Warren Pottebaum and Bay Area Shodokan Aikido hosted the 2025 Fall Gasshuku in Berkeley, California. The two-day event (Oct. 11-12) featured seminars by Robert King, Warren Pottebaum, Ash Morgan, and Garth Wallace. Topics included go no sen, variations of tenchinage and kotemawashi, and the uses of tegatana in the junanahon and daisan.
Along with the seminars, the following aikidoka tested and were promoted. Congratulations!
Warren Pottebaum
Bay Area Shodokan Aikido
6th Dan (Rokudan)
Garth Wallace
Bay Area Shodokan Aikido
5th Dan (Godan)
Minh-Anh Vuong
Yamakage Dojo
3rd Dan (Sandan)
Lishan Yu
Yamakage Dojo
1st Dan (Shodan)
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Here’s a slideshow of the weekend (Thank you for the photos!):
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Thank you to all instructors and participants!
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