JAPANESE MARTIAL ART
What is Aikido?
Aikido is a Japanese martial arts that is about connecting through motion. With its emphasis on spherical or circular motion, Aikido allows the martial arts practitioner to effectively blend with an attack resulting in a non-confrontational connection between partners.
Aikido is always practiced with a partner, and training involves studying basic Aikido movements and postures in order to better understand the dynamic relationship between yourself and your partner. The immediate benefits include stress relief and an increase in flexibility, stamina and strength.
WHO WE ARE
About Naka Ima
At Naka Ima, our goal when practicing Aikido is in connecting through motion. Even during the continuous motion that happens as part of our Aikido practice, we try to focus on connecting with our own center, as well as connecting with our partner’s center. By making this connection, we become fully present in the moment.
By being in the moment, we are able to recognize the interaction between ourselves and our partner. Once this is established, an atmosphere of empathy is created. This feeling typically begins with empathy for our partners in the dojo during martial arts practice, and then eventually radiates outside the dojo into our personal lives.
Gradually we come to recognize that we are part of everything and everything is part of us. As this realization builds, antagonism and disunity begin to drop away. The result is peace.
CLASS SCHEDULE AND LOCATION
Dojo Location
2489 Dufferin St Toronto, ON M6B 3P9
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Aikido is an exciting and dynamic martial art where the focus is on effectively blending with your partner’s energy in a non-confrontational way.
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