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Try it Out..
FUNDAMENTALS FOR BEGINNERS
Try out 4 Basics Classes, held on Thursdays (6:45-7:45pm) and Sundays (9-10:30am). SAMPLER students are eligible for the first-month trial rate ($90) upon completion.
+ Includes FREE training uniform 
Scroll down to learn more about the Basics classes.
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You can purchase a Basics Sampler package using the Paypal (button below), or by cash or check at the dojo. You do not need a Paypal account to pay using the below button. $50 |
Find out what makes Aikido
powerful and unique.
Learn about our dojo
without the commitment of full registration.
Come on a Sunday morning
and stay for a free yoga class from 11 a.m. to noon.
Visitors, spectators, passersby welcome!
powerful and unique.
Learn about our dojo
without the commitment of full registration.
Come on a Sunday morning
and stay for a free yoga class from 11 a.m. to noon.
Visitors, spectators, passersby welcome!
CLASS INFO
Basics classes are held:
Thursday evenings (6:45-7:45 p.m) Sunday mornings (9-10:30am) THE BASICS
In our Basics classes, instructors cover foundational skills such as falling, footwork and moving in response to our partner (what we call 'blending'). Importance is placed on proper alignment and posture and safety for each partner. Fundamental concepts and principles are investigated and discussed while the class works on basic (i.e. not complicated) techniques one step at a time, with minimum use of power. Falling is guided and paced. The pace of practice ensures safety for beginning students and allows continuing students to strengthen their grasp of fundamentals while they further deepen their practice. 
'Ki-hon' Saito Sensei focused on basics and wanted everyone to learn and feel accomplished in their practice, especially as beginners. In that spirit, we aim to preserve and maintain the same strong focus on aikido basics. One of the ways we do that is through our Basics classes. The Basics classes are a good place for new and advanced students to work on basic skills that serve as the foundation on which to build further study. As we get deeper in practice, we learn that basics are in fact at the heart of it all.. |
"My motto for teaching is to have a happy practice that clearly demonstrates the day’s lesson, so that students can understand fully and take it back home with them... I ask people in the back to stand up so they can see. I try to move around the room, so that everyone has a chance to see clearly. I make my explanations slowly and clearly. I’m not interested in just throwing ukes wildly into the air."
-Morihiro Saito Shihan, 9th Dan
Historical photo:
Saito Shihan at the Aikido Institute, 1974.
College Ave, Oakland, Ca.
-Morihiro Saito Shihan, 9th Dan
Historical photo:
Saito Shihan at the Aikido Institute, 1974.
College Ave, Oakland, Ca.
ORIENTATION
getting to the dojo
The dojo is at 5515 Doyle Street, Unit 2, Emeryville 94608. Unit 2 is in the corner of the block where Doyle meets 55th. Note that you cannot access the unit from the backside.
WAIVER
As is standard, the dojo requires a signed waiver from all students. We have some on site, but if you want to get a head start, you can download the waiver file below, to print/fill/sign and bring with you.
NOTES
Get on the mat.
Get centered. | ||||
