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		<title>Teens&#8217; Perspective: Kids classes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Ziliotto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<em>"One of my goals for the remainder of my term is not only to see myself improve but also some of the kids..."</em>
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There are many different aspects of the kids classes, some are great and some not so much.

These last 2 Mondays, I taught the kids classes, the first class wasn't too impressive and...
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		<title>Teens&#8217; Perspective: Black Belt Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Ziliotto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 7th, I was fortunate enough to be able to be a part of a black belt celebration for one of our instructors.

I've made a few speeches before, all pre-written, and this one was not. Through that speech, I learned that...
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		<title>Jason&#8217;s Second Intro Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Woodruff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, my name is Jason and I'm one of the interns at AKSB.    I just took my second intro class on Saturday the 14th and it was tons of fun.  For this second class, I got to practice at a much faster pace, which I really enjoyed.  Lia Sensei applied a lot of...
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		<title>Andy&#8217;s Black Belt Celebration &#8211; Wrap Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Nygren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, my dojo, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara, celebrated a member’s first-degree black belt promotion. Following an extra-grueling class led by Lia Suzuki Sensei, the dojo members met up for a social at a local sushi restaurant for a “kampai” or two (“Kampai” is a toast in Japanese culture.).  This dojo social turned out to be...
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		<title>Report: Parents&#8217; &amp; Kids&#8217; Class (By Blake Gillespie)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Gillespie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a title="Report: Parents’ &#38; Kids’ Class (By Blake Gillespie)" href="http://aksb.org/2012/02/11/report-parents-kids-class/" rel="attachment wp-att-10981"><img class="alignright  wp-image-10981" style="float: right; border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid; margin: 5px;" title="Blake Gillespie" src="http://aksb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blake-Gillespie-125x150.jpg" alt="" width="50" /></a>I really enjoyed being in class with Oscar. We really had fun together; I could feel how proud he was, and I was very proud of him. I worked up a real sweat, and was surprised to find...</blockquote>
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		<title>Best WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Report: Japan Relief Aikido Seminar, Alhambra CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a title="AKSB 2010 Japan Relief Fundraiser" href="http://aksb.org/2011/07/31/report-japan-relief-aikido-seminar-alhambra-ca/"><img class="alignright" style="float: right; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid; margin: 10px;" title="Francis Takahashi" src="http://www.aikidojournal.com/images/expo/takahashi_large.jpg" alt="" width="100" /></a>Congratulations, and many thanks to the marvelous instructors who gave so willingly of their time and talent to making this event an artistic success...

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		<title>Wrap-Up: Jacob&#8217;s Roll-A-Thon Fundraiser</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a title="Jacob" href="http://aksb.org/2011/07/28/wrapup-jacobs-rollathon-fundraiser/"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin: 5px; float: right; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;" title="Jacob's Roll-a-Thon Fundraiser for Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara" src="http://aksb.org/wp-content/gallery/roll-a-thon-fundraiser/igp1342.jpg" alt="" width="65" /></a>CONGRATULATIONS, JACOB!!
And thank you to all those who helped make Jacob's fundraiser a huge success!!!

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		<title>The Aiki Way: Visit from Francis Takahashi Shihan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eve Konstantine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 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...
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		<title>Message from Lia Suzuki Sensei</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 06:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lia Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...
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