October 5-6, 2013: Weekend Seminar with Stanley Pranin in Las Vegas!

“Practice Aikido in Fabulous Las Vegas with the Founder of Aikido Journal”

I would like to cordially invite you to join me October 5-6, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be conducting a weekend seminar whose theme this year will be “Revitalizing Your Aikido Technique!.” During the weekend, we will spend quality time together in a private dojo setting limited to 20 attendees. .

There are many areas I plan to cover during the seminar. I would like to walk you through what I regard to be the essential phases of a successful aikido technique. For example, how do you position yourself before there is physical contact with uke? Do you how to take uke’s balance on first contact? Does your application of a technique maintain full control of uke while safeguarding against injury? Is it necessary to resort to pain compliance to apply a joint lock successfully? These are just a few of the many areas I will be discussing over the course of the weekend.

“Moving to the side or rear of uke, into his “blind spot,” makes it extremely easy for nage to safely execute an aikido technique.”

If you would like additional background information on my ideas on technique, I would like to refer you to my article “Towards A Reform of Aikido Technique: Background” where I discuss my views and offer supporting documentation.

The Las Vegas seminar will be a special event with an intimate format. I hope to spend many hours training and chatting with the participants and am sure that this experience will be life-changing for all of us. We are in a position to offer very affordable accommodations for most of the seminar participants to keep costs to a minimum. Since the dojo is limited in size, I would encourage you to reserve a place early if you are certain you would like to attend. If this seminar fills up, we will make an announcement to this effect on the website. The link to make your reservation is below.

Dates: October 5-6, 2013
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Enrollment: $135.00

Theme: “Revitalizing Your Aikido Technique!”
Instructor: Stanley Pranin

Participation limited to 20 persons on a first-come, first-served basis

Event Schedule (subject to change)

Saturday:

• Morning Session: 9:30 am – 11:30 am
• (Lunch break)
• Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Q & A period: 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
• Dinner party: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Sunday:

• 9:30 am – 10:30am
• 10:45 am – 12:00pm
• Informal closing chat
• Departure

Stanley Pranin Bio

Stanley Pranin began aikido in 1962 in a Yoshinkan Aikido dojo. After a few months, he joined an Aikikai group learning from instructors trained by Koichi Tohei, from whom he received his shodan and nidan rankings. Pranin relocated to Japan in 1977 where he lived for 20 years. He studied in Iwama under Morihiro Saito for several years, and accompanied Saito Sensei during the 1980s as his interpreter to the USA, Canada, and numerous European countries.

In 1974, Pranin began a newsletter called “Aiki News,” which later was renamed as “Aikido Journal.” The successor of this publication continues today on the Internet as the “Aikido Journal” suite of websites. Pranin has published hundreds of articles, interviews, books, and videos during his career as an aikido journalist/historian. He is the organizer of the trail-blazing Aiki Expo events held in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Pranin brings with him 50 years of aikido training and teaching experience, and a vast knowledge of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba and the history of the art.

Those making reservations will be sent detailed information concerning the location of the event, optional accommodations for attendees, and notification of the deadline for payment of the balance of the seminar tuition.

Click here to make a non-refundable $25 deposit to reserve a place at the seminar (Event limited to 20 attendees)