Summer Solstice 2020 Melissa Bell Sensei: Harnessing Relational Momentum

If you enjoyed this seminar please donate to tinyurl.com/supportsolstice A nonprofit event with 10% of donations going to Black Lives Matter. Melissa Bell Sensei began her training in 1992 at the Aikido Shobukan Dojo in Washington D.C. under Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and other instructors including Patty Saotome Sensei and Frank Bell Sensei. Bell Sensei presently holds the rank of 5th Dan (ASU) and has received all her ranks directly from Saotome Sensei. She has also trained six years (through Shodan) in Shotokan Karate under Rick Hotton Sensei at the West Wind Dojo in Sarasota, Florida and continues her association through the Sunday Morning Keiko martial arts community. In addition, she has received the honor of the Ueshiba Jukudesignation from Saotome Sensei. This signifies she is a carrier of the teachings of O Sensei as transmitted through SaotomeSensei. Bell Sensei is the chief instructor at the Sarasota Budokan Dojo in Sarasota, Florida. She continues her own training at the ASU Intensive Training Camps, and at other national seminars under Saotome Sensei, Ikeda Sensei, and Mary Heiny Sensei, along with other senior ASU instructors.