Mushinkan Dojo

Another ZAA Instructor’s Seminar has come and gone. Mushinkan Dojo would like to thank Noble Sensei and all the Teaching Committee members for the great instruction in both how to perform techniques and how to teach.  I cannot say enough about the caliber and quality of everyone who attended. Our time on and off the mat strengthened our connections and friendships. As always everyone of us gave our attention and sacrificed time to make the seminar awesome. Mushinkan Dojo also has the great pleasure of announcing that  Seth Lindberg  was promoted to Shodan this weekend. Mushinkan Dojo is thankful to Seth for his years of dedicated practice and help developing the Dojo.  In gassho, Domaschko  Sensei  [Thank you, Sensei, Mushinkan, and ZAA. I am very grateful for reaching this milestone. Years of training with local Mushinkan members and at many of the ZAA seminars developed me; the journey has just begun of course. Looking forward to growing more...

Images of the ZAA Weapon's Seminar are on Flickr (link)

Zenshinkai Aikido Association - Weapons Seminar in West Chester OH ( July 20-22, 2018) Brochure & Seminar Form Zenshinkai Weapons Seminar - July20-22th - Mushinkan hosted PDF link Greg Tetsuzan Noble Sensei is the Chief Instructor of Zenshinkai Aikido Association. He began his Aikido training at the early age of fifteen, and is now ranked Rokudan (6th degree black belt) Aikikai. He also holds black belt ranks in Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu Iaido and Shindo Muso-ryu Jodo, and has long-term formal training in Zen. Noble Sensei is a certified Zen Teacher and Roshi under Zen Garland, an international organization for Zen training, and is Dharma Successor of Paul Genki Kahn Roshi. The study of Aikido weapons is paramount to our understanding of the aspects of distance, timing, body movement and intensity within our practice. At this seminar we will cover the ZAA weapons curriculum at all levels. Please join us for a ZAA seminar dedicated to weapons practice! Venue:  Pr...

More to come on this, but we do have dates and a venue arranged for a 3-day Aikido weapon's seminar (part of the Zenshinkai Aikido Assocation  series). Save the date...and look forward to a cool brochure.  Date: July 20th – 22nd, 2018 Location: Premier Shooting & Training Center 4845 Premier Way  West Chester, Ohio 45069 Google Maps

This past weekend we hosted our second Zenshinkai Aikido Association (ZAA) Weapon's Seminar near Cincinnati, Ohio.  Mushinkan Dojo sincerely thanks Sensei Noble for training us, the attendees who traveled across states (from New York, West Virginia, and North Carolina), to Master Hamilton and the  Ahn Taekwondo Institute  for use of the venue, to member " Fireman Dave" for donating lunch from Honey Bake Ham (Yum!), and to Heidi Lindberg for capturing photographs (   link to Google Cloud Drive folder with lots of photos  ). Looking forward to future seminars!

Mushinkan Dojo is part of Zenshinkai Aikido Association (ZAA) which offers many seminar across the USA each year:  Zensinkai 2016 Events July-8-10th 2016 ZAA Weapon's Seminar  We are proudly hosting the ZAA Weapon's Seminar in Southwest OH:  Brochure Link (PDF) Where? Offsite venue:  Ahn Taekwondo Institute  11100 Kenwood Road Cincinnati, OH 45242   Parking behind building. Agenda: Friday, July 8  5:15pm -6:00pm Registration  6:00pm -9:00pm Aikido   Saturday, July 9  9:00am -10:00am Zazen   10:00am -1:00pm Aikido   3:00pm -6:00pm Aikido  7:00pm Group Dinner  Sunday, July 10  9:00am -10:00pm Zazen   10:00am -1:00pm Aikido

Sensei Null's Album of the July 2015 Weapon's Seminar  is now available; I believe this is a public link, but check  it out and let Seth know if it doesn't work for you. Mushinkan Members - Photo Album on Google Drive  (photo's by Heidi) currently available only to our members, but if no one objects we may open the access and/or post in a Facebook album. ....actually, these are posted in an experimental Google Plus Folder .  Try it :)

Our first seminar is this coming Friday!  As hosts of the event which draws attendees from several states away, we'll need everyone to help visitors.  We'll be going over etiquette & volunteer opportunities at class this Mon and Wed. Set-up and clean-up duties exist, so please show up early if possible (~4:30PM). Registration starts  @5:15 on Fri Night, and the first Session at 6:00PM. Hosted at   Ahn Taekwondo Institute,   11100 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati OH 45242 More  Seminar Details  already posted on this blog.  Please feel welcome to complement the snack tray with home-cooked cookies (or brownies :) ). There is a Group Dinner Saturday night  

Weapons Seminar Mushinkan Members, next month we will be hosting our first seminar in Cincinnati...  and its the first official weapons seminar from ZAA. Fri July 17th @6PM  thru Sun July 19th 1PM -  Hosted at Ahn Taekwondo Institute, 11100 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati OH 45242  Actions: Click here for  PDF brochure and information Please feel welcome to forward this advertisement And encourage those who may attend to touch base with Sensei Domaschko...or a member of ZAA or Mushinkan Dojo  Message from ZAA  Chief Instructor  Greg Tetsuzan Noble ZAA Members, ​ For quite some time it's been widely accepted ​ , ​   that Aikido principles of body movement ​,  are in part,  related to  ​ buki-waza  ( ​ weapons practice ​ ) ​ . While not all Aikido organizations/dojo practice weapons, the ones that do seem to also have a strong open hand practice. We are pleased to invite you to ou...

Congrats on last night's promotions! Daryl Everding 4th Kyu Hanna Everding - 5th Kyu Sai - 5th Kyu Other Notes: Annual Dues These are due by end-November. Generally $20/$35 per person/family.  Please see Sensei. Zenshinkai Events - Seminars This list (below image) updates over time, so please check on occasion for date changes. In fact, the Mushinkan 2015-July event (17th-19th) has not made the list yet as of today, though it is being talked about via other venues (Facebook/email).  http://zenshinkai.wordpress.com/events-2014-2015/ Early registration will save you money (register ~2weeks prior will save ~$25 from the door price).

Mushinkan Dojo (Liberty Township, OH) will host its first seminar ~1yr from now, currently scheduled for mid-July 2015 on a weekend. The probable venue for it is Martin Martial Arts. It will likely be weapon focused. Stay tuned and look for volunteer opportunities, since host locations often help attendees from afar and prepare the event.

Seminars:  There has been some increased interest in attending seminars    (few day workshops) .   Mushinkan is an  affiliate  Dojo of the Zenshinkai (ZAA) organization that hosts many seminars across the United States.    Click on this link for the current schedule.  Zenshinkai Aikido Events Schedule (Seminars Event Link)    Previously, a copy of the events were listed in the "Calendar Tab," but these were not updated well.  Instead, a link to the ZAA Event Page is now highlighted there.

ZAA seminars occur several times a year across the US.  See the ZAA Events (Link) for details. Recently an Instructor's Seminar was held in Charleston, WV.  Many photo's are on the ZAA Facebook page   and their Media Page (Link) . Here are some Mushinkan Dojo snap shots : Mushinkan member Seth confesses to enjoying only the first 35% of the seminar (his first seminar experience).  So he missed the group photo, but there is evidence he attended: