Aikido of Winnipeg
88 sherbrook st R3C 2B3 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Noah Levine Sandan Test Note: Every participant was tested for temperatures and have only been in contact with each other over the past several months. We took ...all precautions to avoid the spread of Covid-19. We take the pandemic seriously wouldnt have had any participants with symptoms in the dojo. See more

Quarantine Kyu Testing. We held our regularly scheduled kyu tests with special stand-ins as everyone is keeping their social distances. These are the highlights of everyone's test: https://youtu.be/-0fXMe09UGM

We had a successful webinar this weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated. This was a great opportunity to connect with people from around the world. We had students from USA, England, Sweden, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Finland, Netherlands and Mexico.

Challenge #2: Wall Walk Push Ups. Came up with this one myself. Challenging Robin (cause she always want to do a pushup race), Stephen (cause he's military), Cam (cause he's the same age as me) and Ylva (cause she was amazing at the last one).

T-shirt challenge? Leanne saw some famous people doing this and wanted me to try...

Leanne saw some famous people do this and challenged me to see if I can...

The four elements (Earth - Tyffany; Air - Noah; Water - Doug; Fire - Jerome)

Leanne Sensei and Doug Sensei playing with Yokomenuchi https://youtu.be/ENWwwn_kueA

Thought that I would add on the footwork that I use to make that big spin for step number 5...

We were practising Happo Giri this morning. I like to throw in a big rotation for step number five...

The Art of Peace that should be practiced when you're not on the mat.

Lots of Halloween fun Aikido style

The seminar group with Hendricks Sensei. An ideal group and an ideal size to make it intimate and interactive.

Göteborg 30th anniversary group pictures and Leanne and I on the road.

Saturday morning randori... a few fine gentlemen chasing sone tail. Nage's goal is to keep the ukes in front and not allow them to grab the tail. As uke, when you are face to face with nage, you attack as normal.

Very honored to receive my Godan certificate from Hendricks Shihan. Thank you Sensei.

Happy Birthday, Leanne - Dojo 5 Oh

Checking that your forward roll is along a good line.

All the awesome people that slam me to the mat on my birthday

Our group that shared in Halloween pumpkin carving, samurai style. Notice the pumpkin carnage on the ground.

Demonstrating how the front roll maintains contact with the ground diagonally across the back.