Sarasota Aikikai is very pleased to offer this year's round of yudansha prep workshops, July 11-13, 2025!
Partly seminar format (with instruction), and partly interactive workshop format with plenty of time for Q&A (all the things you *wish* you'd been able to ask before), and real time problem solving with customized, practical solutions you can try out with your ukes right away. Plus mock-testing OF COURSE for those who will be testing for real at the seminar in August.
The instructors:
Mike Page (6th dan)
Tim Magill (6th dan)
Melissa Bell (6th dan)
Ola Karasik (5th dan)
Meredith Abel (4th dan)
The schedule:
Friday 6:00 - 7:00pm: Ola Karasik teaches kihon for testing
Friday 7:00 - 8:00pm: Tim Magill teaches open hand randori
Saturday 10:00am - 11:00am: Tim Magill teaches weapons take-aways
Saturday 11:00 - noon: Mike Page teaches weapons randori
Saturday noon - 1:00ish: Mock Testing
Saturday Brunch provided in the dojo
Saturday 3:00 - 5:00pm: Mike Page and Meredith Abel lead class based around issues and questions from the Mock Testing. plus Melissa Bell, Meredith Abel, and Mike Page take requests for anything you’d like to see!
Sunday 9:00 - 11:00am: Melissa Bell teaches Weapons for Testing, plus we can take more requests if time allows.
All the instructors have pledged to donate their time and effort to support the regional aikido community ♥ so there is no registration fee for this event. Instead, we respectfully request a $35 donation/weekend or $25/day to cover costs. Registration online is available here: https://form.jotform.com/251905582373158 or you can register and pay at the door.
Thanks, and see you soon!