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Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan is coming to Texas - February 24th - 26th, 2006

Our friends at Alamo City Aikido have confirmed that they will be hosting a seminar with Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan in San Antonio on February 24th - 26th, 2006. 

Ikeda Sensei is the founder and chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai, a non-profit school of aikido in Boulder, Colorado.  He currently holds the rank of 7th dan and is a certified Shihan (master instructor) through Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and the Aikido World Federation (Honbu Dojo).

Ikeda Sensei began his study of aikido in 1968, as a college student at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo. In 1978, he followed Saotome Sensei to Sarasota, Florida. In 1980, he moved to Boulder to establish Boulder Aikikai, an associate of Saotome Sensei's Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. Ikeda Sensei lives with his family in Boulder, where he  teaches at Boulder Aikikai and manages the operations of Bu Jin Design, his martial arts supply manufacturing and mail order company.  He also travels extensively as a guest instructor, conducting aikido seminars at dojo around the country and abroad.  This will be Ikeda Sensei's first ever visit to Texas.  We are all very excited to have an opportunity to learn from this master instructor of aikido.