Chief Instructor Ed Francis 4th Degree Black Belt Aikido

20 Years experience teaching in the U.S. and Japan.

This page will have news for students. It will also be a place that each student can post their own information for the dojo.

    To start, the Dojo hosted its first Law Enforcement Course. This course "suspect control & restraint" had 14 Officers from the area ( San Angelo P.D., Coke County, Tom Green County, S.A. Lake Rangers, S.A. City Marshals, and S.A. Park Police ) in attendance. They were exposed to new techniques that allow then more control from the point of physical contact until the suspect is secured. The day after the course I received a few calls from the students that attended and they expressed there enjoyment of the course and also their pain from the course. They informed me that they were a little sore from the applications, but at the same time they wanted a longer course. A longer course is coming. We are very pleaced that we were able to offer the area Law Enforcement this new form of training and look forward to future schools.

    The tuition from the course will assist in the operation of our Dojo. the first form of business is the purchase of the new Dojo patches. Followed by Dojo Administration.

    To those dojo students that assisted in the course, I would like to say thank you. Your help was greatly appreciated.

Dojin Aikikai