Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan - Aikido Seminar Berlin 2025 (tentative)

Name: Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan - Aikido Seminar Berlin 2025 (tentative)
Start: 2025-05-03T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-04T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Franz-Mett-Sporthalle

Schedule

Sat May 03 2025 at 11:00 am to Sun May 04 2025 at 04:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Franz-Mett-Sporthalle | Berlin, BE

### ATTENTION: SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 2025 (TENTATIVE) ###
Dear seminar participants,
It saddens us to have to inform you that Ryuji Shirakawa Sensei’s International Aikido Seminar scheduled for 4th and 5th of May 2024 in Berlin will be postponed to a new date to be announced. We hope the seminar can be held on the 3rd and 4th of May 2025.
Unfortunately Shirakawa Sensei has “no plans to restart his international seminar tour in Europe 2024" except for one short seminar in the UK.
It goes without saying that all acquired seminar tickets for the Berlin seminar will keep their validity until the seminar can take place in the near future (to be announced). Should you wish to keep your spot at the seminar, you don’t need to do anything, your spot will stay reserved for you.
As soon as it will be possible to proceed with the seminar, a new date will be published and all participants will receive a proper notification in a timely manner. In case the new date does not fit with your plans, there will be a short cancellation period upon publication of the new date, during which you will be able to cancel your participation. Please stay tuned, we will keep you informed.
Should you wish to cancel your participation at the seminar now already, please proceed to send an e-mail message with your cancellation to [email protected]
Please remember to include your full name and bank details in order to allow us to refund your full seminar fees. Please include the following information in your e-mail:
- Name of seminar participant
- Name of bank account holder
- IBAN
- BIC
Please bear in mind that if you cancel your participation now, you’ll need to reapply for a seminar spot as soon as the new date has been published. Please understand that people who have been on the waiting list for a spot at the seminar will have priority before we can open the rest of the spots to everybody else.
We would like to thank all seminar participants for their loyalty, patience and perseverance over the last years. We would be very happy to keep counting on your participation and we hope that very soon it will be possible to proceed with the much expected seminar with Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan in Berlin.
Please, stay tuned and come back to the event on a regular basis, we will be updating the event as soon as there is a new date set for the seminar.
Thank you very much,
kind regards,
your team at Aikido Berlin

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The Berlin School of Aikido is pleased to welcome Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan, 6th dan Aikikai, for his first International Aikido Seminar in Germany, to be held in Berlin from Saturday 6th until Sunday the 7th of May 2023.
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Registration period for Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan international Aikido seminar in Berlin for 2023 has ended. The seminar is fully booked. There is a considerable waiting list and all emerging free spots will be offered sequentially.
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seminar schedule: TBA
• SATURDAY
morning
11:00 - 13:00 aikido (adults, taijutsu)
evening
14:00 - 15:00 aikido (children)
15:00 - 17:00 aikido (adults, taijutsu & buki waza)
20:00 - open end "get together dinner" at "Nola’s at the vineyard" restaurant, Veteranenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin
https://goo.gl/maps/vPmdMQY1dFJ2
• SUNDAY
morning
11:00 - 13:00 aikido (adults, taijutsu)
afternoon
14:30 - 16:30 aikido (adults, taijutsu & buki waza)
fees
€ 65.- full seminar
€ 50.- saturday or sunday only
€ 25.- single aikido session
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Please bring your weapons, we cannot provide weapons for everyone
The seminar is open to all styles and aikidoka
For additional information please visit: https://www.aikido.berlin
send a message to: [email protected]
or call:
+ 49 172 3985747 (Henryk)
+ 49 172 4709936 (Lydia)
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Liability disclaimer:
The organisation of the event (Aikido-Schule Berlin e.V.) reserves the right to modify, reschedule or cancel the event at any given time. The organisation will not be liable for any personal injury or material damage to the property of the seminar participants. The organization reserves the right to suspend or deny the participation at the event at any given time, if there should be any circumstance or cause (verbal or physical misconduct, abuse, fraude etc.) that could be attributed to the participant and could endanger or obstruct the natural flow of the event. Should the participation be rightfully denied or suspended, the seminar fee will be refunded in full. Expenses for transportation and accommodation are of sole responsibility of the participant and will not be refunded or indemnified under any circumstance. By registering to the event you assure to be in good physical health and to be physically and mentally able to take part at an aikido seminar. Please be sure to inform the event organisation about relevant diseases, serious injuries or handicaps before the beginning of the event.
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About Ryuji Shirakawa Sensei:
Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan was born in 1980. In 1995, at the age of 15, he started his Aikido instruction under his father Katsutoshi Shirakawa Shihan, 7th Dan Aikikai. As an avid and fast learner he studied the basics of theoretical and practical Aikido very thoroughly. Besides growing up in a household with lots of Aikido books, Ryuji Shirakawa used to ask his father for explanations about Aikido and his father would explain until he had understood.
Ryuji Shrakawa Sensei was attracted to Aikido because he believed that the peaceful principles of Aikido and its foundations as a form of budo offered him important values and abilities for his life. He considers Aikido to be special because it aims to harmonize with a partner and not to defeat an opponent. As uke and tori take turns during Aikido practice both get to understand the feelings of the other, making peace and harmony grow through practice. In his opinion this can be experienced by beginners as well as by experienced practicioners.
Ryuji Shirakawa Sensei studied as uchi deshi of Yasuo Kobayashi, who was his father's sensei and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba Kaiso. Master Kobayashi explained to Ryuji Shirakawa the importance of being a professional Aikido instructor as well as how to apply Aikido in life. During his free time he also attended to the regular classes at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo, where he joined the lessons of renowned teachers, but he considers that at Hombu Dojo the main instruction he received came from Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu, whose techniques were faithful to the basics and very clear.

Finally it was under the supervision and the strict eye of his father, Katsutoshi Shirakawa Shihan, that he continued to develop his abilities and has matured over the years.
In 2017 he was promoted to the rank of 6th Dan by Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba and shortly after awarded the title of Shihan (Model), becoming one of the youngest teachers to be awarded this title ever before. Ryuji Shirakawa Sensei teaches full time at two of the most important dojos in the city of Sendai in Northern Japan, Miyagi Prefecture, as well as in a number of branch dojos in the surroundings of Sendai.
Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan's Aikido style:
He is known for his dynamic and clean Aikido style, as well as for being an excellent instructor.
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Seminar title:
Development from basic technique to application
During his seminar in Berlin Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan would like to convey the harmony and beauty of Aikido as well as the dynamics of a modern martial art. Above all he aims to explain the development of the basic technique into an advanced application. He will show this through a clear and fluid movement, expressing his passion for the art of Aikido.
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Ryuji Shirakawa Sensei can be seen demonstrating his style on YouTube at the last two All-Japan Aikido Demonstrations (2013/14), as well as representing Japan at the World Combat Games in Russia (2014).