Bridge Seminar News
2009 Bridge Seminar Registration
Registration is now open for the 2009 Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar. The seminar will once again be held at Jiai Aikido in San Diego, CA from January 15th-19th (Thursday - Monday). Once again the seminar falls upon
the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.
Our three main instructors from last year, Doran shihan, Tissier shihan, and Ikeda shihan, and will be returning. Daily guest instructors will be selected from the fantastic group of international instructors attending the Bridge, and will be announced at the seminar.
Continue to the 2009 Seminar Page...
Special Hotel Offer
The Comfort Inn Zoo/Seaworld is offering us a special rate for the seminar. For details
see the Hotels page.
Articles on the 2008 Bridge Seminar
We've received a number of excellent articles about the 2008 Bridge Seminar experience:
The Second Bridge Seminar by Al Kreever
Wonderful Experience by Bernice Tom
2008 Aikido Bridge Commentary by Todd Jones
View from the Bridge by Kevin Choate
Mental Flexibility by Lia Suzuki
Sharing by D T Phong
Coming Together by Wilko Vriesman
5 New 2007 Bridge Seminar DVDs
In addition to the previously released compilation DVD from the 2007 seminar, Bujin Design has just released 5 new dvds - 4 individual DVDs that cover a full
hour of each of the main instructors or you can purchase them as a set. Visit
Bujin Design for more information and to order.
Lecture from Stan Pranin
Stan Pranin from the Aikido Journal will be gave one of his excellent lectures titled "America's Aikido Pioneers" as the Sunday night guest instructor.
200 New Photos from the 2007 Seminar
We have finally sorted through the 9,500 pictures taken by Jiai students during the Bridge seminar. See the
200 photos that we selected.
2007 Bridge DVD Now Available
The
2007 Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar DVD is now on sale through Bujin Design. 120 minutes of digitally recorded and professionally edited footage covers all the lead and guest instructors. Get more information and place your order at
BujinDesign.com
Two New Articles
Two new
articles have just been posted, contributed by
Steve Fasen and
Wilko Vriesman.
Articles
We have several
articles, letters, and reviews of the 2007 Bridge Friendship Seminar from attendees such as:
Grazia Di Giorgio,
Misa Suzuki,
Todd Jones,
Dan Nishina,
Al Kreever,
Lia Suzuki,
Linda Hendricks.
If you have one you would like to share
or know of others that have been written please
let us know.
Photos
We are sorting through over 5,000 photos from the seminar and will have some great selections up for you to view shortly. For now we have
a few galleries that have been
shared with us. Please
contact us about any photos you would like to share from the seminar.
Testimonials
Hear what attendees
have to say about their 2007 Bridge experience.
More Sections Coming
We have t-shirts for sale, video clips from the event, and other great Bridge materials in the works. Check back often for the latest.