Calgary Aiki Center

Prayers to the family of Lodel Magbanua Sensei of KiAi Philippines. We lost a good Aikido practitioner and instructor today.

Master Koretoshi Maruyama interviewed on Zoom explains Aikido and the teachings of Yuishinkai Aikido.

Hello training partners, friends and family. It’s been way too long away from our training. However we see light in the tunnel. Hopefully we will see you soon. In the mean time pls enjoy.

Osoreirimasu Brenda Holoboff! Thank you for the New Year Gift and support

I am mind itself 10 excerpts from Master Koretoshi Maruyama In order for a martial art to exist, there must be an enemy. This enemy is someone that attacks me and whose actions I cannot control. It is important to find out how to handle yourself spiritually and physically through this other person that you cannot control, or in other words, to discover yourself.... Understand how to reflect on yourself and truly see yourself, not through logic, but through instinct and experience. Look at the situation and circumstances at a point in time. In doing so, you build a relationship with the waves (or snow , nature) and produces a resonance in his body and spirit. In other words, he creates kimusubi with the wave. This allows you to enter a totally relaxed mental state, where you become one with nature (one with the gods). Waves are a good partner for forging your spirit. Martial arts are the same. Through your training partner, you increase your wisdom and ability to live your life, which is said to be totally irrational, and become stronger. This is the true purpose of Aikido Yuishinkai. Come learn aikido with us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hvc1Ae-YCU

Krav Maga Cross Training Intro Class Thank you to Niv Goffman of Krav Maga Maleh in Ontario and Israel for sharing his expertise with our group and of JACfit at the Jewish Community Center Calgary last Sunday.... Stay tuned for exciting class opportunities with us at Calgary Aiki Center!

In Honour to those who served and in the service! There will be no practice this weekend and on Monday (Remembrance Day)

In Aikido training, we learn from everyone. We learn from the most experience people, but we also learn from new students. Before we can control our training partner’s body, we must first control our mind. Come join us in the mat every Sunday at 4 PM.

Happy Birthday Maruyama Sense!

Brothers and sisters of Aikido Yuishinkai, I want you to just keep walking forward. There is no need for reason or logic. Allow yourself to be a bit crazy and just go forward. https://www.aikidoyuishinkai.org/i-am-mind-itself-9-by-kor/

The Masters will be in the US this 2020 Its confirmed Master Koretoshi Maruyama and Motegi Sensei will be in the US next year ( May 21-25, 2020) at Olympia Dojo in Washington State. https://www.aikidoyuishinkai.org/seminar-tours/

Upcoming International Seminars Master Maruyama Sensei will teach the European seminar in Italy on 3, 4 and 5 May 2019 Martijn van Hemmen Sensei will teach an international seminar in Alkmaar on 29 and 30 June and on 23 and 24 November this year.... Peter Kelly Sensei will teach an international seminar in Alkmaar in June 2020. All information can be found on the seminars page of Aikido Yuishinkai International webpage, see the link below. https://www.aikidoyuishinkai.org/seminar-tours/

Peter Kelly Sensei Maruyama Sensei appointed Peter Kelly as International Chief Instructor. ( see link : https://www.aikidoyuishinkai.org/international-chief-inst/ ) Peter Kelly Sensei is Chief Instructor of Aikido Yuishinkai Australia.... Peter started Aikido with the Aikikai system in Australia, before travelling to Japan to live and train at Hombu Dojo. Whilst in Japan Peter moved away from Hombu, settling on a small country dojo in Chiba prefecture, with a Sensei that was focused on the study of Aikido as a martial way, and trained and taught accordingly. After two and a half years Peter returned to Australia, and on the recommendation of his Japanese Sensei, he went in search of a teacher to help him learn to relax. This two year search resulted in Peter training in various styles, and grading in those styles. As a result Peter has Dan grades in three styles of Aikido, and has also completed multiple grades in two other styles. In 2002 Peter was able to attend the first foreign seminar of the newly formed Aikido Yuishinkai, and its founder, Master Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei. After receiving ukemi for Sensei, Peter realised he had found the teacher his Japanese Sensei had instructed him to find, and committed himself to study Aikido as taught by master Maruyama. Peter was lucky enough to find himself as Maruyama Sensei’s main Uke at seminars, and would travel with him to act as Uke whenever life permitted. In 2004 Peter established his dojo, Seishin no Shugyo dojo, The Aikido School of Excellence in Hobart Tasmania, and has been teaching from this base ever since. Peters hero is Tessu Yamaoka, the Japanese sword master and Zen calligrapher, and a piece of his calligraphy takes pride of place within the Shomen of the dojo, and is in fact the dojo namesake, Seishin no Shugyo to train the spirit.image In 2014, due to his technical excellence Master Maruyama appointed Peter to the position of Chief instructor of Australia, and in 2016 appointed him to the position of International Instructor. After visiting Sensei in Tokyo that year Peter Made a pact with Sensei to promise to promote and teach the true Aikido Philosophy of the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei. That is training to forge the spirit (Tanren), and that Aikido is Misogi Harai, a purification of the spirit, as represented by Ame no Murakumo Kuki Samuhara Ryuo no Kami, the magnificent Dragon Deity that protects and nurtures all things in Nature. Peter lives at his base in Tasmania with his wife and three children, from where he travels to teach and spread the Aikido of Maruyama Sensei.

The Australian delegation to their international seminar in Japan 2019.

Aikido Yuishinkai Australia Training currently in Japan with Master Koretoshi Maruyama

Happy Birthday Ernie Talag Sensei ! Greetings from all of us at Calgary Aiki Center

I am mind itself (8) by Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei. "the gods only show the way to those that follow a higher path

Ki on Ice Join us this Sunday ( Dec 16, 2018) at 5 PM at Sundance Lake on our year end activity. Bring your ice skates and dress warmly.... Happy Holidays ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U04JJSy9rlg

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Basic Exercises The founder always began practice sessions with Tai no henko and morotedori kokyuho exercises. He ended each practice with suwariwaza kokyuho training. Tai no henko constitutes the basis of ura, or turning movements, and the two kokyuho, or breathing methods, teach correct breathing, proper body coordination and how to extend ki powerfully.