Grass Valley Aikikai

Denise Bellas was promoted to gokyu in weapons April 15th. Congratulations!

Ruth Collins Smith (center) on the occasion of her gokyu test May 6th! Congratulations!

Ina, Emma, Sky, Aria, Mara, Bodhi, Elena!

It is our one year anniversary of moving into the new dojo!
It’s been a journey from the disaster that was the floor to having a real mat, dressing rooms and walls painted. Still more to do: the roof leaks (and be reroofed soon🤞), baseboards, benches, window trim, canvas cover for the mat with a wood trim edge, and… start a lawn from seed and make pathways through the flower beds. That should do it!

Our Mountain Weapons Seminar IV with Steve Thoms Sensei was last weekend and it was great! Many thanks to the students who travelled from Eugene Aikikai, Aikido Institute of San Francisco, Alameda Aikikai and Aikido Coachella Valley!

A suburi hike and some aikido in the dojo for the last day of this week’s kids camp. Session 2 starts next week!