[Aikido] Aikido for the Fall!

[Jeffrey Stickle]

Hey Everybody,

I'm looking forward to another great year this year with all of you.  
As President of the club, I hope to bring in a large batch of new  
members and of coarse keep up the enthusiasm from our current  
members. This should be a great year in building a stronger base for  
the club.

I'm sure everyone will continue to train their hardest this year and  
continue to advance our skill to top-notch level, all while having  
tons of fun.

I'll definitely be at practice every day this weekend and I hope to  
see you all there too.

Also, coming up this Sunday, September 2nd, is the VSA Organization  
Parade. It runs from 11:30-1:30 and is located outside ACDC (rain  
location in College Center). I hope to be able to do some small  
demonstrations at the Parade, so if some people can come sit at our  
table to help out for at least some of those 2 hours that would be a  
great help.

See you soon,
Jeff

On Aug 27, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Sean Flynn wrote:

> Dear Everybody,
>
>   I hope you all had good summers and are looking forward to doing  
> a lot of good aikido this year.
>
>   I am planning on making some changes in our curriculum after  
> having watch the US performance at last month's Aikido World  
> Championships.  The US had some very good performances from some of  
> its young players, with Josh Ramey of the University of Dayton  
> taking first place in the Men's Toshu Randori sparring championship  
> and our own Janine Parziale taking second place in the Women's  
> Toshu Randori sparring championship.
>
>   However, the US didn't have a single man who could make the round  
> of 8 in the Men's Tanto Randori championship and our performance in  
> Kata was notably unnotable.
>
>   Our club is going to fix this, with the goal of doing superb  
> aikido at the next Aikido World Championships, which will be hosted  
> by the Japanese in Kyoto in 2009.
>
>   I am going to be making some curricular changes to aid this  
> effort, and I think you will find them both fun and refreshing.   
> Plan to work out hard while having a ton of fun.
>
>   As for this week, the gym is back on normal hours as of  
> Thursday.  So I am hoping that practice will begin on Thursday  
> evening and then continue on our normal schedule for the rest of  
> the semester (Tue, Thurs, Sun at 8 p.m. and Sat afternoon at 2 p.m.).
>
>   Unfortunately, I have to go out of town this weekend and in fact  
> fly out on Thursday and fly back on Tuesday.  So I am hoping that  
> Jeff, Jun, and Alan can lead practices this holiday weekend till I  
> get back.  If my flight is not delayed getting back, I should be  
> able to make Tuesday night practice the day after Labor Day.   
> Otherwise you will see me two days later on Thursday evening.
>
>   In the more medium term, our annual fall tournament will be held  
> this year on the weekend of November 3-4.  So plan on being here  
> that weekend and having a lot of fun.
>
> Your sensei who is very happy to have you all back,
>
> Sean
>
>
>
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Sean Flynn
> Assistant Professor of Economics
> Vassar College
> 124 Raymond Ave #424
> Poughkeepsie NY 12604-0424
> USA
>
> Telephone:      845-437-5209
> FAX:            845-437-7576
> E-mail: flynn at vassar.edu
>
> My Academic Website is http://irving.vassar.edu/faculty/sf/sf.htm
> My Aikido Website is http://vassar-aikido-club.com
>
>
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