PROMOTIONS - MHA would like to congratulate the following on their promotions.

Junior Division:


- White belt w/1 stripes - Alex Shah, Erik Merrill, Stephen Merrill
- Yellow belt - Sean Baker, Branden "I love to FLY" Parisella, Michael Parisella,
Brendon "Capt. Underpants" Layumas
- Green belt - Malana Krongelb

Adult Division:

White belt w/1 stripe
- Justin Baker - White Belt w/2 stripes - Omer Dokumaci, Nick Danese
- Go-kyu (yellow belt) - Jenna Margolin, Barbara Gonzales, Larry Burroughs
- Yellow w/1 stripes - Steve "Brutus" Burke, Justin Glass, Micheline Ajaye
- Yellow w/2 stripes - , Justin Glass
- Blue - Sidd "Vicious" Panda - Blue w/2 stripes - Umit "Turkish Tower" Uygur
- Green w/1 stripes - Joe "The Joe-man" Sautner
- Green w/2 stripes - Chris "It's my B'day" Letterio
- Ni-kyu (Purple Belt) - Andy Seidel
- I-Kyu (Brown Belt) - Dave Perantoni

UPCOMING EVENTS:

NEWS: *Congratulations to the following people on their acheivements*


-- ITS OFFICIAL - WE HAVE OFFICIALLY CHANGED OUR NAME TO MID HUDSON AIKIDO.

-- REMINDER - Kopitov Sensei Seminar on Sunday March 21st - 10 - 12PM

-- Mid Hudson Aikido would like express its thanks to everyone for their attendance and participation at another successful Night Out/ Trip to Japan at Mt. Fuji

-- Marist Aikido will be resuming it's Spring '04 classes on Tues. Feb. 3rd. Classes will be
held on Tues. and Thurs. from 8 - 9:30 PM at the McCann Center - Dance Studio.
-- 8 - 9PM for new students and 9 - 9:30PM for advanced students

- Advanced Class - Scheduled Dates - Feb.1st, March 7th, April 4th, May 2nd. Classes are held between 10-11:30 AM

- * Don't forget to Sign the Guestbook * - Click Here

Nicknames: We decided to add this section occasionally to help everyone keep up with all the nicknames that continue to get slung around the dojo and on the website.

Sensei Earl Layumas - Sho Nuff ( ie.. The Masta')
Adam Weissman (Webmaster) - MonkeyBoy, aka... Letsy The Clown
Joe Sautner - The "Joe" Man
Steve Burke - Brutus
JC Francis - Lightweight
Umit Uygur - The Turkish Prince, aka...Turkish Tower
Sidd Panda - "Vicious" ie... Sidd "Vicious" Panda
Mark Verity
- Mark "I Flip 4 U" Verity - aka... Flipper, aka... Flip, aka... Flippy
Chris Letterio - Chris "It's my b'day" Letterio
Rusty Russomanno - "The Iron Chef"
Branden Parisella - Branden "I Love To Fly" Parisella
Brendon Layumas - "Captain Underpants"
Dave Perantoni - "Master Dave Perantoni"
Andy Seidel - "Andy 'Sup Seidel"
Larry Burroughs - Larry "Hari Kari" Burroughs

If you do not YET have a nickname... DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL SOON!

NIHON GOSHIN AIKIDO TECHNIQUE TRANSLATION

This new section will be updated monthly with a translation of our NGA techniques into the equivalent Japanese terms.

This month, First Wrist Technique

The translation of this technique into Japanese is katatekosatori nikkyo.

 

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