Aikido Summer Camp is in Tacoma WA
Wednesday July 26 - Monday July 31
Birankai North America sponsors summer camp at University of Puget SoundWhy go?
When I attended my first Summer
Camp, I had only been practicing Aikido for a few years, and the world
of my practice was largely defined by the narrow walls and small circle
of dedicated students at our San Francisco dojo. I was training in a
snug mental room with only a small window offering me a glimpse of the
larger world.
My arrival at Summer Camp was a revelation, as if an
entire wall of the room had been torn away to reveal an expansive
landscape of Birankai members and teachers from across the country and
around the globe. I couldn’t help but venture out
and start exploring, both the larger world of Aikido and the limits of
my own endurance and capabilities.
Summer Camp showed me that I could
train harder and longer than I’d ever dared before, encouraged by the
vast wealth of sensei and sempai all around me. As the
week progressed and I became weary, I found that I no longer had energy
to waste on rigid or inefficient movements.
My technique became more
supple and flowing because I was too tired to be otherwise. This unique
experience stuck with me after Summer Camp ended, and I couldn’t wait to
return the next year to find it again. ~ Dan Reid
Read another compelling story of Leslie Cohen's first summer camp experience:
http://biran.birankai.org/?p=1500
Learn all about Summer Camp at: http://camp.birankai.org/
Read another compelling story of Leslie Cohen's first summer camp experience:
http://biran.birankai.org/?p=1500
Learn all about Summer Camp at: http://camp.birankai.org/
- See the line up of instructors: http://camp.birankai.org/instructors/
- View the rates and options: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7d0dzlWZXyoOUZ3MmdJcjBWUk0/view
- Early registration discount ends May 21
- Be sure to complete your registration by June 18
