Shinto-Ryu Iai-Battojutsu USA

Updated our website with lots of pictures of Shinto Seibu Ryu Iai-Battojutsu and other arts with Japanese Fighting Arts NW.

Photos – Japanese Fighting Arts Northwest Photos Seikikai Aikido and Seiki Ryu Aiki-ken summer seminar (1996?) Chris Ellard, Lenny Rede, Christian Moses, Jeremy Hulley, Chris Aloia, Kurita Minouru sensei (center) Christian Moses with Helmut Floss at Two Cranes Aikido (2000) Shinto Seibu Ryu embu Fuji city (2001) Mark Kruger, Jeremy Hulley,....

I really urge any of you who are trying to get back to normal indoor activities to read through this CDC report on the SINGLE choir practice in WA state that had an 87% transmission rate!!! One single person who later reported mild cold like symptoms attended a single evening practice infected 53 other people and led to three hospitalizations and two deaths. While there are obvious differences to many of the activities many of us miss, there are some specific similarities to the way most martial arts classes are run:
* Indoor space with moderate to low ventilation
* Multiple partner changes
* Common area for water and supplies
* Vigorous breathing
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High SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate Following Exposure at a Choir Practice ... On March 17, 2020, a member of a Skagit County, Washington, choir informed Skagit County Public Health (SCPH) that several members of the 122-member choir had become ill.

JFANW friend Rich Elias needs your help. Please consider donating.

Help bring Valentino home and on his feet! organized by Angela Shackleford Early in May, my brother Valentino, (who some of you know as Richard) in… Angela Shackleford needs your support for Help bring Valentino home and on his feet!

It’s with great sadness I must announce the closing of our facility, Seattle School of Aikido. One of the first Aikido dojos opened on the West coast, SSA has been open in our location since Mary Heiny founded it in 1976. Despite our best efforts and the generosity of our members, declining membership, increasing costs, and now COVID19 have created a perfect storm that left us with no reasonable choice but to close our doors. It is my hope that we (Japanese Fighting Arts NW) will re-open in due time at some new location.

Chris Moses
Japanese Fighting Arts NW (Icho Ryu Aikibudo * Shinto Ryu Iai-Battojutsu * Budo Tanren)