From Teens’ Leadership Team Member, Chris Ziliotto
About 2 weeks ago, all little kids went through their first Aikido test. I could tell that all that sitting wasn’t easy for many of the kids but they made it all the way through.
Something that I thought was cool for the kids was…
Thank you to Tribulant Software for their recent donation of our fantastic, new shopping cart!
We needed an efficient and easy way to get Fred Hill’s hip and cool AKSB T-Shirts and Hoodies to our fans. We tried various plugin’s during our testing period and in the end…
Congratulations, and many thanks to the marvelous instructors who gave so willingly of their time and talent to making this event an artistic success…
CONGRATULATIONS, JACOB!!
And thank you to all those who helped make Jacob’s fundraiser a huge success!!!
TweetOn May 21st, our dojo was paid a visit by a very special sensei, Francis Takahashi, founder of Aikido Academy USA in Los Angeles. All of us aikidoka had been working furiously the entire weekend previous, to prepare the dojo for our esteemed guest. Happily, we pulled it together quite well, so I personally felt…
To Takahashi Shihan and to AKSB Members:
Takahashi Sensei, thank you again for joining us last Saturday for a very successful fundraising and training event! It was a pleasure getting to know you better both on and off the mat. And it was such a…
Dear members and supporters of Aikido Kenkyukai;
It was my privilege and honor to be invited to join you all in the recent fund raising event at your dojo. … What a magnificent place to train and to call home…
Hi! Thank you for this space to share my thoughts with AKI SB and special thanks to Lia Suzuki sensei for inviting me to write my comments… I am inspired by the hard work of Suzuki sensei and her collaborators in taking an idea to real actions. Today as I watched the latest video…
“On April 15, 2011 Lia Suzuki Sensei 6th dan and Chief Instructor of Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara arrived in the Washington, DC area for the first of a 3 day seminar hosted by Potomac Aikikai…”
TweetAt which I’m astonished to find that I’m probably not smarter than a 5th grader… I recently wrapped this shoot for a local nonprofit, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara. The shoot, for which Nick and I donated our time and equipment (pats back), was a challenge. While we loved working with Lia Suzuki Sensei [Exec. Director of AKSB…
TweetIn cooperation with: The Peace Academy and The Santa Barbara School District January 20, 2007 (All photos by Tom Long. Thanks, Tom!!!) Gassho for Peace, 2007 Dear Lia Sensei, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation—thank you very much. Janet Wolf Santa Barbara County Second District Supervisor Gassho for Peace, 2007 On January 20th, A.K.I. Santa Barbara…
