July 26-29 Twin Cities Aikido Center hosted some Japanese High School students from Osaka, Japan under the guidance of Motoshi Mizowaki with Kazuma Sakamoto and Shigeki Ooka.
Here are some pictures from the Thursday 6:00 youth class.
bow in
warm up exercises
Takumi and RobertG
Chisato and RobertG
Chisato and RobertG
Chisato and RobertG
Hideo and RobertG
Hideo throws RobertG
Kazuki and Riley
uke and Boris
JerryD and Yufuna
Hazel and Mayuko
MickC and Takumi
Takumi throws MickC
JerryD and Yufuna
Boris and Hideo
JerryD and Yufuna
Haruka and uke
Haruka throws uke
Daiki & uke
Sakushu and Motoshi
MickC and Takumi
RobertG and uke
JerryD and Yufuna
Haruka and unknown
Sarasa
DanielleK and uke
Kurumi throws Chisato
JoeR throws Hideo
Sakushu throws Takumi
Yufuna throws uke
Hideo and RobertG
Hideo and RobertG
Sarasa and uke
Sarasa and Hina
Sarasa throws Hina
Haruka and JoeR
Sarasa and unknown
Haruka throws Kurumi
Finn and Kazuki
Mayuko and Haruka
Yufuna pins uke
Takumi pins Kazuma
Takumi pins uke
uke and DanielleK
Saturday Morning Youth Class
The following is a fun time lapse of some sections of both Saturday classes
RobertG and Kazuki
RobertG and Kazuki
uke and RobertG
Kayla and Boris
Riley and Kazuki
Sakushu and JoeR
Haruka and Kurumi
Lori and Raven
Will and Rowan
Will and Rowan
Graham with unknown and Chisato
Sakushu and JoeR
Sarasa and Brienna
Sarasa and Brienna
Alexei and Takumi
Hideo and Finn
Finn and Hideo
MickC and Emily
AdamM and Yufuna
AdamM and Yufuna
Kurumi and Haruka
Hina and Sarah
Kayla and Boris
JayH and Daiki
uke and Chisato
JayH and Daiki
Chisato and unknown
MickC and Emily
RobertG and Daiki
RobertG and Daiki
RobertG and Daiki
Participants in the Saturday class (excluding photographers)
Saturday Morning Adult Class
Sunday Classes
Osaka Students, Sunday Demo
These are the students who participated in the demonstration.
The following includes the students, some of the host families, and some of the TCAC members.
Sunday Barbeque
Robert hosted the barbeque
Rain periodically sent everyone inside
The rain made for a cozy inside
Everyone had a chance to talk
Schedule
Th July 26 6:00-8:30
F July 27 4:00-7:30
Sa July 28 10:00-12:30
Su July 28 10:00-12:00
12:15 demonstrations
1:30-4:00 BBQ