Island Aikido
5358 Sparton Rd. V9E 2H5 Saanich, BC, Canada

This photo was taken at our dojo in 2005, on the occasion of one of Andrew's Dan tests. Everyone in the photo looked much younger than they do now, except Andrew who never seems to age!

Sunday kenshu - Advanced basic movements. What a great day's training - thanks for teaching, Andrew!

It's hard to believe our dojo was founded 15 years ago. We celebrated with a day of training with friends from other dojos. Judith taught us some techniques starting from tai sabaki (body movement, evasions), then Jim led a session on kokyu nage (breath throws). Andrew, Tim and Tin visited from Vancouver and Patrick came down from up-island. After the training, we enjoyed a gloriously rich cheesecake together. (Thanks to Jonathan for baking.)

Sunday training was a kenshu (deep study) session. We hosted Andrew McBride and other visitors from Vancouver for a special focus on Ushirowaza (behind) techniques taught by Jim, and Katate Ayamochi (cross-wrist grab) techniques by Judith. Can't wait until the next session!

Great training with Etsuko Shimazaki, who is visiting us in Victoria this week. Enjoy the rest of your Canadian tour, Coro-san!