and the pot luck Saturday night.

Seminar Schedule

• Friday 1/21 -- 6:00PM to 7:30PM
• Saturday 1/22 -- 10:00AM to 12:00PM and 2:30PM to 4:30PM followed by a pot luck at 7:00PM (maps available in the dojo)
• Sunday 1/23 -- 10:00AM to 12:00PM

Seminar Flyer: http://www.southaustinaikido.com/images/flyers/mary_heiny_sensei_2011_flyer.pdf

Info on Mary Heiny Sensei: http://www.maryheiny.com

Please note that we share the parking lot with several businesses in our building.  Typically this is not an issue since our class schedule is after they close (evenings and Sundays). These business do operate on Saturday morning so our members and guests will need to park in the Broken Spoke's parking lot (next door to our dojo) for the Saturday morning portion of the seminar.

See you in the mat!