This past weekend was the Mayfair Seminar with Hiroshi Ikeda at Oberlin College. This was something like the 26th year running for this event. It was great to see many familiar faces as well as many new ones. Oberlin Aikikai, headed up by Jim Klar Sensei now, used to be run by my teacher Frank Hreha Sensei for 20 some years. They run a terrific event. Ikeda Sensei was, as usual, a wonderful teacher. He is a very funny guy at times but always gets the important points across. His kokyu ho abilities are outta this world. He barely moves and uke flies. We covered jo vs. bokken and empty hand vs. jo as well. There was, of course, much empty hand. They had a dinner on the last evening which I had to miss. That would have been tonight. Drat! Hales gym, where the event is held, is a huge space and Oberlin is a quaint town. I really enjoy going to Mayfair.
Regards,
Dan McConnell :asian:
Hilliard Budo Center
Modern Arnis of Ohio
Regards,
Dan McConnell :asian:
Hilliard Budo Center
Modern Arnis of Ohio