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Children's Test Event photos_ May 20, 2008. |
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
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Enjoy these wonderful images taken by Jason Tsuyemua. Check back later in the week for pics of our teen and adult test candidates.
Posted by Skys Sensei. |
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Awesome tests across the board! Test Event_ 5/20/08. |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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Woohoo! What a wonderful evening of testing from our newest children taking their first belt tests to Josef navigating his ikkyu exam which is the highest kyu rank before a black belt. As the head instructor I was both delighted and proud to watch all of our test candidates glow with skill and spirit. Congratulations on your promotions... omedeto gozaimasu! Children's Program: Chelsea Chan_ white belt + one stripe Martial Mendenhall_ white belt + one stripe Neel Mishra_ white belt + one stripe Josephine Chua_ white belt + two stripes George Kozak_ white belt + two stripes Hai-Kinh Hoang_ yellow belt + two stripes Melvin Lin_ orange belt Alex Spry_ orange belt + one stripe Arthur Kwong_ green belt + one stripe Teen Program: Anila Kalonia_ teen green belt / low Adult Program: Stephanie Zee (teen)_ gokyu (5th kyu) Keith Love_ yonkyu (4th kyu) Josef Stastny_ ikkyu (1st kyu) |
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Words of praise to the ‘Friends of Mary Heiny’! |
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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Sadly, many professional aikido instructors are without health insurance coverage. Speaking from personal experience, just keeping the doors of an aikido school open is financially challenging. Making an adequate living is extremely difficult. As you all know, health insurance is not cheap and as a person moves into their senior years, the cost continues to climb. An internationally respected aikido instructor, Mary Heiny Sensei, is without health coverage and in serious need of a hip replacement. She is a gifted instructor who has devoted her life to the art and to spreading the "path of peace" wherever she ventures. She is currently walking with a cane and without this operation her days on the mat are drawing to an end. ‘Friends of Mary Heiny’ stepped forward to mobilize the aikido community in financially assisting Heiny Sensei in her time of need. And I enthusiastically sing their praise. Through their efforts over $23,000 has been collected. Beyond the ‘cash’ that has been generously gifted, a surgeon at the University of Northern Illinois has donated his time. Mary will have her hip replacement on June 3rd! Miracles do happen when communities share a vision. |
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