VWA Fall Seminar with Ishiyama Shihan - Sept. 12-13, 2025
VWA is happy to announce that our fall seminar with Ishiyama Shihan and Guest Instructors is scheduled for September 12-13, 2025.
Location
St. Philip's Church Gymnasium
3737 West 27th Avenue, Vancouver
1st kyu and dan testing
Test applications must be received by August 12 to vancouverwestaikikai@gmail.com in order to be considered for testing. See the procedure on the CAF webpage here.
Mat fees
Full seminar $80 (discount $40 for U18/students), Sat only $70 (discount $35), Fri only $30 (discount $15), single class $20 (discount $10). NOTE: We prefer the fees to be paid by electronic transfer to pay2vwa@gmail.com.
Registration
Please register online here.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
| Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|
| 5:30 pm: check-in desk opens | 9:00 am: check-in desk opens |
| 6:00-7:00 pm: Macphail Shihan (including 10-min. warm-ups) | 9:30-10:30 am: Kabanets Shidoin (CAF summer camp technical review; (including 10-min. warm-ups)) |
| 7:10-8:00pm: Ishiyama Shihan | 10:30-11:20am: Harrod-Taniguti Sensei |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm: Macphail Shihan | |
| 12:20-2:00 pm: lunch break | |
| 2:00-3:00 pm: Ishiyama Shihan | |
| 3:10-4:00 pm: Moline Shihan (weapons taking) | |
| 4:15-5:30 pm: testing Note: seminar may be extended if more test time is needed. |
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| 6 pm: party at Liz's. $25/person. |