Click on an image to see more photos from the event. These are just a few of the training sessions attended by Mata Sensei and the members of Grand Rapids Aikikai.
2015, D. Mata Sensei & Eric Doss Sensei, Weapons Workshop,Grand Rapids, MI
2015, Jobe Groot Sensei, Oak Park Aikikai 20th Anniversary, Oark Park, IL
2015, Alex Peterson Sensei, Kangeiko, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2015, Birankai Midwest Regional Kagami Biraki, Logan Square Aikido, Chicago, IL
2015, New Years Testing, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2014, Fall Weapons Seminar, Fox Valley
Aikikai, Naperville, IL
2014, Aikido Demonstration, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2014, Aikido Weapons Weekend, Norton Shores, MI
2014, Didier Boyet Shihan, Huron Valley Aikikai, Ann Arbor, MI
2014, Zazenkai, Grand Rapids, MI
2014, Birankai Midwest Regional Teacher’ining, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2014, Tapanya Sensei & Mata Sensei, Chiang Mai University Aikido, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2014, Tuckwood Sensei & Mata Sensei, Aikido of Phuket, Phuket
City, Thailand
20013, Birankai North America Summer Camp, San Francisco, CA
2013, Alex Peterson Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2013, Birankai Instructor’s Intensive, Joshua Tree, CA
2013, Takeshi Kudo Shihan, Laos-Japan Budokan, Vientiane, Laos
2013, Motohiro Fukakusa Shihan, Renbukan Dojo, Bangkok, Thailand
2013, Testing, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2012, George Lyons
Shihan, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2012, Birankai Instructor’s Intensive, Joshua Tree, CA
2012, Juba Noir Shihan, Fire Horse Aikido, New Haven, CT
2011, Alex Peterson Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2011, Birankai Summer Camp, Forest Grove, OR
2010, Aikido Demonstration Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2010, Robert Sovoca Sensei, Huron Valley Aikikai, Ann Arbor, MI
2009, Lizzie Lynn Shihan, Oak Park Aikikai, Chicago, IL
2009, T.K. Chiba Shihan, Birankai Summer Camp, Ann Arbor, MI
2009, Meido Moore Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2009, New Years Testing, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2008, T. K. Chiba Shihan, Fox Valley Aikikai, Naperville, IL
2008, Iaido Seminar with Nicklaus Suino Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2008, D. Bluhm Shihan, Shinjinkai, Chicago, IL
2008, Robert Sovaca Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2008, T.K. Chiba Shihan, New England Aikikai, Boston, MA
2008, Alex Peterson Sensei, New River Aikikai, Jacksonville, NC
2008, Shochugeiko, Shinjinkai, Chicago, IL
2008, Meido Moore Sensei, Bluegrass Budokai, Winchester, KY
2008, New Years Testing, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2007, T.K. Chiba Shihan, Fox Valley Aikikai, Naperville, IL
2007, Meido Moore Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2007, David Alonzo Sensei, Fox Valley Aikikai, Naperville, IL
2007, Meido Moore Roshi Zen Seminar, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2007, Rodger Park Sensei, Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2007, Meido Moore Sensei, South Side Dojo, Kalamazoo, MI
2007, D. Bluhm Shihan, Huron Valley Aikikai, Ann Arbor, MI
2006, Yasuo Kobayashi Shihan, Boston, MA
2006, Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan, Chicago Aikikai, Chicago, IL
2006, Aikido Association of America Instructor’s Seminar, Ryoshinkan Dojo, Palatine, IL
2006, Aikido Association of America Kengeiko, Ryoshinkan Dojo, Palatine, IL
2006, Building out Kyoseikan Dojo, Home of the Grand Rapids Aikikai, Grand Rapids, MI
2005, Training with Hiroaki Kobayashi Shihan, Tokorozawa, Japan
2005, Training with Kengo Hatayama Shihan, Japan
2005, Training with Yoko Okamoto Shihan, Aikido Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2005, Kanazawa Shihan at Aikikai Hombu Dojo, Tokyo, Japan
2005, Mata Sensei teaching Youth Aikido, Grand Rapids, MI
2005, Youth Aikido at the MVP Sportsplex, Cascade, MI
2004, Kengo Hatayama Shihan, Ryoshinkan Dojo, Palatine, IL
2004, Aikido Demonstration at The Grand Rapids Hispanic Festival, Grand Rapids, MI
2004, Bob Caron Sensei, Grand Rapids, MI
2003, Aikido Demonstration, Frederick Meyer Garden, Grand Rapids, MI
2003, Sato Sensei, Grand Rapids, MI
2003, BJJ Seminar with Professor Jorge Gurgel, Grand Rapids, MI
2003, Ed Germanov Sensei, Grand Rapids, MI
2002, Vincint Sumpter Shihan, Oxford, England
2001, AAA Instructor’s Seminar, Fumio Toyoda Shihan, Ryoshinkan Dojo, Palatine, IL
1997, Aikido Association International Summer Camp, Poland
1996, Aikido Association International Summer Camp, Poland