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AIKIDO BISMARCK SEMINARS
North Dakota Aiki Shuren Dojo Proudly Hosts: 
Mark Larson
(Takuto 匠人) 
6th Dan Aikikai Shihan
June 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2022 - Bismarck, ND, USA

Please join us for a great weekend of Iwama Aikido.  All aikido levels, styles and affiliations are welcome.  Please bring your own ken, jo and tanto, if possible.  Pre-registration is requested.
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Training Schedule:

Friday June 3 (evening)
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. training (dojo)
8:15 pm.  Dinner and gathering (tba)

​Saturday June 4
9:00 am - 9:50 am.  Kids Class and Check-in for Adult Seminar
10:00 am - Noon.  Training
Noon - 2:30 pm.  Lunch Break
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm.  Training
7:00 pm.  Dinner & Party (location TBA)

Sunday June 5
9:00 am - 9:25 am.  Check-in
9:30 am - Noon.  Training

Prices:
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Full Seminar: $120

Sat & Sun:
 $100

Saturday Only: $70

Sunday Only: $50


Prior to training at Aikido Bismarck, please have the following 2 pages completed, signed and presented at check-in:   Seminar Liability Release and Emergency Information.

The closest hotel to the dojo is the Bismarck Radisson Hotel downtown.  More about accommodations.

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Mark Larson Sensei

Mark Larson Shihan is the founder and chief instructor of Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo- a name bestowed upon his dojo directly by Morihiro Saito Shihan, longest direct student of Aikido’s Founder.
In 1992, Larson Shihan’s Aikido studies took him to Japan for nearly a decade where he lived, learned, and trained as a live-in/direct student (uchideshi) at Akita Aiki Shuren Dojo under his first teacher, Shigeru Kawabe Shihan, and the Founder’s Dojo in Iwama (the birthplace of Aikido) under his head teacher Morihiro Saito Shihan. 

Larson ​Shihan received the highest sword (aiki-ken) and staff (aiki-jo) weapons certification  (menkyokaiden) from Morihiro Saito Shihan, and he currently holds a 6th degree black belt (rokudan) from the World Aikido Federation (Aikikai) Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan.  Mark Larson Sensei is known for his dedication to preserving, teaching, and disseminating the Iwama Aikido he learned directly from Morihiro Saito Shihan towards the end of Saito Sensei’s life (1993-2002).

Today, Mark Larson Shihan is available for guest speaking engagements, events and instruction. He continues to teach Aikido classes, workshops, leadership sessions, and seminars privately and as a Minnesota State college-level course. He presents locally, nationally, and internationally, traveling throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. He is the founder and chief instructor of Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo, Nowthen, MN, and technical advisor for a number of Aikido Dojos in the USA and Japan as well as Canada, Denmark, and Sweden.

The aikido I teach at Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo is the aikido Morihiro Saito Sensei taught in the early 1990’s until his untimely passing in 2002.  As it was Morihiro Saito Sensei’s mission to preserve the Aikido of his teacher, Founder Morihei Ueshiba, it is my mission to preserve the Aikido I learned directly from my head teacher, Morihiro Saito Sensei, in the latter years of Saito Sensei’s life -- precisely as he taught it at the Founder’s dojo (Ibaraki Aiki Shuren Dojo) in Iwama, Japan.  It is this period of Morihiro Saito Shihan’s Aikido that originally became known worldwide as IWAMA AIKIDO.
~ 
Mark L. Larson (Takuto)–Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo-cho

ABOUT IWAMA TAKEMUSU AIKIKAI

Questions?  Email aikidobismarck@gmail.com or call 701-471-2306

Seminar Location will be at Aikido Bismarck Dojo and outdoor locations at Sertoma Park Shelter #11.  [See Maps Page]
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Aikido Bismarck Dojo
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1519 E. Broadway Ave
Bismarck, ND 58501
Homepage photo  (Larson Sensei and Jason Austad) credit:  Bill Aquino Photography

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