Posts Tagged ‘Seminars’

Our third seminar with Yoshi Shibata Sensei.

With 30 years of teaching Aikido and 57 years of martial arts experience, Yoshi shibata brings his joyous application of the art to Aikido Academy and Enso Center in Redmond, WA.

With a background that includes training with Seigo Okamoto in Daito Ryu for 10 years and a 2 year intensive as Okamoto Sensei’s traveling uke in Japan, Yoshi brings a specific perspective to his classes.

Further studies include 2 years full time training in Aikido at Honbu dojo in Japan as well as training in Jodo, Judo, laido, and Karate.

Seminar details & registration:  
$200.00 for the full seminar (3 days, all sessions)
$75.00 each for single sessions on Friday and Saturday.
$100.00 for the session on Sunday.

Scholarships available, if needed. 
Full Seminar
Fri, 05/15/2026 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Sat, 05/16/2026 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Sat, 05/16/2026 02:30 pm – 04:30 pm
Sun, 05/17/2026 10:00 am – 01:00 pm

Location: 
Enso Center
8708 196th Ave NE,
Redmond, WA 98053

Contact: 
Sensei Bill Gray
billaikido@hotmail.com
(425) 882-9934

Join for this annual seminar exploring the theories and practices of Aikido and Hapkido with Sensei Eric Pearson.

May 9-11, 2025 Our second seminar with Yoshi Shibata Sensei. Yoshi has 30 years of teaching Aikido and 57 years of martial arts experience including training with Seigo Okamoto in Daito Ryu for 10 years and a 2 year intensive as Okamoto Sensei’s traveling uke in Japan. Further studies include 2 years full time training…

Seminar Schedule: World Union Hapkido 2024 Schedule

April 5-7, 2024 Yoshi has 30 years of teaching Aikido and 57 years of martial arts experience including training with Seigo Okamoto in Daito Ryu for 10 years and a 2 year intensive as Okamoto Sensei’s traveling uke in Japan. Further studies include 2 years full time training in Aikido at Honbu dojo in Japan…

We were honored that founding members of World Union Hapkido, Master Sellas of Puerto Rico, Master Reyes of Spain and our own Masters Mix  shared their knowledge with us.

We were fortunate to have Sensei Roy Goldberg from Albany, New York teach a daito-ryu aiki jujitsu seminar at our dojo. 

Martial Arts and healing have a long history together. In this seminar Masters; Jason Mix, Sean Bradley and Kim Ivy explored this theme. Kim Ivy taught 18 Hands of Luohan, Sean Bradley taught Hapkido and Health and Jason Mix taught Hapkido and the 5 Elements.

We hosted the North American World Hapkido Federation seminar featuring Master Roe Jai Myung of Canada, Masters Jason Mix, Susan Mix,  and Lucas Mix of Enso Center, Master Sellas of Puerto Rico and Master Peralta of Chile.

We were honored to have Sensei Nick Lowry of Oklahoma teach us about Aiki, the root of Aikido, at our dojo.