There are no winners and losers. Only people who did not find the way to themselves.
Blind who did not find the hole in the fence.

What is Aikido?

• Japanese martial art
• Life philosophy
• Health exercise

Japanese?

• Created by Japanese master O´sensei Morihei Ueshiba
• Very Aikido Center is still Japanese Hombu dojo in Tokyo

Martial?

• It uses effective martial techniques
• Punches, throws, cuts and holdings are not based on strength, flexibility and speed, but on the right timing and proper work with breath and a body center

Art?

• The goal is to help to find the harmony in yourself and also in the world around
• It is easier to find the harmony in the calm meditation under the flowered tree, than in the moment when you are an aim of an attack
• Aikido is about staying in a harmony in stress situations

Life philosophy?

• Searching of harmony
• Solving problems without winners and losers
• An inner calm and good feeling in every situation

Health exercise?

• Aikido is practised by people until very high age
• The greatest masters of aikido are ussualy more than 70 years old
• Movements of aikido are natural for human body, their practicing is fine stretching and rolling on the back is good for health of a spine
• Thanks an improved move coordination aikido practitioners very seldom fall (for example on ice, on in lines etc.) and if that happens, thankfully of the ability to proper control the falls they usually do not have anything broken

What does it mean the word AIKIDO?

• AI – love, harmony
• KI – energy
• DO – way

What weapons use aikido for practicing?

• Bokken – wooden sword
• Jo - wooden stick
• Tanto – wooden knife

In what dress is aikido practiced?

• Beginners – in a sport dress or in a white kimono with a white belt
• Advanced – in a white kimono with a white belt
• Teachers – in a white kimono with a black belt and dark hakama