Date
Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:00 am to Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:00 pm PST

Bellevue, WA

William Gleason, the chief instructor and head of Shobu Aikido of Boston. Gleason Sensei trained in Japan for ten years under Yamaguchi Seigo, one of the giants of post war Aikido. Gleason Sensei is one of the foremost practitioners of Aikido in the world and has authored two books on Aikido and its spiritual principles.

Gleason Sensei continuously develops his Aikido and his teaching methods. He is currently incorporating internal power development methods into his Aikido and that will be included in the seminar. This material is very "cutting edge" in the Aikido world.

Aikido Eastside has hosted Gleason Sensei each year for almost fifteen years. We consider him to be one of the most challenging and exciting teachers one might encounter.

The seminar is open to students of all experience levels and affiliations.

Monday morning and afternoon will be devoted to Gleason Sensei's Sword work. The Monday sword classes are open to local members of the sword study group and students who have worked with Gleason Sensei on sword at one of his other groups around the country. This is not appropriate for students without a regular exposure to Sensei's sword work. We are hoping to have this as the standard model for Sensei's seminars going forward so we can take advantage of his extensive sword background.