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Santa Barbara, CA

Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara

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AKI USA Annual Summer Solstice Gasshuku 2012

From Fri, June 22, 2012 at 6:00PM (Pacific)
To Sun, June 24, 2012 at 1:00PM
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Hosted by Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara

I WANT TO ATTEND

Name	Remaining	Available Until	Price	Qty
All Three Days (Early Registration Discount) [+]	50	06/09/2012	$100.00
Early registration price is only valid until June 9th. Thereafter, price increases to $135.
Friday Only (Early Registration Discount) [+]	50	06/09/2012	$30.00
Early registration price is only valid until June 9th. Thereafter, price increases to $40.
Saturday Only (Early Registration Discount) [+]	50	06/09/2012	$60.00
Early registration price is only valid until June 9th. Thereafter, price increases to $80.
Sunday Only (Early Registration Discount) [+]	50	06/09/2012	$40.00
Early registration price is only valid until June 9th. Thereafter, price increases to $55.
Leadership Team Member (Early Registration Discount) [+]	5	06/09/2012	$90.00
Early registration price is only valid until June 9th. Thereafter, price increases to $121.50

Total: $0

I CANNOT ATTEND BUT I WANT TO DONATE

EVENT DETAILS

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Instructors:

Lia Suzuki Sensei, 6th dan: Aikido Kenkyukai, USA Chief Instructor
Matt Bridi Sensei, 3rd dan: Aikido Kenkyukai Goleta
Other Guest Instructor

Please join us!

4 blocks from the Amtrak station
1.5 blocks from the beach
6 blocks from the youth hostel

Schedule

Friday
- 6pm - 8pm (Suzuki)
Saturday
- 7am - 8am (Bridi)
- 10am - Noon (Suzuki)
- 2:30 - 4:30 (Suzuki)
Sunday
- 7am - 8am (Guest)
- 10am - 1pm (Suzuki)

To secure your registration discount, please register by June 8th. After June 8th, price will rise to $135.

BIO

Lia Suzuki Sensei began Aikido in 1982 and currently holds the rank of 6th dan from Aikikai Hombu Dojo. From 1987, for nine years, she trained in Kamakura, Japan with her present teacher and top student of the late grand master Seigo Yamaguchi Shihan, Takeda Yoshinobu Shihan, 8th dan. Suzuki was introduced to Takeda Shihan through her first teacher, William Gleason Sensei, 6th dan. In 1996, Takeda Shihan directed her to begin dojos back in the USA. She formed AKI Pennsylvania in 1996 and AKI Santa Barbara, CA, in 1999.

Lia Sensei's Santa Barbara dojo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity and is currently partnering with various local agencies to provide sliding scale memberships and sponsorships to low-income and at-risk children who would not normally have the opportunity to train. In addition to teaching standard aikido classes in Pennsylvania and California, Lia Sensei also began pioneering work. She has worked with youth and adults with mental health and substance abuse issues, using aikido as a therapeutic vehicle. In this on-going work, the dojo has worked closely with: