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Kagami Biraki 2025

Yesterday, we celebrated the 10th kagami biraki at Aikido Yuyashinkai! Thanks to all the dear guests and participants, making it a great new year’s ceremony. It is your spirit, effort…

Reminder for this years kagami biraki

Dear students, this year’s traditional new years’ ceremony, called kagami biraki, takes place on Thursday, January 16th. The routine is as follows: Everyone, including family and friends, is very welcome…

Early Christmas get-together

Thank you all for taking part in our early Christmas get-together. And I am very thankful for all the effort and fun you bring into our Aikido group – on…

No training today

Friendly reminder: Because of a school’s event no training takes place today! See you on the mats on Monday again 🥋 F. S.

Reminder: Holidays on

We are closed this week because of school holidays. Next regular training on Monday, November 4th. See you then … F. S.

Who is what – ayumi ashi, kaiten, tenkan aso.

Just a short explanation on an apparently everlasting discussion about the meanings of the different stepping methods (ashi sabaki) as well as basic movements in Aikido like irimi, tenkan, kaiten…

How to learn and steal in budo

Western and Eastern cultures are known to differ in many ways. This also includes their respective approaches to passing on and acquiring knowledge. Here are some thoughts on this ……

About spiritual mindsets in budo

In budo and kobudo, terms that are used to describe one or more types of mindset are encountered across disciplines. These include fudoshin, mushin, shoshin and zanshin. Achieving and maintaining…

“Sorry”, we are full

Currently we can not accept new students. Our capacities are exhausted for the moment. F.S.

Sooner … training restarts!

I am happy to announce that our training starts again on Monday, September 9th.Regular training will then take place on … Training free days (ie. when school is closed) as well as…

Training in the park – summer 2024

This year’s training in the park sessions will be held on … Where: We meet at the Paulinenwarte in Türkenschanzpark, which is here:  This training is also suitable for our beginners:…

Season closing 2024

Foremost, I want to say thank you to every single one of you for your effort, your martial spirit, your (ongoing or newly found) interest in Aikido and the training…

Aikido principles according to Tamura Nobuyoshi shihan

This is a translation of the Aikido principles according to Tamura Nobuyoshi shihan elaborated by Rainer Dirnberger and Heidelinde Dirnberger (January 2011). The original version can be found here, further…