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Plano Aikido Center Tshirts

Here are the graphics for our tshirt, by Shiba Sensei. The shirts are available in navy blue and white. $15 each, to benefit the dojo’s fund. Click graphic to see the full, full-sized version.

Patch design from front of Plano Aikido Center tshirt.
Patch design from front of Plano Aikido Center tshirt.
Plano Aikido Center tshirt - back graphic
Plano Aikido Center tshirt - back graphic

Kagami Biraki 2010

Kagami Biraki – Jan. 15-17, 2010 – Aikido of Dallas
Yamada sensei

Tentative Class Schedule
Friday PM:          6:30 -   8:00
Saturday  AM:  10:00 – 11:00     11:15 – 12:15
Saturday  PM:     2:00 -   3:15       3:30 -   4:40
Sunday AM:        9:30 – 10:30     10:45  -11:45

Saturday evening: 7:30 — pot luck dinner at the dojo.

Weapon specifications

Here is the information that Shiba sensei sent out regarding training weapons. I’m posting it here to have it archived — Bob

Some of you wanted to buy bokken, jo and tanto but needed some help in the specifications.
Here are the specification for the wooden weapons:

bokken: LOA 40 1/4 inches, sori 3/4 inches
(e.g., http://www.bugei.com/product_1076.htm)

jo: LOA 50 1/4inches, 15/16 inches diameter
(e.g.,http://www.bugei.com/product_1040_detailed.htm)

tanto: LOA 11.5 inches
(e.g., http://www.bugei.com/product_1081.htm)

Best woods are white oak and appalachian hickory but red oak wood is good for beginners.

Good instructional books

Hello everyone,

Sensei asked me to email all of you the information on these two books, so I’m taking the liberty of posting it here so it will be archived.

Both of these books were authored by Moriteru Ueshiba, grandson of O-Sensei, and current Doshu. Both are excellent. I have found the first of these books particularly helpful by going to practice, then coming home and finding the techniques we worked on in the book. This helps not only with understanding of the techniques, but with learning the terminology as well. The sequential photography is good, and since the techniques are demonstrated by Doshu, you can be sure they are the “Aikikai” way of doing things.

 

 

Any Amazon associate payment from purchasing from these links will eventually go to the dojo (whenever Amazon pays me — Bob).