Here's a few pictures of the club training at the 2003 Frank Doran Shihan seminar held at Aikido-North.

The club at the 2003 Doran Shihan seminar with Koshiyama Sensei of Aikido-North. (Jim, Koshiyama Sensei, Pat, Chris, and Fred)

Doran Shihan, Koshiyama Sensei, and Uki Sensei at the 2003 seminar. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Participants at the Doran Shihan 2003 seminar. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Uki Sensei and Carol (Aikido-North) doing sokumen with Chris, Fred and Pat getting some training in the upper left. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Fred and Pat look on as Doran Shihan demonstrates a technique on Carol (Aikido-North). (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Uki and Carol again with Fred and Pat training in the background. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Jim gets a free nose job with Chris in the background. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Chris training at the seminar.(Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Doran Shihan shows Jim where his balance point is. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Jim, Chris and Pat training ushiro sokumen(?) techniques.(Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Jim and Fred in mid-throw. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Who ever said Jim wouldn't lend a hand to a fellow aikidoka? (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Pat working his sokumen. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Fred training an irimi-nage technique with Pat and Jim in the background. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Fred thinks, "Wow. It works both ways!". Pat (kneeling) and Jim in the background. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Doing what aikidoka know they do best; eating!. On the right hand side, Pat (foreground), Chris, and Jim. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Once again, food is good for aikidoka. The club sitting at the table to the left with some fellow aikidoka from Aikido-North. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

A rapt audience listens to Doran Shihan recount aikido stories at Koshiyama Sensei's Saturday evening potluck. The club holding up the back wall, center of picture. (Photo from Derek Hedstrom, Aikido-North)

Derek Hedstrom (Aikido-North) and Jim Gilbert after the 2003 seminar.

Derek & Jim exchange a few passing shots.