Spring Iaido Open Clinic
April 18, 2026, at Toronto Aikikai
Instructors:
E. Lavigne, 5th dan
R. Zimmermann, 5th dan
Y. Cuevas, 4th dan


Due to unforeseen circumstances,
the seminar has been postponed.
More information to follow.
INVITATION Toronto Aikikai is pleased to invite you to participate in its Spring Iaido Clinic on Saturday April 18, 2026, at the dojo and online.
Instructors are: Eric Lavigne, 5th dan, Robert Zimmermann, 5th dan, and Yelitza Cuevas, 4th dan.
Practice will cover Muso Shinden Ryu Chuden, sitting and standing variations.
It is an open clinic: everyone is welcome regardless of experience.
Please join us for a rewarding day of practice!
DATE Saturday April 18, 2026
PARTICIPATION The clinic will take place at Toronto Aikikai, 58 Ritchie Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Participation will be in person and online.
Those who register for participation online will be sent an email with instructions for connection by Zoom and Google Meet.
INSTRUCTORS Eric Lavigne, 5th dan
Robert Zimmermann, 5th dan
Yelitza Cuevas, 4th dan
SCHEDULE
Saturday April 18
  9:00 am - 10:00 am  Registration
10:00 am - 11:00 am  Fundamentals and Chuden Part I
11:15 am - 12:15 pm  Chuden Part II
12:15 pm -   1:45 pm  Break / Lunch
  1:45 pm -   2:45 pm  Chuden Part III
  3:00 pm -   4:00 pm  Chuden and Shoden Q&A
  4:15 pm -   Tests

The class schedule is subject to change.
LUNCH There will be a catered lunch for those who register online and pay for the clinic prior to the deadline.
Please see below for deadline and Registration.

Available meal options are selected within the Registration Form, and are as follows:
  • Vegan: sweet potato bean cakes, roasted cauliflower, avocado, chickpeas, cucumbers, shredded carrots, pickled turnips, cilantro, baby kale, brown rice, spicy tahini dressing.

  • Salmon: cajun salmon brushed with a herb butter, avocado, roasted sweet potato, steamed broccoli, cucumber, pickled onion, jalapeno, brown rice, chopped romaine, carrot ginger dressing.
REGISTRATION To participate in the clinic—either in person or online—please complete the Iaido Clinic Registration Form and Waiver, or use the embedded form below.
You can select the type of meal within the form.
Please note: to receive your complementary meal you must register and make payment by the deadline of Wednesday April 15 at 5:00 pm. Registrations or payments received after this deadline will not include a meal.

We have a limited number of iaito we can lend out if you don't have your own. Please indicate on the Registration Form if you need one.

Sharp swords are not allowed.


COST The cost for the clinic is as follows:
Participation in person: $ 40 CAD
Participation online: $ 30 CAD

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PAYMENT Payment can be made:
    

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DIRECTIONS AND PARKING Toronto Aikikai is located at 58 Ritchie Avenue, just steps from the Dundas West subway station, from the intersections of Dundas St. West and Bloor St. West, and from the intersections of Dundas St. West and Roncesvalles Ave.
Directions.
If you are driving your best bet for parking is at the Loblaws parking lot just behind the dojo. There is a walkway from the parking lot onto Ritchie Avenue.
ONLINE LINKS Those who register for participation online will be sent an email with instructions for connection by Zoom and Google Meet.
COVID-19 POLICY Standard hygiene practices are in effect at the dojo.
We suggest all seminar participants and visitors self-test before coming to the dojo and abstain from coming if showing any COVID-19, respiratory or other potentially communicable disease symptoms.
Use of masks at the dojo is optional.
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