Rochester New York Aikido Club Last updated 9/4/06

The Rochester New York Aikido Club was founded by Jim Growney, Pete Gierczak, and Marc Levy. We are a group of students affiliated with Shaun Ravens Sensei and the New York Aikido Center, seeking to train in the traditional Japanese arts of Aikido, Shodo, Macrobiotics and Misogi. What is Aikido? Aikido is a Japanese martial art which uses the principle of non-resistence in conjunction with centrifugal and centripetal force in a circular motion to re-direct and neutralize any form of attack. What makes Aikido unique as a martial art is that because of it's nature, it can be practiced by anyone regardless of size, strength, or age. Instruction Every other Saturday we travel to NY to train with Shaun Ravens Sensei in private classes at his home. Current Training Times: Mon, Wed, and Fri. from 6-8am Location: Perinton Dance Company 61 Perinton Hills Mall Fairport, NY 14450

Lineage to the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba (O-Sensei) is the founder of Aikido. Seiseki Abe Sensei was O-Sensei's calligraphy teacher, and is considered  to be one of his closest and most senior students. Haruo Matsuoka Sensei was introduced to Abe Sensei over 20 years ago by Steven Seagal Sensei, who was his teacher at the time. Shaun Ravens Sensei is a student of both Matsuoka  and Abe Sensei, and was an assistant instructor at the Tenshin Dojo in LA. He is now the chief instructor of the New York Aikido Center.

Aikido Related Links:

New York Aikido Center - learn more about the relationship between aikido, shodo, macrobiotics & misogi

Doshinokai Aikido - learn more about Matsuoka Sensei and Abe Sensei

The Kushi Institute -read articles on the benefits of macrobiotics and get recipes

The Aikido FAQ - Learn more about the history of Aikido and O-Sensei

For more info:

Jim Growney @ 585-314-6245

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grownej(at)yahoo.com

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To see pictures of Ravens Sensei at the Friendship Demonstration held in conjunction with the "Building Bridges" seminar click here.

Rochester Seminar with Ravens Sensei Nov. 9th