Mary Heiny

Mary Heiny (6th Dan, Hombu Aikido Dojo)Altschul Auditorium, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (118th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
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Mary Heiny

Mary Heiny, one of North America's senior practitioners of the modern Japanese martial art of Aikido, will relate personal reminiscences about Ueshiba Morihei, the founder of Aikido, and his son, Ueshiba Kisshomaru, the recently deceased Doshu, as well as share her insights and experiences as a key figure in the transmission of this art to the West.Heiny began her training in 1965.She has studied at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo and also underwent intensive training as a student of Hikitsuchi Michio, 10th Dan, at the Shingu-Kumano Dojo, which places special emphasis on the spiritual aspects of aikido training.

Following a thirty minute lecture, Heiny will teach a one-hour master-class, demonstrating the training methodology and distinctive movements of modern aikido.