Jul 08
2025

Shochugeiko 2025 July 25-27 in Squamish

Shochugeiko 2025 July 25-27 in Squamish

Shochugeiko (暑中稽古) is Japanese for “mid-summer martial arts training.” Training during adverse conditions, when the world is sunny and extremely hot, encourages both an improvement in physical skills and discipline for the mind. Often, the…

Jul 08
2025

VWA Fall Seminar with Ishiyama Shihan

VWA Fall Seminar with Ishiyama Shihan

Please mark your calendar for the  VWA Fall Seminar with Ishiyama Shihan and Guest Instructors on Friday evening and all day Saturday, September 12-13, 2025. The seminar will take place at the VWA dojo (St. Philip's Church, 3737 W27th Ave, Vancouver).…

Jul 08
2025

Rock Water Aikikai, 5 Year Anniversary Seminar

October 3-5, 2025With Steve Erickson Sensei, 6th Dan, Shidoin. We can hardly believe it's been 5 years!  We opened our dojo 5 months into the global COVID pandemic, when most dojos were closing down or scaling back. We started our new dojo outside in…

"Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat the enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family."

- O’Sensei