Aikido Yoshinkai Burnaby

Aikido Yoshinkai Burnaby
Testimonials

Mustard Sensei Clinic at Toronto Aikido Centre

He came, he threw, he taught and he has left.....left a tremendous impression on everyone that attended this weekend. The teaching was fantastic, funtatsic, and enjoyable. Everyone went away better than when they came, with a greater knowledge and understanding especially those who came to multiple clinics. We will all spend countless hours trying to emulate, copy, experience and learn from what occurred.

Mustard Sensei WOW II Tour (tm) plans will be announced a little earlier for next years Mustard Visit!

It was great! If you missed it, you need to plan on the next...we will!

Alan Shumak (November 20, 2006)

Mustard Sensei Clinic at Toronto Aikido Centre

The weekend was great, well organized, lots of fun and a ton of great training. The word most commonly heard from everyone in attendance was WOW!!

Mustard Sensei was at in fine form. His technique was soft smooth and devastating. Immensely powerful no muscle or pain. Every uke was that was used by Mustard sensei came up smiling with a awe struck look - It is hard to describe being thrown that hard - but not feeling anything until the mat catches up with you and then standing up and wanting to feel it again!! And to be sure Mustard sensei was always ready to oblige those requests!!!

Anyone who wants to see and feel some of the best yoshinkan aikido in the world - needs to attend Mustard sensei's clinics.

This was the 4th time this year I have had the pleasure of training under Mustard sensei. Every time I attend a clinic with him I gain so much more insight into Aikido. I have multiple epiphanies at each clinic. I can't recommend training with Mustard sensei enough!!!

Nic Mills (November 2006)

This past weekend, the Seikokan Dojo in Windsor, Ontario played host
to Robert Mustard Sensei.

The Dojo was joined by representatives from Vancouver (Hi Vicki),
Ottawa, Oakville, Detroit, Southern California (Randy Stoner Sensei
and crew) and the Toronto area (including Marcel, the North American
Ronin).

For those who don't know, Mustard Sensei is a 6th Dan and is a
former Chief Foreign Instructor at the Hombu Dojo.

Rob Bondy (October 2006)

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Mustard Sensei Visits The Sendokan

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to join us training with and learning from Mustard sensei.

I have had many many comments, 1st hand from students at the Sendokan and through e-mail and phone from others who attended, thanking us for inviting Mustard sensei. Everyone had a great time and we were all inspired to keep training hard in order to improve.

There were a number of students who were absolutely floored by the things Mustard Sensei was demonstrating. (myself included) Jaws were literally hitting the floor as Mustard Sensei Demonstrated the importance of a strong Kamae - Sensei stood in Kamae while 5 of the biggest and strongest participants pushed - as hard as they could!! - Mustard sensei stood there while this was happening and causally explained why this was important and how we could all work towards this!!!

Nic Mills (5th Dan), Chief Instructor, Sendokan Dojo (September 2006)

After searching for something I can really get into, I finally found aikido at Aikido Yoshinkai Burnaby.

I was looking for some kind of martial arts training, and aikido was one of them in my mind; although I had never actually had a chance to see it while I was in Japan . I found some aikido dojos near my home and went there to see what aikido was all about and to see how the training was. I had heard about Mustard sensei from some people before, so I also decided to go watch a class at his dojo despite the fact that it was quite far from my home (I do not have a car). On the way to the dojo, I was secretly thinking that I would not be able to commute this far several times a week for training.

Yoko Davies (September 2006)

Looking for a truly non-violent martial art to teach your youngster confidence and discipline? Yoshinkan Aikido may be just what you've been looking for …

As a conscientious parent, I spent quite a bit of time examining the various local martial arts kids' programs. Remembering my own aborted martial arts experience as a youth, which mostly consisted of kicking and punching accompanied by loud screams, I was looking for something different for my son. I wanted something that would teach him the discipline and confidence of martial arts training, but without the emphasis on overt violence. I felt that my energetic 6 year old just wasn't old enough to appreciate the restraint required to not damage someone with a strong kick or punch. Furthermore, being something of a peacenik at heart, I really wanted him to learn the so-important life lesson that violence is really, at its heart, counterproductive. After a few fruitless months of searching (and 3 program visits later) I almost gave up. Then a friend of mine suggested aikido and, specifically, the Yoshinkan Aikido dojo of Robert Mustard Sensei.

Michelle Unrau (September 2006)

(Michelle herself is now training regularly at the dojo)

This past weekend, a few of us from Toronto went up to see Mustard Sensei at the Seikokan Dojo in Windsor , as guests ... to learn more from this spectacular teacher.

Lemmon Sensei and his dojo are a spirited, ambitious and energetic group, whose aikido is getting stronger and stronger. Mustard Sensei's incredible understanding of the riai of Yoshinkan Aikido, along with his brilliant teaching style has the potential to bring all of us closer and closer to understanding the core of Yoshinkan.

Rob Bondy (October 2005)

Last week I traveled to Vancouver to train with Robert Mustard Sensei in his Burnaby dojo. I trained for 4 nights in his "regular" classes. I had been a student of Robert Sensei's in Japan and for almost two years in Vancouver before moving to Texas. Last week was something all together different though.

First off, since I was a visitor, I was treated with a great deal of respect from Sensei's students and like a long lost friend from Sensei himself. I was amazed at the family like feeling I got from the dojo. That alone motivated me to train hard and often.

Secondly, the classes themselves were just incredible. The spirit in the class is infectious and the focus of his students is enough to motivate anyone to become the best they can.

Mick Chambers (February 2005)

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Mustard sensei is incredibly strong, incredibly powerful ... but I learned at clinics he has done in Ontario that it is not his 'muscle' that makes him strong ... it is EXACTLY the opposite: he does not use muscle to throw, and it equates to incredibly powerful technique. I COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS TALENTS.

The first such convincing technique he ever did on me was hiji-shime. Most every other top teacher that has done this technique to me has had the ability really injure me (I am thankful that they did not do so). When O heard about Rob Mustard's reputation of power and strength, I expected that he would CRUSH my elbow into a pulp ... this was my anticipation.

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Marcel Booth (December 2004)

I heard about Sensei Mustard's technique when I was just a white belt in London, Ontario (1992). My instructor at the time (Chuck Bates) and my seniors were astonished at the level of expertise and knowledge that Sensei Mustard possessed at that time. On the weekend of November 5, 1995, I was fortunate to experience his technique and personality for the first time. I still tell my students and fellow aikidoka about that weekend. Front strike first control pin number one was introduced to me with a power that I had never experienced. Sensei Mustard was able to take the most basic of techniques and make it almost magical. In just a couple of clinics, he left many others and me with a thirst for more of his teaching.

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Todd Shewman (August 1999)

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