burp
7th February 2002, 18:59
Howdy!
I just recently ran into the the CAA homepage (http://www.ai-ki-do.org/). Seems to be a new version of the AANC (http://www.aanc.org) as noted on the CAA website:
In 1980, the name of the Yudansha Kai was changed to Aikido Association of Northern California (AANC) to take into consideration the many people represented by the association who are not black belt holders. By 2001 the AANC had evolved into 3 divisions and had grown to over 90 member dojos. The California Aikido Association (CAA) was formed in 2002, from a majority of the AANC membership, based upon the principle of training together in friendship with a minimum of formal organizational structure. The CAA is affiliated with Hombu Dojo, Aikido Headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan.
One of the main changes appears to be the elimination of Bill Witt sensei from the leadership. Furthermore, while perusing the CAA dojo listing, Bill Witt's dojo doesn't show up anymore (not as an affiliated dojo, nor as a friend dojo).
My question is: what happened to Bill Witt's role/affiliation when the AANC became the CAA? Does anybody know?
This question is not intended to be "gossipy", I'm just curious.
Enjoy!
mikehansen
I just recently ran into the the CAA homepage (http://www.ai-ki-do.org/). Seems to be a new version of the AANC (http://www.aanc.org) as noted on the CAA website:
In 1980, the name of the Yudansha Kai was changed to Aikido Association of Northern California (AANC) to take into consideration the many people represented by the association who are not black belt holders. By 2001 the AANC had evolved into 3 divisions and had grown to over 90 member dojos. The California Aikido Association (CAA) was formed in 2002, from a majority of the AANC membership, based upon the principle of training together in friendship with a minimum of formal organizational structure. The CAA is affiliated with Hombu Dojo, Aikido Headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan.
One of the main changes appears to be the elimination of Bill Witt sensei from the leadership. Furthermore, while perusing the CAA dojo listing, Bill Witt's dojo doesn't show up anymore (not as an affiliated dojo, nor as a friend dojo).
My question is: what happened to Bill Witt's role/affiliation when the AANC became the CAA? Does anybody know?
This question is not intended to be "gossipy", I'm just curious.
Enjoy!
mikehansen