Sensei Miller

This photo is from one of first seminars at the Silkwerks dojo. (Notice the dojo still has the building’s original wood frame windows.) Sempai JD Lepeta taking ukemi from Sensei Miller.

Maryland weapons class

Outdoor weapons class in Mt Airy Maryland at the park across the street from the dojo. Mt Airy dojo was known (affectionately) as the “angry shoe box” dojo — it was the size of a shoe box and was frequently packed with high-energy practice.

Cub Scouts Visit to LV Dojo

On March 19th 2013, the LV dojo was visited by a cub scout group. Sempai Rob Heitzer arranged to have the group of cub scouts and many of their parents to attend a brief demonstration. Sempais Heitzer, Frank Kane and Nam Truong demonstrated some “adult” Aikido to a room full of “ooooohs!” and “aaaaaahs!”, before …

SportsFest

This photo is from one of the SportsFest demonstrations done by Kinokawa. Sempai Jason Drott is taking a backwards breakfall from shihonage from Sensei Mesut Pervizpour.

Drexel seminar approx 2002

These photos were taken at the Drexel Armory in Philadelphia. The Drexel Aikido club held a seminar there some time around 2002 or a bit earlier. Of particular interest in these photos are the belt colors. These photos are from shortly after Sensei Wirth decided to move to using colored belts for the kyu ranks. …

outdoor demo

l-to-r: Sempai Sean Smith, Senseis Ray Miller and Michael Wirth, Sempais James Jackson and Bill Ross Update… Bill Ross adds: That was from the demo that we did down at Cedar Creek Park. We beat the living day lights out of each other and then Sensei put a hammering on us. I remember laughing as …