2001 Cherry Blossom Seminar
at Aikido Shobukan Dojo Washington D.C.

Saotome Sensei is dedicated to the teaching and educating of Aikido instructors. He has built a teachers college in Myakka City near Sarasota, Florida, for the sole purpose of training Master Instructors -- the only such place in existance. There he frequently holds workshops targeted at basically three groups: beginning instructors (shodan & nidan), more experienced instructors (sandan & yondan) and senior instructors (godan and above). All instructors of Shoshin Aikido Dojos are regularly invited to these workshops.