Hello,

A small group of us (from various arts/styles around the country) are
planning a series of two 2-day weekend workshops which will be
conducted by Mike Sigman.



At this stage, nothing is concrete as we are canvassing general
interest in such a workshop. However, two workshops are being planned
for - one in Brisbane, and the other in either Sydney or Melbourne.
Each workshop will run over a full weekend (6 hours each day Sat and
Sun). It is envisaged that the cost per 2-day workshop will be
$200/person. The workshops will be limited to a maximum of 30
participants each, to ensure quality instruction and more one-on-one
time with Mike.



If there is sufficient interest in an Aikido-specific workshop, the
content will cover the following material:

1. the basics of "ki" and "kokyu" movement/training

2. "Kamae" and the concept of central equilibrium

3. these basics as they pertain to traditional Aikido exercises (e.g.
kokyu-ho, fune-kogi-undo, happo undo, wrist exercises, suburi, etc.)

4. how to use these basic concepts in a testing format between 2 people

5. "Holes", balance and "floating" (e.g. how to apply kuzushi on contact)

6. Use and application of these basic concepts through some basic
(Aikido-specific) technique examples

7. More practical examples of using these basic concepts and how to
manifest them through the "Divine Will"

8. Exercises that will help dramatically increase your kokyu power



If there are insufficient numbers to warrant an Aikido-specific
workshop, the content will be more generic and equally
applicable to ALL martial arts, such as karate, taiji and
judo/jujitsu.



For those of you who are wondering who is Mike Sigman and what does he
know...



Mike Sigman has more than 45 years of martial training in judo,
Okinawan karate, Aikido, Taijiquan, and many other Chinese martial
arts. Since 1975 Mike has devoted his time to gathering information
and training methods for the body skills surrounding all the physical
abilities of ki/kokyu/jin power and in the conditioning methods (both
hard and soft) that are involved in the body/mind training of
breathing methods.
Mike was the editor/publisher of "Internal Strength" magazine and has
written numerous articles and given numerous workshops for the last 15
years in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and Scandinavia.

Mike has recently been asked to write a series of articles for aikido
journal these can be viewed at

http://www.aikidojournal.com/?id=3821



If this is something you would be interested in, please forward your
expression of interest to me by replying to this email.

brighte_99@...

Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested


Thanks in advance,



Aran Bright