Hello everybody, The year’s first Aikido practice is fast approaching. The first practice will be on Saturday, September 18th, from 1:45pm-4pm in Riverside Lounge (the practice rooms behind New South). Our schedule for the rest of the year follows: Riverside Lounge Mon: 7:30-9:00p.m. Wed: 8:30-10:00p.m. Sat: 1:45-4:00p.m. You don’t need to wear a gi to [...]

Aikido Shobukan Dojo’s’ annual weapons intensive summer camp will be held from 1-5 July at Catholic University. (Wednesday 1 and Sunday 5 July are half days).  Unfortunately we are not allowed to ask for SAC funding during univeristy vacations, so please see Mike at Shobukan if you’re interested in working camp.  If you’d like to [...]

Congratulations to Luella and Greg who successfully tested at Shobukan’s December kyu testing for yonkyu and ikkyu respectively! Both of you looked great! Also, thank you to everyone who came out to support them and to train with Saotome-Sensei during the morning class at the Dojo last Saturday. We had a great Georgetown Aikikai showing on [...]

The Aikido club is hosting a movie night soon, open to the entire campus community. We’ll be watching a Thai martial arts film. What: Ong Bak 2: The Beginning + Asian cuisine! Date: Friday, Oct. 9 Time: 7:15-9:15p.m. Location: ICC 115 Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (องค์บาก 2) is a 2008 Thai martial arts film [...]