Genpu Kan Aikido

There are no competitions in Aikido. Students' development in Aikido is tested by their interaction with others, their capacity to blend with an attack or deliver one, to take a fall safely, and to redirect the energy of an aggressor. After the teacher has demonstrated a technique, students practice in pairs, alternating turns as the attacker and the defender. Aikido techniques depend primarily on circular movements to harmonise with an aggressor's force. Additional training with wooden sword and staff complement the body art and allow for improved balance, stance, timing, and distance in martial encounters.

Training in Aikido improves flexibility, muscle tone, endurance, and both body and martial awareness. We continually challenge ourselves to deeper personal growth by advancing our Aikido training, and supplementing it with the associated martial disciplines of Batto-Ho (sword drawing) and Zen meditation.