On 1/9/2021 Water Oak Aikikai held it's 2021 O-Shogatsu (New Year's Celebration).

This was the first O-Shogatsu where we used Zoom and it was fantastic to have so many friends and family join us virtually. A very special thank you to Donovan, Sal, David, Gaile and Jason for joining us.

We started the morning with hellos and virtual hugs as everyone greeted each other.

We opened class with a little stretching and then we all did 1000 Sword Cuts together.
When we started the dojo was about 29 degrees, yes it was colder inside than outside, but when we finished everyone was very comfortable.
The energy and positive spirit that was being generated was truly incredible.

After the cutting we held our New Year's Testing. All 4 candidates did a fantastic job and it is of worth noting that they each did the 1000 cuts then took their tests and that they were all uke's for each other's tests. Wow!
We are very proud of the hard work that Ed, Cyril, Kerry and Niya did to prepare for their tests as well as helping each other prepare. Congratulations to all of you!

On 1/10/2021 Aikido Hombu Dojo live cast their 2021 Kagamibiraki Ceremony to announce the 2021 New Year's Promotions.

We are very proud to share that William McLuskie was promoted to Rokudan (6th Degree Blackbelt) effective 1/1/2021.

The complete list of promotions can be viewed here: Hombu Dojo 2021 Kagamibiraki Grading

We had a great turn out for our 2020 O-Shogatsu and Testing.
Look for pictures as soon as we can collect and share them.
Everyone did a great job during testing, so please congratulate our recent promotions:

We had a great turn out for our 2018 Fall Seminar and Testing.
Look for pictures as soon as we can collect and share them.
The testing was grueling but everyone did a great job, so please congratulate our recent promotions:

We had a fantastic turn out for our 2017 Fall Seminar and Testing.
Look for pictures as soon as we can collect and share them.
The testing was grueling but everyone did a great job, so please congratulate our recent promotions:

We are happy to announce that Water Oak Aikikai has joined with Sparks Martial Arts to offer Traditional Aikido classes as part of their curriculum. Please visit the Aikido Program page for more information.