Learning Aikido

Aikido is a traditional martial art centering around matching your attacker’s energy and redirecting it harmlessly away. Although peaceful in intention, Aikido is a very physical art.

Aikido training is fundamentally about understanding yourself; finding your balance, developing your center and learning how to extend power effortlessly and effectively. All training is conducted with partners; the attacker learns to strike cleanly and retain their balance for as long as possible, while the defender learns to absorb and redirect their energy while finding and breaking their center of balance.

Aikido does not have contests or tournaments; philosophically it is not about dominance but working together to build each other up.