Welcome to South Austin Aikido

Right when you start to think something is impossible, it actually happens. After many years of training in Texas as the only ASU dojo, the Alamo City Aikido maniacs move into San Antonio and make things happen in a big way. Way to go San Antonio!!

It was awe inspiring to have Ikeda Sensei visit so close to home. The seminar was a huge success with over 50 people training on the mat at the same time.

It is difficult to summarize the training because my head is about to explode from so much information. Ikeda Sensei talked a lot about continuing to improve and explore your aikido. How far can you go before you go? That is our job. Sensei left us with many good ideas and exercises to work on to assist us on this journey. He showed things that looked pretty darn easy until you tried it. That's why we practice, if it were easy, we would not need to train. He also talked about thinking of ourselves as small or weak people. Martial arts are for weak people since strong people don't need martial arts. This emphasis allows us to move away from strength based techniques (assuming we are too small for strength to work for us) to that of blending and connection. Each technique begins with the breaking of balance during the initial attack. Once the balance is broken you can actually perform almost any technique or move in any direction.

The training was a complete blast even though the mat was very crowded. I think we should thank the members of Alamo City Aikido for hosting this seminar. Great Job!! Also, thanks to all our members who came and trained to support the San Antonio group. Thanks to Matt Lowes for coming to visit all the way from Eugene, Oregon. Also thanks to Deneé Reed from Maryland and Ron Santichen for coming with Sensei from Boulder.

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