Nerima Aikido Rengoukai Dojo 2003At the Nerima Aikido Rengoukai Dojo with Masayuki Takeda Sensei in Nerima-ku, Tokyo Japan
Nuaanu Aikido Club - November 27th 2017
Training at the Nuuanu Aikido Club with Ikuhiro Kubota Sensei, Kunio Yoshimoto Sensei and Shigeru Suzuki Sensei. Also pictured - Nuuanu Aikido Club chief instructor, Randy Scoville.
Nuuanu Aikido Club, February 26th 2017
With Toshio Suzuki Sensei, from Aikikai Hombu Dojo.
Internal Training - January 2014
With Andy Breton, Henry Sim and Mert Gambito. Photo courtesy of Greg Socito
I am the Universe.Noren (short curtain) reading "Uchu Soku Ware" - "The Universe is Me", the Kanji on the left reads: "Aikido Kaiso Ueshiba Morihei"
Ala Moana Beach Park with Takeshi Yamashima Sensei
Bob Kinzie and Val Pires at Ala Moana Beach Park with Takeshi Yamashima Sensei after training, June 15 2014
Windward Aikido Club, October 11th 2017
Dave Johnson joined us for training at Windward Aikido Club!
With Takeshi Yamashima in Kaneohe HawaiiWith Takeshi Yamashima at the Aikido Ohana summer gasshuku in Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden in Hawaii
Takeshi Yamashima Sensei in Hawaii 2004Poster from one of Takeshi Yamashima Sensei's early visits to Hawaii - at The Aikido Ohana in 2004, with me taking ukemi. After training with Sensei in Japan for a number of years I moved back to Honolulu from Tokyo in 2003 and invited him to come teach in Hawaii - now he visits at least once yearly.
Poster by Greg Socito.
Chris Li thrown by 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 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.