For all ages, skill levels, and people with injuries or disabilities.
Avoid Violence - Power When Needed
- Partner practice helps build muscle memory while dealing with resistance.
- Training not to harm and relaxing while under pressure during multiple attacks quiets the mind and brings peace.
- Relaxation brings skill in decision making and avoiding a violent threat. A reflexive response from a still mind with muscle memory leads to powerful technique.
A Lifestyle for Optimal Health
Western medicine is learning more and more about exercise. It is seen as the single most important factor in longevity. Extreme exercise can take a harmful turn with too much, but moderate exercise is constructive without restriction. A diet of local/fresh, unprocessed foods, good sleep and exercising on an empty stomach have been discovered in a healthy lifestyle. A constructive purpose in life and social relationships are also important.
Aikido lifestyle emphasizes every aspect that western medicine is only now coming to understand. That said, tai chi is a martial art that is even more aligned with health.
Peaceful, Happy People Have Better Relationships
- Peaceful conflict resolution - cultivating peace within creates harmonious relationships to stop violence before it starts.
- Emotional hygeine - transforming emotions from negative to positive staves off violence
- Inner peace & positive emotions produce better work and family relationships
Avoid the Accident/Minimizing Harm
- Complete/continuous awareness in every technique so you are always prepared for multiple attackers
- Relaxation and confidence while under pressure for good decisions and decisive execution
- Awareness avoids accidents. Relaxation and confidence helps find your best opportunity and execute well
Avoid the Fall/Minimizing Harm
- Balance is needed for throws and falls.
- Rolling, relaxation and ki energy defrays impact through circular motion and minimizes damage by directing any impact to limbs
- Many have told us stories of avoiding a nasty fall, only to roll and walk away safely
