The Columbia Aikido Club meets in the Dodge Fitness Center Wrestling Room:

Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Classes are currently in session.

Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art that teaches coordination of mind and body to develop calmness in action and the strongest human condition. It is a highly effective system of self-defense that does not depend on muscular strength. Aikido techniques can be effective without harming the attacker, making practice comfortable and ethical self-defense an ideal.

Aikido Kokikai was founded by Sensei Shuji Maruyama, an "uchideshi" (student who lived in the dojo) of O-sensei Morehei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido. Maruyama was one of the first Aikido instructors sent from Japan to America, coming to the United States in 1966. There are now over fifty Kokikai dojos throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, Russia and Japan.

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