Yoji Kondo seminar

This is just too cool!

We're going to have Yoji Kondo at our dojo for a seminar on July 8. The seminar will run from 9am until 5pm, if not later. The cost is $50. He will be discussing the relationship between judo and aikido, among other things. It will not be a discussion only seminar, so bring your gi.

We hope to videotape the seminar, or at least portions of it, but I don't know if we have Sensei Kondo's permission yet.

Not only is Sensei Kondo an aikidoka, but he's also an astrophysicist and a science fiction author. An amazing triad of interests that parallel mine fairly well.

Sensei Kondo was the translator for Karl Geis when he was communicating with Kenji Tomiki while setting up Fugakukai Aikido in Houston. He was also an instructor in my hometown in the 70's, so this area is not unfamiliar to him. He was actually employed by JSC for a number of years. There is the chance that he worked with/knew my father.

He also taught judo with a man named David Drake. I'm not certain that it's the same D. Drake who is a science fiction author, but I'm going to look into it.

If you want more information on this, drop me a line. The short notice could not be helped.

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