We meet Chida Sensei at Sheremetyevo Airport on 17^th May 2012 and this visit for the first time he travelled alone without an assistant took the Aerostar Express to the center of town and settled Sensei into our friends apartment where we enjoyed a meal and chatted about the seminar and things in general, the next day was a rest day for Sensei after his long travel from Japan.

Saturday 19^th saw the first day of the seminar and both Sensei and I were delighted to see many students of Aikido from different parts of Russia including Kamchatka, Vladivostok, Saratov, Balakovо, St.Petersburg and students from other schools in Moscow.

In the Gallery of our Web-Site published some photos from the Aikido Renshinkai Seminar with Tsutomu Chida Sensei took place 19-20.05.1012 in Moscow, Russia.

Click here to download the high resolution image (size 1.51 Mb).

The Renshinkai Misogikan Dojo is proud to announce the visit to Moscow of Soke Chida 8^th dan, head of the Renshinkai organization.

Chida Sensei is known throughout the world for his dynamic Yoshinkan Aikido, Chida Sensei has spent the longest time at the Honbu Dojo of Yoshinkan as Uchi-Deshi of the late great Gozo Shioda and later after Gozo Shioda’s passing as Dojocho.

Chida Sensei will arrive in the end of September and will stay here during the first week of October 2008

There will be a two day open seminar on 4^th and 5^th October and workshops in the Misogikan Honbu Dojo.

This invitation to the seminar is open to all styles and ranks of Aikido with the main theme of the seminar being the true spirit of Aikido Love, Harmony and Friendship.

I would like to thank all who supported our weekend seminar at our honbu dojo on 12^th and 13^th of this month and offer my congratulations to the five people who passed their examinations it was great to see our friends from Kraznogorsk and Saratov.

It is now confirmed that Chida Sensei will conduct a Seminar here in Moscow. Seminar dates are 19^th - 20^th May 2012. Full details of the seminar will be published soon and I hope that all students related to Misogikan-Renshinkai will support this very important seminar.


David Eayrs