Kancho Sensei UK Seminar

Yasuhisa Shioda Soke or Kancho Sensei was born on 15th November,1952. Kancho Sensei started practicing Aikido at the age of thirteen under his father the late Gozo Shioda Soke the Founder and the first Yoshinkan Aikido Kancho. In 1984 Kancho Sensei spent three years in England and helped establish the basis for the spread of Yoshinkan Aikido overseas. The Tatsumaki Dojo was the place to be on Saturday May 22nd 2010, Kancho Sensei was giving a seminar in the uk for the first time in 26 years.

Kancho spoke in english at first then for the rest of the time Kancho spoke Japanese I thought Kancho did a good job of speaking english, as I can only say a few words in Japanese, I found Kancho Sensei to be friendly and open with very strong technique, we started off with Kihon Dosa and then moved on to some basic techniques,Shiho Nage was first follow by some Nage Waza in the afternoon. There was a lot of people at the seminar so throwing space was a bit limited,. Kancho Sensei was kind enough to have some photos with us and sign a few books. If you have missed Kancho's visit to England shame on you, it was a great seminar and I really enjoyed it I even got my photo taken with young skywalker himself Dan Holloway nice to see you again Dan.