AikidoStuff.com
About Us
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Tadhg (left) & Julian (right) |
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Tadhg (left) & Julian (right) |
Aikidostuff.com is one of many creative endeavors of best friends Tadhg Christopher Bird and Julian Girouard Jr.
Meeting at Lincoln Elementary School in Stockton, CA in 1982, they soon became best friends after Julian followed Tadhg around the playground for several weeks. They have been the best of friends ever since.
In 1989, Tadhg convinced Julian to take a dance class with him, using the argument, "Think about it dude, we will be the only guys in a class full of girls -- girls wearing tights!" Julian agreed to the persuasive argument, and signed up. It was this class that gave them their first encounter with Aikido.
Their Dance instructors, Beth King, and Kathleen Torian-Taylor, were students at New School Aikido. They arranged for a class at the dojo for the students of the dance class. It was very fun for all involved, and the Aikidoka that day were eager to work with the class clowns, Julian and Tadhg.
Neither forgot that day, and years later, Tadhg became a regular student at New School Aikido, followed a few years later by Julian.
Today, both Tadhg and Julian are Black Belts.
Julian and Tadhg began Aikidostuff.com to help other Aikidoka to keep in mind the words of Aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba O Sensei, "Always train in a vibrant and joyful manner."