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Silver Spring, MD—Capital Aikikai


  • Capital Aikikai 923 Sligo Avenue Silver Spring, MD, 20910 United States (map)

DAITO RYU AIKIJUJUTSU SEMINAR
with Roy Goldberg Sensei

DATE:
November 4-5, 2023 2pm to 6pm both days.

WHERE:
Capital Aikikai
923 Sligo Ave. Silver Spring, MD
Parking and entrance are on the rear of the building.
Check the Capital website for more information.

PRICE:  
General: $100 per day, $200 for both days
Capital Aikikai and Kiyamakai Members: $75 for one day or $150 for both days.

Space is Limited. Register by sending payment to
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GoldbergDaitoRyu

Please note the date and location of the seminar in the PayPal notes.You will receive a confirmation email. Or send a message to daitoryudc@gmail.com for more information.

Join us for 2 days of serious training in this rare and beautiful martial art! Its core principles focus on subtle manipulations of balance and will complement and enrich any martial arts training regardless of style.

Morihei Ueshiba in front of a placard reading “Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.” — Read More at Aikido Sangenkai

For Aikido practitioners, Daito Ryu is a link to the art of Morihei Ueshiba's teacher Sokaku Takeda. Experiencing the earlier versions of many familiar Aikido techniques will provide a new perspective on the evolution of the art and your own Aikido practice. Kodokai style Daito Ryu is not "hard Aikido" as is sometimes claimed, but rather emphasizes building structure, developing connection, and dominating kuzushi, controlling the attacker with subtle, extremely soft techniques. 

Although some experience with taking ukemi (rolling and breakfalls) is recommended, it is not required. Goldberg Sensei will demonstrate techniques and principles for students of all ranks, styles and experience.

Read the interview with Roy Goldberg in Aikido Journal

Roy Goldberg Sensei is one of the highest ranked Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu practitioners outside of Japan and the senior student of Hayawo Kiyama Shihan. Goldberg Sensei has trained almost 4 decades with Kiyama Shihan and the leading Shihan from Japan including three Menkyo Kaiden.

Goldberg Sensei receiving the Hi Ogi, the 3rd Scroll in the Daito Ryu transmission from Kiyama Shihan. — June, 2016

Goldberg Sensei is the first and only non-Japanese awarded the rank of 7th Dan and certified with the rare teaching license Kyoju Dairi by the Kodokai Menkyo Kaiden at the hombu dojo in Kitami, Japan. He is also the only non-Japanese to receive the 3rd Scroll in the Daito Ryu transmission, the Hi Ogi or "Inner Secrets." He now heads the independent Daito Ryu organiztion Kiyamakai, with Study Groups across the US.

Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu is a 1,200-year-old samurai martial art. It has directly influenced the development of many popular martial arts, Shorinji Kempo, Hakko Ryu Jujutsu, Hapkido and most famously Aikido. Once a secret art, passed generation to generation through the Takeda clan, the system of Daito Ryu was revived in the late 19th century by Sokaku Takeda.

Goldberg Sensei demonstrating techniques for an article in Japan’s preeminent martial arts magazine “Hiden”