Dedicate a mat for $1,000. A message of your choosing will go on the back once we lay our new mats. Pledge Aikido of New London County Aikido of Ramapo Valley Aikido of Red Bank Aikido of Westchester Boston Aikikai Long Beach Island Aikikai Marie Torrecampo Shaffer in loving memory of James "Jimmy" Shaffer Montérégie Aikikai New York Eastside Aikikai In memory of Richard Stickles Shihan, from his students “Awareness of Being is Bliss” In memory of Zev Guber, from his family Florida Aikikai, in memory of Yamada Sensei To honor Mike Abrams, Sugano Sensei, and Yamada Sensei from Helen Bibilouri In memory of Jean Mundy, a healer of troubled souls and a free spirit who brought me to Aikido. Linda Robbins In memory of Sayoko Tanaka and Keith Rosello San Francisco Aikikai in memory of Yamada Sensei Valenzuela Family Yoko Okamoto Sensei To thank Hui Hu Sensei and JiZhiWu Aikikai from Jiaxuan Liang Ramon Moralejo for Neo, Oliver, Luna, Scooter, Buzzy, and Lennie To honor Senseis Seiichi Sugano, Yoshimitsu Yamada and Donovan Waite from Heaven and Earth Aikido Litchfield Hills Aikikai Woodstock Aikido: In memory of those who have entered the eternal forward roll: Irina Branzburg, Suart Allen, Doug Pond, Kathy Norklin, Judy Glasel, Chris Becker, Patti Konigsberg, Milo Quam In honor of Pedro Escalante, Bill Hoffman, and Pat Hoffman from Julio Escalante Mallorca Aikido Club en memoria de Yamada Sensei In honor of, and with deepest gratitude to Yamada Sensei and Sugano Sensei - Brian, Chuck, Edwin and Jaime Aikido of Santa Barbara Houston Aikikai, in Memory of T. K. Lee Sensei Aikikai Luxembourg - Bridel, in memory of Yamada Sensei Aikido Schools of New Jersey Aikido of Park Slope "Happiness is connection." Hal Lehrman, Sharon Dominguez, Jim Soviero In appreciation of Steve Pimsler Sensei and the New York Aikikai Teachers-yang In gratitude for what has passed, in gratitude for what is today, and great hope for what is to come. Joan Ellis and Mieke Vandersall In memory of Donovan Waite Sensei The Sugano Foundation Aiki Kai Australia In loving memory of Pat Dougherty and Peter Gundy from David Katz To honor all the NY Aikikai teaching staff: past, present and future. Open Sky Aikikai, Hillsborough, NC Aikido of Dallas Aikido of El Paso Thank You Yamada Sensei-Summit View Aikido Aikido of North Jersey In loving memory of Donovan Waite and Yamada Senseis - Budapest Sansuikai From John Michael, Vivienne, and Achenne, in gratitude to the Children's Program instructors: Indra Gandy, Crystal Marcus-Kanesaka, Paul Alexander, and Eddie Leung, with bullpen sensei John Ottavino Etna Morita-Priola and Makiko Morita Aleksey Nuzhnov