Val di Fassa, Dolomites, Soraga, Italy
Alpine Budo Seminar
- Aikido
- Iaido
- Jodo
A yearly four-day live-in intensive in the Dolomites of aikido, aikiken with classical kenjutsu, Muso Shinden-ryu iaido and Shinto Muso-ryu jodo, led by Malcolm Tiki Shewan and Pascal Krieger, with a talk on Japanese calligraphy and a morning of practice on a mountain pasture. Participants stay and eat at the hotel where it is held.
- The style
- About 18 hours of practice over four days, in shared and elective classes: aikido, aiki-ken with elements of classical kenjutsu, iaido in the Muso Shinden-ryu, and Shinto Muso-ryu jodo.
- Lineage
- Malcolm Tiki Shewan has trained under Tamura Shihan since 1964 and with other students of the founder, Ueshiba. Pascal Krieger studied from 1969 under Shimizu Shihan, 25th grand master of Shinto Muso-ryu jodo, and received Menkyo Kaiden, the highest teaching license, in 1998.
- The teacher
- Shewan holds Aikikai 7th dan and began in New York in 1962. Krieger is technical director of the European Jodo Federation and president of the International Jodo Federation, and holds judo 4th dan.
17 to 20 June 2027 (save the date; details to follow).
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Where it is
Wellness Hotel Dolomia, Via Molin 2, 38030 Soraga (Val di Fassa, TN), Italy
46.3977, 11.6695
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