After lockdowns, as soon as it was possible, we started to practice outside. Running, climbing, monkey tracks, wrestling, fencing… there was so much movement that we didn’t even miss the tatami.
During the lockdowns, we practiced online and could have only dream about organizing our regular international seminars. We also had to cancel the annual seminar with Jan Nevelius, scheduled for March. So at least we organized an online training with him. And it was a truly international event – more than fifty aikidas from all over the world joined our Zoom. Here we offer an hour-long video recording.
Both children and adults need movement during the quarantine – movement strengthens your immune system and creates shared experiences. So dear parents, if you work from home and have children between 5-8 years old- we offer you inspiration for playful fun. These videos can help you unwind after a long week of work and homeschooling.
We made a video. About Aikido and about us. In our video, there are people who practice together. It contains movement, joy, touch, concentration, communication, humanity, playfulness and depth.
200 children and 50 adults from 20 clubs and 5 European countries practiced all day in 3 age categories led by 8 teachers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Sweden and France.
Monkey track, dragging, tiptoe and rope walking, wrestling and gentle touches, sword fencing, zombies attack, basic rolls and simple aikido techniques … these are photos from our first trainings this year for children from 5 to 7 years.
Another seminar with our shihan Franck Noel (7th dan) is over. We managed to take three photos from the practice, here we share them with you.
Our demonstration at Japanese autumn festival Akimatsuri 2019 in Prague. Vanda, Michal, Pavel, Eliška, Honza a Barborka did a great job, showing practice of adults, youth and children.
Aikido for children and teenagers as a part of festival Sport for Prague 2. It was fun for us, for kids and sometimes also for their teachers.
Two promo videos of Czech Federation of Aikido. You can also see Martin, Vanda a Michal from our club there.
Aikido youth summer school in Slovakia: training, mountains and friendship… simply a trip to nature as well as to one self.
7 days, 6 hours of practice per day. Our week with aikido in countryside.
Vanda and her taninzugake – multiple attackers exercise – during our regular training.