I had heard of Bozeman’s Big Sky Aikido from seminar flyers and some previous research, but had yet to visit or train under Olson Sensei. With classes most days of the week and a scheduled that covers basic, general, advanced, and weapons, my pre-visit impression of the dojo was that it was a pretty well-rounded place. …
Aikido of Missoula is centered in downtown, close to the Missoula public library. On the second floor of its building, the dojo is accessed through a glass door on street level that can be easy to miss at first. Once upstairs, however, it is impossible to not know that you’ve found an Aikido dojo. I …
The college of town of Moscow, Idaho houses a small yet wonderful dojo, Aikido of Moscow. This dojo only exists because of the University of Idaho, for without it this area would only be farmland. Thankfully the university exists, because after an hour drive I had a very nice lesson. Classes are held Monday and Thursday …
This training touched on a lot of points that I find Aikido particularly useful. First off, let me say that I think Aikido is a horrible art to study if you want to learn how to fight. Aikido is not about fighting; it’s about peaceful resolution of conflict. It’s about facing some stress – a …
I discovered Kimori Dojo by Googling aikido dojos, checking websites, and then finding dojos with a class at a time that I could attend. Thankfully Kimori dojo had a class at a good time, because I really enjoyed the back-to-back classes here. The dojo-cho, Sawada Sensei, is well-known and respected in the Aikido community, with …
I forgot to take a photo of the outside, so the photo comes from Google Maps. If you are ever in Nagoya and want to train, however, you will not go wrong with this dojo. In typical procrastinating fashion I didn’t email them about the visit until the day before I arrived, so when I …
This was my first time training in Taipei! I was very excited to see how things would be compared to the training that I’ve received in the US and Japan. I googled some “Aikido” and “合気道” to find dojos and this dojo seemed easy to reach with a good body of students. The dojo was …