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<TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August
or September. Date to be announced<BR>
<STRONG>Long Island, New York<BR>
</STRONG>Iaido Seminar with Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki at Suigetsu Dojo<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.suigetsu.com/" TARGET="_blank">Suigetsu New York</A><BR>
or contact: Sensei Dara Masi (631) 261-4229</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">August 1-4, 2003</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><STRONG>Sonoma, California</STRONG><BR>
PAWMA, Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists at Sonoma State University
in Northern California<BR>
Martial Arts and Meditation Camp, <EM>TRAINING WISDOM</EM><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.pawma.org/" TARGET="_blank">Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists
</A> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">or contact:(510) 528-8426</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">September. Date to be announced<BR>
<STRONG>Juneau, Alaska<BR>
</STRONG>Meditation and Iaido with Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki<BR>
Contact Linda Buckley 907-789 0140</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">September date to be announced<BR>
<STRONG>Ojai, California</STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Happy Valley Cultural Center,<STRONG>
</STRONG>Iaido and Aikido demonstration and lecture on non-violence with
Michele Benzamin-Miki<BR>
Contact: (805) 640-9800</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">October 3-5, 2003</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><STRONG>Venice Japanese Community
Center in Los Angeles<BR>
</STRONG>Iaido Seminar with Masakazu Tazaki<BR>
Contact: Manzanita Village (760) 782-922</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">October 9-12, 2003<BR>
<STRONG>Warner Springs, California<BR>
</STRONG><EM>WARRIOR HEART PATH. </EM>Hard and soft style martial arts,
meditation and mindfulness </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">at Manzanita Village with Sifu Kore
Grate and Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki. $260</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">December 31, 2003 - January
2 2004<STRONG><BR>
Warner Springs, California<BR>
</STRONG> Misogi at Manzanita Village.<BR>
Year End Purification, Martial Arts and Meditation Training $145<BR>
(760) 782-9223 or see elsewhere on this web site </P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">April 15- 21, 2004</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><STRONG>Spirit Rock, Woodacre,
California</STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Asian American and Pacific Islander
Retreat and Conference </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Meditation Retreat for People
of Color.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0;">Including many Asian-American
teachers from different parts of North America and elsewhere.</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE STYLE="margin-bottom: 0;">
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0;"><EM><STRONG>Historic Buddhist
Meditation Retreat and Conference to celebrate bringing together for
the first time AAPI and AAPI mixed race leaders, and practitioners,
from all of the major Buddhist lineages, to practice together, and address
important concerns of social justice, oppression, and complex issues
of cultural identity that are essential to our experience of dharma
practice in a multicultural society.</STRONG></EM></P>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><BR>
for information contact: Michele Benzamin-Miki (760) 782-9223</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">2004 dates to be announced</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><STRONG>Long Island, New York<BR>
</STRONG>Iaido Seminar with Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki at Suigetsu Dojo<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.suigetsu.com/" TARGET="_blank">Suigetsu New York</A><BR>
or contact: Sensei Dara Masi (631) 261-4229</P>
<HR> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">2004 dates to be announced</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><STRONG>Minneapolis, Minnesota<BR>
</STRONG>FEMA Dojo, <BR>
Iaido and Aikido and Meditation with Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.fema-wuchienpai.com" TARGET="_blank">Feminist Eclectic Martial Arts
</A> (F.E.M.A.) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">or contact: Sifu Kore Grate
(612) 729-7223</P>
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