There are currently openings for Adult and Children students. Interested candidates are invited to observe a class. The dojo is co-located with the Toledo Zen Center at 6537 Angola Road Holland, OH 43558 jayrinsenweik@gmail.com

Aikido is a non-competitive martial art that can be practiced by almost anyone. Aikido techniques do not rely on physical strength but rather develops relaxed power through the focus of intention and Ki. The result is a creative method of non-destructive conflict resolution.

Aikido is practiced on many levels. The first level is includes the development of stamina, flexibility, and learning how to focus one's intention. The second level is built on the first and stresses self-defense techniques that teach the natural order of movement. In this process the students also become adept at ukemi, the art of rolling, falling and protecting oneself. Aikido provides the opportunity for the development of the entire person. It is a workout of the entire body and mind and results in increased strength, overall physically fitness, flexibility and centeredness.

At the third level students are gradually introduced to the secrets of receiving and harnessing the power of ki, they also develop spatial awareness and learn to judge proper timing and distance. During this training the goal is to establish and maintain an energetic connection to your partner and to lead them off balance. This eliminates the need for more destructive means of resolving situations.

The highest level of aikido is mind over matter. This involves the use of visualization techniques, the power of intention and ki, breath control and meditation. Aikido is truly a spiritual martial art that explores themind - body - spirit connection. This advanced level of training at Shobu Aikido reaches a level not easily found elsewhere. The student learns how to manifest power and effectiveness by the focusing of intention alone. This level depends on and can only be reached through the refinement of technique and the students own deepest feeling. For this reason it alternates between the physical and the spiritual.

In the process of practicing aikido, students inevitably find themselves less stressed and more energetic, better equipped to manage life's many conflicts with calm control. Aikido is great for adults and kids alike because practice encourages respect for self and others, self control, cooperation and responsibility.

Gasshuku or weekend long intensive seminars with William Gleason Sensei are available seasonally.

Children's aikido classes provide a friendly, non-competitive environment for students to become more physically fit, agile, flexible, aware, focused, and relaxed. They learn how to safely fall, roll and perform a variety of self-defense techniques in a supportive, comfortable setting, and parents like Aikido because kids learn how to be powerful without becoming destructive.

Gasshuku

This time, as always, a treat, but different than all the rest of the gasshukus. As always.
A small crowd, as has happened at times, but a good crowd, eager.
For those of you who missed it, we learned to breathe, and to listen, and to move with the breath. Well, maybe we didn't LEARN it, but we understood what we need to work on, I think. A very worthwhile weekend.
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Happy 7th Anniversary!


My deepest gratitude to Jay Weik Sensei and all Shobu Aikido of Ohio students for your generosity, sincerity and hard work in pursuit of the way. Here's to the next seven years being even better! -Danny
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Spring Gasshuku June 27-28-29th

7th Anniversary Gasshuku with Jay Sensei at Shobu Aikido of Ohio

Friday June 27 6-8pm
Saturday June 28 10-noon & 3-5pm with Party!
Sunday June 29 10-1:00pm

All Classes will be taught by Jay Weik Sensei
Fees: $100 for the weekend, $50 per day.


The Dojo Anniversary party will be held at Black Oak Farm from 6:00pm till late. We will have a bonfire, please bring a dish and drinks to share! Friends and Family are welcome!
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Interview with Saotome Shihan


I have received a number of contradictory opinions depending on whom I have asked this question. Do you think that hard training should be done at the beginning level?


"That depends on the age at which one starts training. It is difficult to say clearly what is hard training and what is not. If you tell someone in his 60s to train hard from the beginning, he can’t do it, and it is not necessary. That kind of person is already very experienced physically so they don’t need to expend energy that way. Young people are, in a biological sense, very aggressive, and you must make them train vigorously. It won’t work to try to put a damper on young people bursting with energy. Smog is produced by car engines with poor combustion. So I have young people train hard and consume their energy. But that’s not all there is to it. It’s better to wear them out quickly. The purpose of hard training is to make them quickly aware of their own physical limits. You cannot enter into the world of the spirit unless you go beyond your physical limits. That’s why I make them completely exhaust themselves and have them practice rough techniques."

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