Welcome to South Austin Aikido

All classes will start at their normal scheduled time during this holiday weekend (Sunday at 1:00pm and Monday at 6:00pm).  Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

We just concluded our third annual Aiki Week. We had fourteen classes across seven days, which included a lot of various topics we normally do not get to cover during our regular training. This was a lot of fun and it provided some extra exposure to everyone in their training on various weapons training as well as other types of open hand and ukemi practice.

Although I was tired beginning the week, the high attendance numbers quickly turned my tiredness into enthusiasm. We averaged 16 people thru the 14 classes which is outstanding. We also had 9 people train all 7 days which is an all time high.

Thanks to everyone for making Aiki Week so successful. See you on the mat!

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We will be cleaning the dojo after the first class on Sunday, August 24th.  Many hands make quick work, so members are encouraged to come and help clean and prepare the dojo for our upcoming seminar with Sunny Skys sensei (September 5th - 7th).

See y'all on the mat :-)

We just finished Aiki Week and now get to have a day of rest before returning to our training schedule on Sunday.  It was a huge success with great attendance and awesome energy throughout the seven days of training.  The pictures have been posted and there will be more information to follow about this year's AIki Week.

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Recently one of our members, Alina Bushong, earned her IB Diploma. The IB stands for International Baccalaureate and it is a high school program which is only offered at a few high schools in the state of Texas. Students in this program can earn 24 hours of college credit by completing extra course work which is conducted at a higher level to the regular high school curriculum, writing papers on selected topics and taking special tests.

Only about 6 or 7 of these degrees are earned each year from the Leander/Cedar Park School district.  Alina completed her high school degree in the spring of 2007 but fell a couple of points short of earning the degree. She completed extra papers and studied all year to redo testing which was conducted in May of this year. She was recently notified of her success and we are all very proud of her. Many students would have given up but Alina stuck with it and pulled it off. Way to go Alinasan! You rock!

South Austin Aikido's 3rd annual Aiki Week kicks off Saturday, August 16th. With seven days of training and a different focus for each class, Aiki Week is a great opportunity to get in some extra rolling.

We'll celebrate the first day of Aiki Week with a Potluck at Darrell White's house. Directions in the Member's section.

Saturday, August 16th

• 10:00am – 11:00am Basics
• 11:15am – 12:00pm Weapons (Bokken)
• 7:00pm – 10:00pm Potluck Party

Sunday, August 17th

• 1:00pm – 2:00pm All Levels
• 2:15pm – 3:00pm Advanced

Monday, August 18th

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm Ukemi
• 7:15pm – 8:00pm Koshi

Tuesday, August 19th

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm All Levels
• 7:15pm – 8:00pm Advanced

Wednesday, August 20th

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm Rolling
• 7:15pm – 8:00pm Randori

Thursday, August 21st

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm Basics
• 7:15pm – 8:00pm Weapons (Jo)

Friday, August 22nd

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm All Levels
• 7:15pm – 8:00pm Tanto/Tachi/Jo Dori
• 8:30pm - 9:30pm Go out for dinner after class