Photos from the Winter Semester 2007

After the Knife Class...

Ready to take the plunge on a Saturday morning...

Sensei instructs the Kempo Class...


Kempo Blocking Drills...

Practicing Te Uke

The Kempo-Jutsu Class was very well received here at Laurier!! Here's to a great semester and to continued training this Fall!!

Endless Horizons First 5th Kyu Aikidoka

Congratulations are in order to Endless Horizons Fukasa-Kai's first students to have achieved the rank of 5th Kyu in Fukasa Ryu Aikido!


These students earned the rank of 5th Kyu after two semesters of dedicated and exemplary attendance in class, the acquisition and demonstration of proper technique, and a rigorous test performed this Saturday morning at the Waterloo Park, ...in the rain no less!


Keep up the good work; remember that you will now serve as examples for other students to look up to for their 5th Kyu, and know above all, that this is just the beginning...


Welcome to 5th Kyu! Rank- Gokyu, Formal Title- Shoden

Tanto Class at the AC Classroom

Interested in adding a weapon to your Aikido or Kempo training? Come check out the Tanto class at the AC this Saturday, March 17th from 12pm till 2pm in the AC Classroom! Remember, the fee must be payed to Sensei BEFORE you can be given the wooden tanto and allowed to train with us. Also, this is open ONLY to students of the Sensei in either Aikido and/or Kempo...please register with Sensei in advance!

TWO SPOTS STILL OPEN!!!!

Tips for Refining Ki

1. Relax completely, let your attention focus on your one point at your center, let theweightsettle naturally to the underside, develop awareness of the already extended ki or energy.


2. Breathe in as you gather and concentrate ki in your center. Breathe out as you extend it.
   


3. Breathe in as you enter and blend with the momentum, inertia, and timing of an attack. Breathe out as you execute a throw or immobilization technique.
   


4. Visualize the energy extending pas the physical limitations of the body.
   


5. Maintain a positive attitude.
   


6. Consistently and persistently practice with honest and genuine intent and intensity.
   


7. Let yourself become aware of the subtle flow of ki.

Aikido Fall 06 pics

Some pictures of the fall 06 Aikido semester...

Scott practicing Kokyo Nage 2 with Katrina...

Timofey putting a Hadaka jimi on Igor while Tasha gets thrown around in the background...

Shihonage prep drills...

Fall 06 was a great Aikido semester, keep up the good work Aikidoka!

~Sensei Nic

Endless Horizons Fukasa Kai at Laurier!!

Welcome to Endless Horizons Fukasa Kai!!

The Traditional Samurai Arts taught here at Wilfrid Laurier University!!

Arts offered;

Fukasa Ryu Kempo-Jutsu Tues. and Thurs from 8-9pm

Fukasa Ryu Aikido Tues. and Thurs from 9-10pm

Fukasa Ryu Iai/Kenjutsu (by private lessons only!)

We're well into our second semester of classes and training is starting to heat up! (Literally too, with the classroom heater making its own decisions!) Snow days here and there but the Saturday morning classes are picking up and making up for lost time! Please check out the site for updates and occasional pictures of you all in action!

For inquiries, prospective students, questions or comments, as always feel free to contact me at

senseinic@hotmail.com

See you all in the Dojo!

Best Regards,

~Nicolas Fulton, Sensei