Okanagan Aikido

Forging Mind Body Spirit

Schedule:

Mondays & Fridays – 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Starting Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 on practice location is moving. Our new location will be:
Faith Lutheran Church
250 Gibbs Road W
Kelowna, BC

Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Okanagan Aikikai just wrapped up our dojo warming seminar last weekend. We had a great turn out. Many thanks to Scott Macphail, 6th dan for conducting this seminar and to all the out-of-town attendees for helping us make this event a success.

Congratulations to Satoshi Tomoda for passing his Nidan test!!

Aikido is a system of martial movement derived from classical Japanese combative forms, in particular, Daito-Ryu Aikijujitsu. We use weapons like the sword and staff to train timing, critical distance and stress management which augments our hand to hand training.

Friends helping friends

A Global Community

A Family to Grow With

We train in a mostly Kata based non combative framework that brings awareness about oneself, one’s place in the world and the interconnectivity that leads to mutual understanding and respect.

Disclaimer If you are interested in modern sport combat systems Aikido is not for you. While the principles and movements of Aikido have applications into those systems they need to be trained with that as a goal/focus. We at the Okanagan Aikikai focus on what the Kata (forms) show us about how we interact with our partner and how to use that to become better at dealing with the stress of our modern day world.

QUESTIONS?

Send us an email if you would like to chat about whether Aikido is for you..

 

 

We practice weapons outdoors Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 11 AM. Ben Lee park by the Houghton St parking lot. Please join us!

It’s not about Fighting

It’s about not Fighting

Adult monthly fees $60. Student Monthly fees $40.

Visiting Aikidoists…  a drop in fee would be appreciated.