We started the summer in our club with a visit of friends and colleagues from Berlin. We attended a seminar focused on the education of teachers of children, organized by the German Aikido Club Kikentai Berlin.

We started the summer in our club with a visit of friends and colleagues from Berlin. We attended a seminar focused on the education of teachers of children, organized by the German Aikido Club Kikentai Berlin.
Aikido Summer jsou čtyři dny aikida s osmi učiteli v Berlíně. A také je to spousta přátel, kultury a dobrého jídla. Berlín je prostě šik.
A protože tuto akci částečně organizujeme, jeli jsme tam ve velké skupině.
One Friday in February we got on the Flixbus and went to Berlin for a seminar for teachers of children and teenagers, organized by our friends from Kikentai Berlin.
Meeting of aikidokas from all over the Czech Republic – one of this year’s teachers was Martin. And after the seminar several of us practiced for the dan grades. Who were they and how did it go? Read on!
That Saturday in December was really busy – with training and meeting friends. How much aikido can be done in one day?
For the fourth time, we organized a large international seminar for children and young people in Prague: Aiki4Kids 2024.
Two weeks of exercise and twice daily training, that’s how the trip to the French island of Oleron could be described in a nutshell.
One of the best things about Aikido is that you can stop by virtually any club in the world and just work out with the locals. And also that aikido seminars are open events where people from all over the continent meet. So meeting new people and places through the practice of aikido is really easy. In this short text, we recap a few of our travels this spring.
At the end of May Gaston Nicolessi (6th dan Aikikai) visited us again – and this year it was really very intense…
This year we celebrated 30 years since the first seminar of Franck Noel in Prague. Aikidokas from all over the Czech Republic and indeed all over Europe came together again and had a great workout.
And will Franck come to Prague next year? Let’s be surprised!
A seminar with Jan Nevelius is always full of surprises, because every year he brings a new perspective on familiar things – and we can explore these new connections with him.
We’ve arrived to Berlin on Friday evening and slept the first day in Kranich dojo. Martin and Vanda were already training in the other dojo and before sleeping we all went to a Chinese restaurant to have some nice dumplings (and accidentally practiced a bit of Chinese)
In the dojo, right before sleeping, we’ve tried to click a button with “Ó‑Sensei” written on it.
An article about our suburban camps, summer schools and camps appeared in the magazine Archa, published by the Czech Council for Children and Youth. You can read it in full here.
We are very happy to organize trainings for teachers of the Czech Aikido Federation. It is an opportunity to share our way of teaching Aikido with other Czech clubs and also to get inspiration from their work. At the same time, these meetings broaden the pedagogical and human horizons of our young teachers. And also we can all practice together.
For us the Akimatsuri festival means meeting friends, lots of good Japanese food and culture… and also an aikido demonstration that we have to prepare and perform.