Welcome to South Austin Aikido

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a seminar with Ikeda Sensei in Livermore at Jim Alvarez Sensei’s dojo. The seminar was simply incredible! We worked the entire weekend on connection and use of mind and body to lift our partners. We practiced these principles from a series of attacks including katadori, katatedori ryote mochi, kosadori, yokomenuchi and shomenuchi. As if that weren't enough to get my head spinning, we used the jo for practice as well! It was a great experience and really got my mind flowing with ideas to bring back for our training here at home.

I also got to hang out for the weekend with my friend Sunny Skys Sensei from Fremont, who was gracious enough to pick me up at the airport and tote me around to parts of the Bay Area I still can’t figure out.

I had a great time with all of my friends from the Bay Area and look forward to my next trip back there. Thanks to Jim Alvarez Sensei for allowing us to test in his dojo and for hosting this great seminar.