Toronto Aikikai - Spring Aikido Seminar April 2026

Spring Seminar

Remembering Kanai Sensei

April 18 and 19, 2026 at Toronto Aikikai

INVITATION

Toronto Aikikai is pleased to invite you to participate in its Spring Aikido Seminar "Remembering Kanai Sensei" Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2026 at the dojo.

The seminar will be commemorating the 22nd anniversary of Kanai Sensei's passing and will be instructed by Fiona Blyth Shidoin, 6th dan, and Robert Zimmermann Shihan, 7th dan, both senior students of Mitsunari Kanai Sensei.

Please join us for a great weekend of practice!

DATE

Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2026

INSTRUCTORS

Fiona Blyth Shidoin, 6th dan
Robert Zimmermann Shihan, 7th dan

SCHEDULE

Saturday April 18
11:00 am - 11:30 am  Registration
11:30 am - 12:30 pm  Aikido
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm  Aikido
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm  Break / Lunch
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm  Aikido
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  Bokken
5:15 pm - Aikido kyu and dan tests

Sunday April 19
10:00 am - 10:30 am  Registration
10:30 am - 11:30 pm  Aikido
11:30 am - 12:30 pm  Aikido
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm  Jo

The class schedule is subject to change.
There will be a 10 minute break between classes.
Please bring bokken and jo.

LUNCH

There will be a catered lunch on Saturday for those who register online and pay for the seminar prior to the deadline. (See below for deadline and Registration.)

Available meal options are selected within the Registration Form, and are as follows:

Vegetarian
Non-vegetarian

REGISTRATION

To participate in the seminar and select your lunch meal, please fill the Seminar Registration Form and Waiver
or use the embedded form below.

To receive the free meal you must register and make payment by the deadline: Wednesday April 15 at 5:00 pm.

While you may register and pay for the seminar at any time, we are unable to order a meal for you if we receive payment after the deadline.

COST

The cost for participation in the seminar is as follows:

	Adults	Youth
One day	$ 80	$ 40
Two days	$ 100	$ 50

PAYMENT

Payment can be made:

in cash or by cheque at the dojo
by e-transfer to
through Paypal or a credit card by using the "Donate" button below.

Please do not send payment through Paypal using the email address above; use the Donate button instead.

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.

QUESTIONS?

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