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On Saturday, March 10th, Violina and Denné hosted a BBQ at their home in West Lake Hills. The theme of the party is what Denné calls lion night, something of a personal holiday of thanksgiving to be celebrated with friends and food.

It is that time of year again where we "spring forward" and tonight we move our clocks forward one hour.  This year is different from previous years, in that Daylight Saving will be longer, starting the second Sunday in March and ending the first Sunday in November.  Click on the link below for more information.

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Violina and Denne would like to invite our Aikido community to their home for a barbecue featuring lots of good African cooking, vegetarian and not so vegetarian. The impetus for the party is what Denné calls lion night, something of a personal holiday of thanksgiving to be celebrated with friends and food.

What: Usiku wa Simba (Lion Night)
When: Saturday 10 March, starting at 4 PM

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Last weekend we had the pleasure of traveling to San Antonio to see our friends at Alamo City Aikido as they hosted Bill Gleason Sensei from Boston Massachusetts. The seminar was a great success with 13 people from Austin attending and there were over 30 aikidoka on the mat during all three sessions.

On February 17th and 18th, I was honored to attend the Aiki Shrine.  This is a training facility which was constructed in Saotome Sensei’s back yard in Myakka City, Florida.  The facility is fun just to get to see, with its traditional Japanese architecture and a large tori gate leading up to it.  The walls of the shrine all can be moved into the dressing rooms to convert it into an outdoor dojo.

As the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun and our Aikido training is no exception.  This coming weekend marks the first anniversary of the formation of South Austin Aikido. It is simply amazing how quickly a year has gone by.   So many wonderful things have happened in the past year for our Aikido community and it is time to celebrate!

We will have a potluck at Darrell White’s home starting at 5:00PM on Saturday, March 3rd.  Members, friends and family are all invited.  Everyone will get to bring and share his or her favorite dish in celebration of our dojo’s anniversary and we may even watch a few Aikido DVDs.

Maps will be available in the dojo or in the members section of our website later this week.  Please feel free to contact Todd Kammerer ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) if you have any questions.