Schedule

The sche­du­le is valid from Sep­tem­ber 2019 to June 2020.
The­re will be a dif­fe­rent sche­du­le for the sum­mer holi­day 2020.

We practi­ce at two dif­fe­rent pla­ces (the pla­ce of a tra­i­ning is writ­ten in sche­du­le abo­ve):
Sokol Pra­ha Vino­hra­dy, Pol­ská 1a, Pra­ha 2
Pro­stor 8, Šmi­lov­ské­ho 8, Pra­ha 2.

• The first les­son is for free.
• A club mem­ber can attend all clas­ses from the sche­du­le.
• Club mem­bers pay 600 Kč per a scho­ol year for a licen­se of our aiki­do orga­ni­zati­on ČFAI (Czech Fede­rati­on of Aiki­do). New mem­bers pay addi­ti­o­nal 50 Kč for orga­ni­zati­on passport (only once per life).

Clas­ses open to all club mem­bers. Begin­ners work toge­ther with more advan­ced stu­dents for the bene­fit of both of these groups.

This tra­i­ning is for stu­dents with 4th kyu and higher (who can fall flu­ent­ly and han­dle basic tech­niques). This is a spa­ce for more dyna­mic and/or com­plex practi­ce.

A big part of unar­med tech­niques in aiki­do comes from the Japa­ne­se fen­cing arts. The­re­fo­re the work with wea­pons is natu­rally inclu­ded in aiki­do tra­i­ning: we use woo­den sword (boken), sta­ff (jo) and kni­fe (tan­to). The work with sword hel­ps to deve­lop a pro­per body postu­re, power in the body cen­ter, con­cen­t­rati­on, deter­mi­nati­on and pre­ci­si­on.

To relax and rege­ne­ra­te after a week of tra­i­ning, we do a sim­ple massage or stret­ching in pairs. You will learn the basic tech­niques of the Japa­ne­se ener­ge­tic massage shi­at­su, which builds on the same prin­ci­ples as aiki­do – that is the idea of balan­ce and har­mo­ny, the gent­le, firm con­tact, and wor­king from one’s cen­ter…

A spa­ce for eve­ry­o­ne to practi­ce on the tata­mi without a tea­cher. The class has no pre­de­ter­mi­ned structu­re, usu­ally a few groups form and practi­ce accor­ding to the­ir cho­ice. Even the com­ple­te begin­ners are usu­ally taken care of by the more advan­ced stu­dents. We recom­mend to plan the practi­ce with others during the week. The practi­ce may be can­celled occasi­o­na­ly.

We usu­ally don’t spe­ak too much during tra­i­nings, and often reser­ve time for all kinds of soci­a­li­zing in a near­by restau­rant. These “eating and drin­king clas­ses” are not necessa­ry for mas­te­ring aiki­do tech­niques, but being with fri­ends is a very ple­a­sant part of our tra­i­ning:).