Chris Li taking ukemi for Yamashima SenseiTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li and Yamashima Sensei at HoomaluhiaTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li and Takeshi Yamashima Sensei in HawaiiTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li Translating and Falling for Takeshi Yamashima SenseiTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li Falling fo Takeshi Yamashima SenseiTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li and Takeshi Yamashima Sensei in KaneoheTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Chris Li and Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at the Aikido Ohana GasshukuTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at the Aikido Ohana SeminarTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Taking Ukemi at the Aikido Ohana GasshukuTaking ukemi for Takeshi Yamashima Sensei at The Aikido Ohana gasshuku in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu, 2009. Photograph courtesy of Ric Noyle.
Windward Aikido Club - Yamashima SenseiTakeshi Yamashima Sensei after training at Windward Aikido Club in Kaneohe, Hawaii - on the island of Oahu.
Dust Jacket from Zukai Coach Aikido
This is the dust jacket from Zukai Coach Aikido. The left inside flap has a greeting from Takaji Shimizu, the 25th (and last) headmaster of Shinto-Muso Ryu Jodo. The right inside flap has a greeting from Hironori Otsuka, the Founder of Wado-ryu Karate.
Aikido of Hilo - Coconut IslandOn Coconut Island with Aikido of Hilo for the seminar with Mitsuteru Ueshiba Waka-Sensei in February 2010. From left: Glenn Tango, Ric Noyle, Chris Li, Hiroshi Kato
Translating for Mitsuteru Ueshiba - Waikiki Yacht ClubChris Li translating for Mitsuteru Ueshiba at the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu Hawaii, February 2010
Aikido of Hilo - Mitsuteru UeshibaAt Aikido of Hilo with Mitsuteru Ueshiba Waka-Sensei in February 2010
Waikiki Yacht Clbu with Mitsuteru UeshibaAt the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu Hawaii with Mitsuteru Ueshiba Waka-Sensei in February 2010