Encinitas Aikido

With the start of the New Year, I've been focusing our dojo efforts on not only growing via marketing but growing through Friendship Ties with local schools. SoCal, and San Diego in particular, have a few great Aikido schools and teachers. Not many are Yoshinkan, or a style that is very similar to ours, but they do exist. And the ones that are more Aikikai in base, would make for great friends as well. I've begun reaching out and starting a conversation per say, with neighboring schools. So far, it's going well. And when the time comes for our schools to host seminars and special events, I can only hope that we can all participate together. As you grow and learn so much from one another, even if the language is slightly different.

In the same regard, I have focused on continuing to make Encinitas Aikido an active part of the community. We are now members of DEMA or Downtown Encinitas Mainstreet Association. We have participated in a few major festivals in the community by having a booth and/or demonstrating: 2012 Health and Fitness Expo, 2012 Feeling Fit Festival and 2013 Wellness Week Festival. I think it's a great opportunity for not only the students to get a chance to 'showcase' all their hard work and training, but also for our community to get to know our name and see our otherwise private martial art.


The students seem to really enjoy themselves and it gives them something to work hard for. In turn, it makes me very proud as their sensei to watch them do so well, and enjoy themselves while doing so.

Stay tuned for more events in 2013--including the birth of the newest Doshin-family member in early April!