RICHMOND, Va.
- William Witt Shihan, 7th Dan and Saito Sensei's senior student in the U.S., will
be making his 14th visit to Richmond October 10-12.RICHMOND, Va.
- William Witt Shihan, 7th Dan and Saito Sensei's senior student in the U.S., will
be making his 14th visit to Richmond October 10-12.The site will be the Brock Center at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.
The fee is $80 for the entire seminar, $40 for Friday only, and $60 for Saturday or Sunday only. Click here for directions to the college, and here for a campus map. For further information, call Bryan Park Aikido Chief Instructor Tim Sheldon at 804-477-4533 or email him at timsheldon99@yahoo.com.
Witt Shihan is primarily responsible for bringing the teaching of Saito Sensei to the United States. This is extremely important in the history of Aikido in the U.S., because Saito Sensei had the best understanding of O Sensei's weapons system.
O Sensei did not teach weapons to any
great extent at the Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. He kept this training almost exclusively in
Iwama. Weapons and Taijutsu go together in Aikido, as we've read, and if Bill Witt had not
connected Saito Sensei with U.S. Aikido students, we might never have gained this
understanding. See: The Man Who Built
the Bridge to Iwama.
Schedule:
Friday: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Court Three at the Brock Center.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Brock Center.
Lunch Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the college cafeteria or the restaurant of your choice in Ashland.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with breaks each hour, at the Brock Center.
(Photo: William Witt Shihan, 7th Dan, demonstrates technique with Aviv Goldsmith at 2000 seminar in Richmond.)
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