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Hi, my name is Linda Eskin. In May of 2009, at age 46, I came to Aikido to improve my horsemanship. It's become about much more than that for me.

I train with Dave Goldberg Sensei at Aikido of San Diego.

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Most of the posts here are duplicates of my posts from my blog on AikiWeb.com, a very active and friendly community of Aikido students and teachers. If you are a member of AikiWeb, and would like to comment, please do so there.

I am a beginning student of Aikido, a martial art that, like horsemanship, takes a lifetime to master. These posts are only my own observations on my own experience. You should not rely on anything I say here. Any inept or incorrect information is my own responsibility, and should not be a reflection on others.

I am grateful to Dave Goldberg Sensei for being an extraordinary teacher, and for creating an engaged, thinking, and compassionate community of students and teachers at Aikido of San Diego. If you are in the area, visitors are always welcome to observe classes. If you are a student at another local dojo, keep an eye on our dojo calendar for upcoming seminars and other events.

Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, Linda Eskin. Please feel free to share any of my poetry, online, or in print, keeping my name and any other acknowledgments with it. I will almost certainly be happy to let you use anything else I've posted here, with proper attribution, but please ask first.

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Training with Adam Fong at the Aiki Retreat, 2011. The whole week was amazing. Great training, great people, a great experience. Already planning to go next year.
You can see the whole Aiki Retreat Slideshow, by photographer Alex Kolbosov, here.

Training with Adam Fong at the Aiki Retreat, 2011. The whole week was amazing. Great training, great people, a great experience. Already planning to go next year.

You can see the whole Aiki Retreat Slideshow, by photographer Alex Kolbosov, here.

Sunday evening mixer at Jiai Aikido.

Sunday evening mixer at Jiai Aikido.

Just a few of the nearly 40 folks from the seminar who went to dinner tonight at Todai. Left to right, Dave, from Aiki Budokan in Houston, Mr. Bill, from Aikido of Santa Cruz, Cheryle, who levitates uke up off the mat after kotegaeshi, Tom Haines Sensei and John, both part of a 5-6 person contingent from from Arizona Aikido. Oh, and me.

Just a few of the nearly 40 folks from the seminar who went to dinner tonight at Todai. Left to right, Dave, from Aiki Budokan in Houston, Mr. Bill, from Aikido of Santa Cruz, Cheryle, who levitates uke up off the mat after kotegaeshi, Tom Haines Sensei and John, both part of a 5-6 person contingent from from Arizona Aikido. Oh, and me.

Getting ready for tonight’s tanto class with Doran Sensei. Lots of really interesting knife defenses and take-aways. Mostly tanto versus tanto. Some tanto versus unarmed, and some tanto versus kicking. Tomorrow night’s tanto class is with Tissier Sensei, and Sunday’s is with Ikeda Sensei.

Getting ready for tonight’s tanto class with Doran Sensei. Lots of really interesting knife defenses and take-aways. Mostly tanto versus tanto. Some tanto versus unarmed, and some tanto versus kicking. Tomorrow night’s tanto class is with Tissier Sensei, and Sunday’s is with Ikeda Sensei.

Kyu rank exams today.
(Photo is from a previous test day.)

Kyu rank exams today.

(Photo is from a previous test day.)

Students at Aikido of San Diego, listening to Sensei speaking about harmony, cooperation, and blending. [photo by Michael Eskin]

Students at Aikido of San Diego, listening to Sensei speaking about harmony, cooperation, and blending. [photo by Michael Eskin]

A slideshow with a couple-hundred of the photos I took this weekend during the seminar with Robert Nadeau Shihan, at Aikido of San Diego. (Better yet, watch it full-screen on Flickr.)

A great time, lots of fun people to train with, beautiful weather, and of course fantastic teaching. Many thanks to everyone who made it possible.