Summer Lesson Special- $40 off Aikido lessons

Aikido Lessons at a refreshing price!

So refreshing!

Summer 
Lesson 
Special!  

This summer you can get started with a series of four aikido lessons at a refreshing price. 

When you schedule all 4 private lessons and make one payment you'll save $40!

Regular price for four lessons: $260

Summer special price: $220

Private lessons taught by Suzane Van Amburgh, 5th degree black belt, Birankai certified shidoin instructor. Learn more about Suzane Sensei.

Limited time offer. Be one of the first 5 people to book. This special price is for for new private lesson students. Lessons to be scheduled within August.

Location: Aikido Multnomah Aikikai, 6415 SW Macadam Ave, Portland OR 97239

Schedule: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat time slots, subject to availability.

Contact Suzane: spacetomoveinfo(at)gmail.com or use the inquiry form on this Dojo News web page.

Get started in Aikido practice this summer with private lessons!

Drop in FREE for Orientation to Practice through October

Orientation to Practice - FREE in October

Practice is a mind set and an activity where you repeat an operation or movement, assessing and attending to how you do it. You introduce new variables, try something, make mistakes, form questions, change strategy and try again.

This can happen at a very mental/analytical level or it can happen with a more diffuse mindset. We can explore, play, fall, get up, try again. Sometimes we engage in practice with knitted brow and self judgement, but learning often slows down under such circumstances. Practice can be approached with an open curious mindset, a sense of humor and compassion for self.

A dojo is a place where we “practice the way.” At Multnomah Aikikai our primary practice is the martial art of Aikido. In this class, utilizing basic movements of Aikido, you will orient to the joy of practice. Whether you continue with Aikido practice or take up another practice, you will have cultivated the inner tools to direct your own learning with compassion, a sense of humor and the joy of movement.

Tuesdays 5:30 – 6:00pm, Saturdays 10-10:30am. 

FREE through Oct. 28, 2014. 

After the half hour class, we invite you to stay and observe the Aikido Fundamentals class following.

Aikido Multnomah Aikikai, 6415 SW MACADAM AVE, PORTLAND, OREGON 97239

Aikido Without Falling Down?

Join us for a special Aikido practice...

Saturday May 17th, Noon - 1:00 pm

Aikido Without Falling Down;
The Lines of Engagement

You can practice the principles of aikido without fully losing your balance.

Forgo falling and rolling to explore the lines of engagement:

• Investigate the moment when you encounter your partner.
• Sense your center.
• Experiment with where and when you make initial contact. 
• Discover how you change the angle of encounter. 
• Sense your balance.
• Follow the trajectory of your partner's motion.
• Notice when you naturally take a step to restore balance.

Come and play Saturday at the dojo in a safe, light-hearted atmosphere of lively, sensory learning.

Free to Multnomah Aikikai Members.

Open to the public, no experience required, fee $10.

Send us a quick email to let us know you plan to attend.
Use the contact form in the right-hand column of this page.


Contact us: dojo@multnomahaikikai.com
Aikido Multnomah Aikikai  |  503-246-8120
6415 SW Macadam Ave, Portland OR 97239

Have your registered yet for Aikido Summer Camp?

The 15th annual 
Birankai North America

Raven and the light ~ summer camp poster image

Aikido Summer Camp

July 18-23, 2014 
Pacific University,
Forest Grove, Oregon

On-line registration is open! 

Early Registration deadline: May 10th. 
Regular Registration deadline: June 5th. Registration closes June 5th.

The schedule is posted!

For the latest information go to:
www.birankai.org/summercamp

Guest instructor this year is
Yoko Okamoto Sensei, 6th dan, Shihan from Aikido Kyoto, Japan

Enjoy this video of Okamoto Sensei teaching at our BNA 2011 Aikido Summer Camp:
Okamoto sensei iriminage to kaitenage...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiL3nuVjLZ4
  
"Like" the camp page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Birankai-Summer-Camp/116247208564934

Questions? 
Check the webpage for frequently asked questions:
http://camp.birankai.org/2014/registration/registration-faq

Still stumped? Contact: birankai@gmail.com or call 503-683-2454

Samurai! Museum field trip with Multnomah Aikikai

Field trip!

Visit the fabulous Samurai! exhibit at the Portland Art Museum 
with the Multnomah Aikikai community!

Sunday December 8, 2013
We'll meet at 11:45am at the museum.

What to do:
Sign up through the dojo to join our group* and enjoy the discounted ticket rate of $16.

Details: 

Multnomah Aikikai is planning a dojo trip to the amazing exhibit of samurai armor currently on display at the Portland Art Museum.  This is a really exceptional show, whether you are interested in martial arts, history, Japanese culture, technology or art and design.  It includes full size and fully armored horses and riders, an amazing array of different types and styles of armor from the 12^th to the 19^th centuries, as well as swords, bows and polearms.  Particularly in the later armor, made at a time when Japan was at peace, the amazing creativity of the artists is fully on display since the armor was designed more for spectacle than protection. 

Please see the following link for photos and more info: http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/special/samurai/home

This special event is the only west-coast venue for the exhibit, which comes from a single source, the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum in Hardwood, Texas.  Here’s a link


Directions to the Museum:
http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/page.aspx?pid=378

Friends and family are welcome to join Multnomah Aikikai members for this community event! 

*Inquire via the contact form in the right sidebar of this page. Be sure to type Samurai! in your message and include your name, number of tickets requested, email address and phone. 

Yoko Okamoto Sensei in Portland Nov. 1-3, 2013

Yoko Okamoto Sensei, 6th Dan, from Aikido Kyoto. 

Yoko Okamoto Sensei will be guest instructor at the 2014 Birankai North America Aikido Summer Camp July 18-23, 2014. 

However, Okamoto Sensei will be here in Portland Nov. 1-3 2013. 

She is teaching an aikido seminar at Portland Aikikai all weekend. 
Classes are held Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. 

View the November seminar flyer at:

http://www.portlandaikikai.com/OkamotoSensei_flier_112013.pdf

Enjoy this video of Okamoto Sensei's demonstration in Singapore February 2013:
 http://vimeo.com/channels/mumeishudantv/60043828

2014 BNA Aikido Summer Camp in Forest Grove Oregon July 18 - 23 !

Mark your calendars for July 18-23, 2014 !

Birankai North America 
Aikido Summer Camp 
July 18-23, 2014 
at Pacific University 
Forest Grove, OR. 

Please save the date! The closest airport is Portland (PDX), which is 22 miles east of the university. View a map:  http://www.pacificu.edu/about/location/directions-forest-grove.cfm

Guest instructor for the 2014 camp is 

Yoko Okamoto Sensei, 6th Dan, from Aikido Kyoto. 

Information about the 2014 Aikido Summer Camp will be updated regularly at:
http://www.birankai.org/summercamp/