Fish Hoek Aikido Club

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Aikido, a defensive Japanese martial art, aims at neutralizing an incoming attack by efficiently using the force of the attack. At Fish Hoek Dojo we offer you this training. Aikido is also ideal for woman and children. Fish Hoek Aikido club practice and teach Aikido a defensive martial art, developed in Japan by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969). While it is in every sense a modern art, its pedigree can be traced back 1000 years or more, drawing on many martial, philosophical and spiritual influences. Read more Today it is practised throughout the world, and South Africa is no exception, with clubs in almost every city. The greater Cape Town area alone has four clubs affiliated to The Aikido Federation of South Africa. What distinguishes Aikido from most other martial arts is its non-violent character: It makes little use of the kicking, punching, and blocking normally associated with fighting. In essence, aikido aims at neutralising an incoming attack as efficiently as possible, to bring the attacker under control, preferably without damaging him. An almost limitless variety of techniques is used to achieve this aim, among them joint locks, immobilisation pins, and throws. But one common feature unites them all: a properly executed Aikido technique requires little strength or muscle power beyond that needed to move one’s own body around. One harmonises or aligns one’s own movements with those of the attacker, to control and redirect the force of the attack, neutralising the danger to both the attacker and oneself. Hence the name Aikido, which means the Way (Do) of harmonised (Ai) energy (Ki). This empowers a small and gentle practitioner to overcome a large and powerful aggressor, and makes Aikido suitable for anyone in reasonable health, male or female, of any age within reason. Unlike many other martial arts, there is no element of competition in traditional Aikido training: no tournaments, no matches, no winners or losers. This arises largely out of the deeply non-aggressive ethos infused into Aikido by its founder, but also for a very practical reason: the techniques, properly done, are devastatingly effective, and if applied in a competitive context, there would be an increased risk of injury. Thus, training is conducted in a friendly spirit of mutual co-operation, led by a qualified instructor without diluting the martial element. The usual training session begins with an instructor leading the class with a series of stretching and warm-up exercis Update description

Address:

2 - 5th Avenue, Fish Hoek
Fish Hoek

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+27845767378

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Monday: 19:30-20:45

Thursday: 19:30-20:45

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Fish Hoek Aikido C. 2016-04-26
Congratulations to our new Shodan Mark Yeadon, graded on Saturday afternoon by Franco Martufi Sensei at AFSA's 2016 Autumn camp held in Cape Town. Congratulations also to Cornel Verwey for his promotion to 1st Kyu

Fish Hoek Aikido C. 2015-01-29
Fish Hoek Aikido hosting Bokken training tonight at 18:15 on Noordhoek common. We will be on the corner closest to Noordhoek farm village to start. I will bring spare bokken but bring your own if you have. Bruce

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