Welcome to South Austin Aikido

We had an awesome group travel to the Rockies for summer camp this year. The group included Todd and Tommy Kammerer, Charles Pummill, Kyle Shillibeer, Stephen Hughes, David Huffaker and myself. Sunny Skys Sensei from Fremont California tagged along with us for the ride making for a most enjoyable week of training.

The training itself went by like a blink; even training 26 hours over the seven days at 7000 feet. Ok, we all came home pretty exhausted. But it was a beautiful trip and a good learning experience. I saw many friends whom I got to train with making it a pretty special week.

This years camp featured Murashige Sensei from San Diego, California as guest instructor along with the famous teaching trio of Ikeda Sensei from Boulder, Colorado, Saotome Sensei from Florida and Duran Sensei from Redwood City, California. Murashige Sensei added a lot to the camp, bringing a wonderful personality to the mat. His classes showed us we are right on track with the direction our aikido is going. He was constantly focused on accepting energy inward as you enter into your partner’s centerline. The result was a beautiful blend of softness which could not be resisted.

I hope everyone enjoyed the trip as I did. I am already looking forward to next year’s camp!