SANSUIKAI SEMINAR 2014 Get to know all of the Sansuikai seminar teachers “ The goal of Sansuikai is to PETER VAN MARCKE encourage friendship among JISCH SCHEUREN the members and spread SILVIA ESCHENLAUER EDO & ANNE SLUI the practice and teaching JESUS NORIEGA of Aikido. ” DIEGO LOPEZ AZIZ BELHASSANE PIOTR BURNOS – Y.Yamada Shihan LARBI EL AKEL ROBERTO BOLLERO THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE PDF, FEEL FREE TO CLICK ARROUND PETER VAN MARCKE The name of my dojo is Antwerpen Aikikai. We named our dojo Antwerpen Aikikai, by analogy with the New York Aikikai, the dojo of Yamada sensei. What is your favourite role? teaching and some time later I eye-opener about how to run a dojo. I definitely got As a young kid I loved to take ukemi started my own dojo in Aalst. Later a lot of ideas there about running a dojo in Belgium. for my teachers. However, as I I moved near Antwerp and started Another great time was a trip to Japan with Yamada grew older, I’ve met many younger a new dojo there. We named the sensei, back in 1994. And of course, apart of the good Dojo information people who are doing great ukemi new dojo Shu Shin Kan. In 2012 we practice, Yamada sensei’s jokes make it fun to take Don’t Peter van Marcke and it’s fun demonstrating tech- changed its name to Antwerpen his classes. 6th Dan Shidoin niques with them. only Aikikai. What is your favourite seminar antwerpenaikikai.be [email protected] Best tip from Sensei Yamada practice How long do you have your dojo Again, so many... I liked the Wégimont summer camp I’ve been lucky to have great Well, I’m practicing aikido for 37 in Belgium during the 1980’s and 1990’s, when we what Aikido classes on: teachers who gave great advice years and I’m teaching aikido for practiced under a tent outside. In the early years we Adults: Monday, but I don’t really have one favourite 27 years now. I taught at sev- even had morning practice before breakfast. Another you see, Thursday, Saturday tip ;-). Let’s mention one tip from eral dojo’s. At my current dojo I’m seminar I liked very much was La Colle-sur-Loup in Sugano sensei: Don’t only practice but also teaching for 14 years now. France, end of August. For many years Tamura sen- Kids: Monday, what you see, but also what you sei and Yamada sensei taught this seminar together. what Thursday, Saturday don’t see. What was a highlight in your Ai- When I first went to this seminar, in 1987, it still kido career lasted a fortnight. During the first week Yamada sen- you FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEO How did you become a teacher I have many great things to re- sei taught. During the second week, Tamura sensei It’s not something I planned. I don’t member about my aikido career. joined him. Later, this seminar became a one-week practiced aikido for about 10 years see. A special time was my first visit seminar. and one day a dojo that was look- to the New York Aikikai in 1988. I ing for a new teacher ask me to had just finished university and I teach. That’s how it began. That went to practice aikido at the New was around 1986 I think. I enjoyed York Aikikai for 5 weeks. It was an JISCH SCHEUREN My Aikido has mostly been influenced by Sensei N. Tamura and by Y. Yamada Sensei, which I met some 30 years ago for the first time. I deeply appreciate the teaching of S. Yamaguchi Shihan and K. Chiba Sensei. I had the chance to follow Yamada Sensei closely during a lot of summers. What is your favourite role? dojo. I was unhappy with the quality In the beginning I liked to take uke- of the aikido being taught where I What is your favourite seminar? My best seminar remains the Bernau am Chiemsee mi especially from Sensei in all his You was. Dojo informatio seminar. This has been Sensei’s main seminar since seminars and I learned a lot from Jisch Scheuren need to How long do you have 1998 in Europe. The atmosphere of the seminar re- that part. Later on the tori role 6th Dan Aikikai your dojo? minds me of the first week of the La Colle-sur-Loup became my favourite one because I enter aikikailuxembourg.lu Our dojo is now 25 years old. seminar where Sensei used to be alone teaching. Of had to be clear about the structure under facebook.com/AikidoKopstalBridel course I miss Tamura Sensei’s seminars. and the flow of the techniques. [email protected] the What was a highlight in your Aikido career? What is your favourite weapon? Best tip from sensei Yamada? cutting Aikido classes on: The highlight was for sure the sem- Definitely bokken because of the kiriostoshi which Yamada Sensei told me as a young sword Adults: Monday, Wednesday, inar we had in our dojo with both you need to understand irimi. Also 8 cuts, the hand teacher about how to give a class: Thursday. depends on the opening movement. where Tamura Sensei and Yamada Sensei positions which are to be used in aikido techniques. Tamura Sensei once told me that you are in April 2000 to celebrate our 10th Use the body and the bokken together. S.Yamaguchi you have to stand firm in difficult in anniversary. But I think that the Sensei said: you need to enter under the cutting situations so that you overcome 40th anniversary seminar of the sword where you are in danger of death in order to them. danger New York Aikikai in the US was the find life. FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEO of death best seminar I ever attended with How did you become a teacher? in order all these Shihans teaching. Imagine I was teaching kids in the begin- 1’000 people under one tent at the ning, and then replaced the main to find party and only very few Europeans. teacher more and more often life. Good memories about the 1998 and before I decided to create our own 2001 east coast summer camps. SILVIA ESCHENLAUER The name of our dojo is Senshi Aikikai. We offer Aikido classes in US military facilities, so we cater to military personnel and their dependents hence the name Senshi which means warrior in Japanese. What is your favourite role US, I went back to Lima, Peru and another country for the first time, seeing hundreds in Aikido? started teaching at the dojo where of people on the mat, and just seeing him his uke, It depends. As uke, I did most of my I first started aikido. Then, moved Osawa Sensei around was quite a memorable experi- learning by taking ukemi for many to Florida and also taught there ence. people. Early in my training, I real- I twice a week early morning classes ized that in order to learn the most 6:30am. In the evenings, I taught at What is your favourite seminar? specific details about a technique was a satellite dojo I started for Florida Definitely, the seminars where you practice 5 to more Dojo information was to feel it being performed on just Aikikai at a local university. hours straight, what I call “Marathon Seminars”. It’s Silvia Eschenlauer me. Not so enjoyable when it came a ok to take 10 minutes brake in between classes. The 4th Dan Aikikai to nikkyos, sankyos, and yonkyos. begin- How long do you have your dojo? feeling is exhilarating! senshiaikikai.com I also enjoy nague or tori, since at I founded Senshi aikikai 2 years [email protected] that time I can see and feel how ner, ago. I was always lucky to find a What is your favourite weapon? uke responds to my movement, but place to practice and teach eve- Each one has its different charm. I love the bokken Aikido classes on: and see what do I need to adjust in I still rywhere I moved, but this time it since it is so significant in the way we move in aikido, Adults: Tuesday, Thursday order to perform a technique prop- remem- was just different. And that is how but the Jo at the same time provides us with the fine Kids: Wednesday erly. Every uke is different. For fun, Senshi Aikikai was born. motor skills in the hands that are required to do and I enjoy both equally, specially when ber understand the more advanced techniques. Tanto FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEO it’s time for high falls! it as What is a highlight in your is a lot of fun! I guess I am bias towards the bokken a Aikido career? because I like iaido. Best tip from sensei Yamada dream. I think the first seminar I attended, Always block the Shomen! doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba in São Paulo, Brasil. I was just a beginner, How did you become a teacher? but I still remember it as a dream. Well...after I got my shodan in the I was so young, had travelled to EDO & ANNE SLUI The name of our dojo is Ando and comes from An(ne) and (E)do. Later How long do you have your dojo? we heard that the Japanese translation of ‘Ando’ means: Peaceful Way. A: We teach for 11 years now. E: Our first dojo was in Veldhoven, it was a Judo and Our Aikido has mostly been influenced by Christian Tissier shihan and Jiujitsu dojo, where we could use the tatami from since we also had practiced with the same teacher.