Save the Date!
Sarasota Aikikai will celebrate its 50 year anniversary with a very special seminar March 7-9, 2025, featuring some of the original instructors from its early days: Saotome Sensei, Ikeda Sensei, Dan Messisco Sensei, John Messores Sensei. This will also coincide with the celebration of Saotome Sensei’s 88th birthday on March 7th.
Saotome Sensei and Ikeda Sensei both told me they are excited to see all their friends from the old days together once again.
For those who can make it to town a day early, we will also have special pre-seminar classes in the Sarasota Dojo on Thursday night. Although this is not the first location that Sensei came to in 1975, it is the location that has lasted the longest – Frank Bell established the present location of the Sarasota Aikikai in 1995, and it has been here ever since!