Registration Opens January 12!
Sponsored by Michigan Tech Recreation, Aikido at Michigan Tech, and Aikido Nanzan Dojo.
Our seminar is a rare opportunity to train with a world-class Aikido instructor in a small intimate setting. Gleason Shihan will focus on the internal applications of Aiki to one's Aikido practice. We encourage all of our Aikido brothers and sisters to join us for the training.
Full weekend seminar price as well as per session fees available. Price discounts for MTU Students.
Location
SDC Fitness Studio
Activity Level
Moderate to high
Special Requirements
Open to all who are interested. Must be at least 16 years old OR adult chaperon and approval from the seminar coordinator, Mark Campbell-Olszewski, to participate. Previous martial arts experience is helpful but not required.
Spring 2026
New Registration System Launching Spring!
We’re upgrading to a new recreation program registration system to better support youth and adult programs!
Important for Parents/Guardians:
To register your child for any youth programs (like swim or youth sports), you'll need to:
1. Create your account *Note: Due to system constraints, only current students, faculty, and staff may use an MTU email. All others must use or create a different email address to create an account.
2. Add your children as your affiliates (with their date of birth)
3. Register your child through their affiliate profile (profile options in top right corner), not your own, for any program with an age requirement
This ensures accurate participant info and correct age group placement.
Create your accounts early to be ready!
Additional information on how to create your user account can be found here.
Additional information on how to create your child's affiliate account can be found here.
Registration and payment can be completed online, or at the SDC Ticket Office. A parent or legal guardian is required to sign waiver of liability and concussion awareness forms for all youth classes.
MTU Recreation Programs Cancellation Policy
All program participants are required to consent to the MTU Athletics & Recreation Liability Waiver and Concussion Awareness Form at time of registration.
All Registration Opens: 1/12/26
All Registration Closes: 3/27/26
Dates/Times
Cost
- Full Seminar (Friday - Sunday), MTU Students $128.00
- Full Seminar (Friday - Sunday), General Public $153.50
- Per Session Fee, MTU Students $36.00/session
- Per Session Fee, General Public, $51.50/session
Questions?
Contact Mark Campbell-Olszewski, Seminar Coordinator, at mjcampbe@mtu.edu.
About the Instructor
William Gleason Shihan, the founder of Shobu Aikido, studied Aikido from 1970 to 1980 at the main world headquarters under Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei, one of the most gifted students of the founder. Gleason Sensei studied swordsmanship (kenjutsu) as well as Japanese language, classical music, and Eastern religion. Since 1985, Gleason Sensei has continued to practice and teach under the auspices of Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and the Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. His latest book is Aikido and Words of Power: The Sacred Sounds of the Kototama. He is also the author of The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido, which has been translated into four languages.
Gleason Shihan is featured in numerous DVD and youTube videos. His first DVD, Aikido and Japanese Sword, shows how the movements in traditional sword work and those in Aikido empty-hand techniques are essentially one and the same. His second, William Gleason at Aikido Eastside, explores the secrets of aiki hidden within Aikido techniques. Additional titles are available through https://aikidodvds.com.
