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This what we can offer
You don't have to strike first
Efficiency without aggression
Aikido is not confrontational, but thanks to its techniques, even a significantly weaker person can effectively defend himself against a stronger attacker by redirecting attacker's energy.
Medals are no target for us
No competitions
Rivalry, Competitions and medals have no place in aikido...
Improving our own techniques and the training itself is sufficient motivation for us.
No limits of age, fitness...
Martial Art for everyone
You don't need to fit into a particular age, weight or performance category. Aikido has relatively low fitness demands so basically everyone can start.
Master your own body first
Coordination and balance
Learning how to work with your own body is the first essential step for an effective work with energy we receive from others. We're going to show you how.
Strengthening of heart and musculoskeletal system
Movement for health
Fitness centers and jogging are not for everyone. With us you're going to stretch your body at your own pace, sweat a bit, ... simply feel better after training.
A sort of family
Friendly community
It's not only about the training... There is also a friendly atmosphere, a cohesive community, activities outside of regular trainings (e.g. our weekend seminars or international seminars with great masters)...
Main features of the Yoshinkan Aikido
Solid Basics
Sophisticated systematic teaching system from basic movements to applications in real life
- All principles build on the basic movements
- Beginners start with simple techniques
- Continuous growth of complexity of techniques, attacks and falling skills...
Focus on minimalistic use of own physical strength
No need to be in the same weight category or be physically stronger
- It starts with a good posture and control of your own movements,
- continues with a training of model situations (types of attacks, interaction with attacker and basic techniques...)
- training of timing and feel for using the right technique
- and finishes with redirection of attack and disbalancing of attacker
- and this everything the way that he/she realizes it first when it is too late to do something about it.
Tradition connected with a practical use
Our style is aikido, follows the same principles, but some aspects are different from the traditionall aikido
- Bigger focus on practical use - Even police forces in Japan train the Yoshinkan style.
- We explain details - everything has its reason, you don't need to figure it out on your own. We have no secret techniques for advanced / chosen students.
- We focus on a systematical teaching but for advanced students there is not only one way/one path - attacks are various, attackers are different, a situation can be unique...
- Hakama is only for masters on special occasions, like seminars, performances...
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