Chicagoaikikai.org Website Review

The first dojo in the Midwest dedicated to Aikido, Chicago Aikikai offers comprehensive training in Japanese Martial Arts. The first dojo in the Midwest dedicated to Aikido, Chicago Aikikai offers a warm community and a tranquil environment for the study of Marsha Turner Sensei, Chief Instructor, is a sixth dan and student of Mitsugi Saotome Sensei and Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei, but began her studies under Chicago Aikikai’s former dojo-cho Kevin Choate Sensei (seventh dan) in 1986. After Choate Sensei’s pas*ing in December 2012, Saotome Sensei appointed Turner Sensei as chief instructor and dojo-cho for Chicago Aikikai. Turner Sensei is known for her exceptional weapons skills having earned a shodan rank in Iaido, and being a former student of Western-style fencing.. NEW TO CHICAGO AIKIKAI? PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FREE INTRODUCTORY AIKIDO CLAS* ANY SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 A.M. or you can contact us to make. separate arrangements. We also welcome visiting aikidoka from any style for a small mat fee. A special introductory clas* is offered each Sunday morning clas*. This clas* will give instructors an opportunity to meet new students, Every practice has a cost, there is a ton of slag for an ounce of gold. Just walking in the door and getting on the mat for an hour Half of an aikido clas* is falling down and while falling down is fun, good exercise and a chance to feel the skills of my partner I want it Have you ever noticed this about yourself? Your partner does an “unfair” move towards you, for example, he responds to your light Free parking is available along the North and South bound streets, and in the diagonal spots behind Golder Prep (see parking map Aikido, the art of peace, offers a modern-day path to achieving inner balance. Rooted in the traditional disciplines of the Japanese samurai warriors - including jitsu (hand), ken (sword) and yari (spear) - Aikido is a contemporary martial art that can effectively repel any 1444 W. Chicago Ave, 2nd Floor (above Beauty Bar) Chicago, IL 60642