Masa Kokoro Aikido of Calgary

Winter Session Starts Monday, January 16th

Masa Kokoro — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:09:39 +0000

Happy New Year from Masakokoro!!!

The Winter aikido term starts on Monday, Januray 16th, 2012. See you on the mats!

Summer Classes Start at 5:45 PM

Masa Kokoro — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:14:21 +0000

July and August classes will now start at 5:45pm and end at 7:45pm.

Sympathy For Japan

Masa Kokoro — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:15:36 +0000

We would like to offer our sympathy to the victims of the disasters that are plaguing Japan. May Japan have a swift recovery.

Calgary Aikikai In-House Seminar

Masa Kokoro — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:37:33 +0000

Calgary Aikikai is hosting an in-house seminar from 11am – 3pm, Saturday, October 16th at The Riverpark Church in the Fellowship Hall (downstairs). There will be short breaks for food, bathroom, etc. but no extended lunch break so please bring your own snacks, lunch, etc. The normal drop-in fee applies. For more details, please contact 403.243.9880.

Calgary Aikikai 30th Anniversary

Masa Kokoro — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:11:52 +0000

August 13, 14 and 15 – 2010

Seven of the world’s foremost instructors in Aikido, including three of O-Sensei’s remaining uchi deshi, will teach classes. This three day weekend seminar is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

* Kobayashi Sensei – 8th Dan (Japan)
* Asai Sensei – 8th Dan (Germany)
* Igarashi Sensei – 7th Dan (Japan)
* Kubo Sensei – 7th Dan (Hawaii)
* Arai Sensei – 7th Dan (Japan)
* Shirakawa Sensei – 7th Dan (Japan)
* H. Kobayashi Sensei – 6th Dan (Japan)

New Schedule

Masa Kokoro — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:21:09 +0000

Masa Kokoro is pleased to announce that as of January 18th we will have an expanded training schedule. For more details, please see the schedule page.

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
Beginners	6:45pm – 8:30pm				6:45pm – 8:30pm		3:30pm – 5:00pm*
Intermediate Students	6:45pm – 9:15pm				6:45pm – 9:15pm		3:30pm – 5:30pm*

Free Aikido Class

Masa Kokoro — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:51:04 +0000

On Friday, Jan. 15th from 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm Masa Kokoro will be participating in SAIT’s annual Fitness Week activities. This one class will be free to the public to participate in or watch. For details on what this class will be like, please see our ‘your first class‘ page.

Masa Kokoro Year-End Party (忘年会)

Masa Kokoro — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:09:30 +0000

Our Bonenkai was the perfect way to say goodbye to 2009. We had a dozen friends come out and we ate like royalty at Sakana Grill. Some of us ate too much; some of us had never eaten sushi before(!); but all of us said goodbye to 2009 in style. We look forward to training with our friends in 2010.

Original Event Details

Our last practice of the year is on Friday, Dec. 18th. We will be having our year-end party on Monday, Dec. 21st. Friends of Masa Kokoro are invited to come as well. For details, please contact Eric or see our Facebook event listing here.

Taiko Thunder

Masa Kokoro — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:15:09 +0000

Ben Lim and Midnight Taiko

“Ben Lim, centre, and fellow Midnight Taiko Kai members pound out a heavy-duty beat at the Nikkei Cultural and Senior Centre.”

The sound could be described as “deafening.”

Of course, that’s the result when nearly 10 people get together for the purpose of beating several large drums simultaneously.

They are taiko drums, unique Japanese drums that resemble wine barrels.

And the group in question is Calgary’s Midnight Taiko Kai.

The members meet twice weekly at the Nikkei Cultural and Senior Centre, the home base of the Calgary Japanese Community Association, to practise the art of taiko drumming.

“Taiko drumming is heavy duty. We use sticks called bachis to hit the drum as hard as possible,” drummer Ben Lim says.

Lim, 62, founded Midnight Taiko in 2006, after retiring from his art-framing business in 2003.

As member Peggy Billingsley describes it, the name comes from the idea that those who belong to the group would “gladly drum all night long, right through midnight.”

Besides acting as president of Midnight Taiko, Lim also teaches aikido at SAIT and takes ballroom dancing. …

Read all about it here Full Story from Nov 12, 09

Calgary Aikikai November Seminar – November 13 to 15

Masa Kokoro — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:16 +0000

Calgary Aikikai will be holding their traditional November seminar again this year to work on specific techniques. Sessions will be delivered by the regular instructors who have chosen waza that they would like to share/spend time working on. Schedule and techniques.

To register for this event you can download the form here or pick one up at their dojo.

The schedule will be as follows:

Friday: 7:00pm–8:30pm*
Saturday: 11:00am–3:00pm
Sunday: 12:30am–4:00pm

*Masa Kokoro will still have our regularly scheduled Friday class.