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Aikido Martial Art Classes -Newark-Fremont-Union City

 

Welcome to Tri City Aikido martial arts academy, founded in 1996 and located in Newark CA (Tri City Area).  Tri City Aikido is a dojo (school) where you can study the traditional Japanese martial art of Aikido.  We "Specialize" in the art of Aikido.  Tri City Aikido has been doing business in the Tri City area for over 15 years and has good reason for it's success; Solid, effective training results.  During those years, people of all ages and ability have been coming to us to be educated in the martial art of Aikido.  What's is most interesting is that many people come for many different reasons.  Martial arts offers more than just self defense and as you read on, you will come to understand this.    

 

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Simply put, all martial art schools including Aikido schools are not the same.  There is always going to be commonalities that will appear to be like in characteristics, but only on a superficial level.  Each school has a feel or tone that resonates through the students set forth by the head instructor.  Each instructor will have their own interpretation or flavor of how they perceive their martial art should be projected to the public, taught and practiced. 

 

I think it is important to differentiate sport martial arts and martial arts like Aikido.  Sport martial arts like Judo, karate, wushu and MMA are mostly competitive arts that stress rules and regulations.  Contest and tournaments are held pitting one person against the next for some kind of award or trophy.  If this is what you are pursuing, then Aikido is not for you.  

 

Aikido is not a sport, so competition is not the basis for training.  The true opponent in Aikido is yourself.  During the course of training, you will come to find problems and errors in your performance.  The goal is to first come to realize the issue(s) and then make a conscious act to make a difference in yourself.  Taking action is vital and there is no substitute.  Acting upon these changes takes time and little by little we shape ourselves into stronger individuals through the training process.  Like everything else in life, the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.       

 

Aikido martial arts vs. Dojo Aikido

 

Even Aikido schools can be very different.  At Tri City Aikido, we have narrowed the field down by identifying two types: Aikido & Dojo Aikido.  "Dojo aikido" is a bi-product of the original art that can only function under perfect conditions practiced in the dojo or school.  Practice is limited to training methods that have not stood up to the test of time and should not be expected to be applicable in street type self defense situations.  Believe it or not, some people enjoy this type of training and we believe that each individual should train with the methods that are best suited for them and their likings. 

 

Tri City Aikido on the other hand offers authentic Aikido training, which has no boundaries of effectiveness.  In otherwords it is applicable everywhere, including the street.  One of the main components is developing a martial mindset, not based on instensity, but hightening the minds awareness through specific types of training.  This training stems from weapons and incase you didn't know, Aikido empty hand movements come from sword, staff and knife applicaitons.    Tri City Aikido offers both classical training and an updated modern approach to the system.  The alternative strategies and avenues practiced at Tri City Aikido vs. that of the standard Aikido repertoire being taught today are obvious once compared.  Classical Aikido/martial arts have their place, but can be problematic when a person cannot take the traditional movements and convert those techniques into a more modern approach for every day type situations that occur in a non-traditional society.

 

Here at Tri City Aikido, we offer a "Full Curriculum" to the art of Aikido.   

           Which Martial Art Classes we offer at Tri City Aikido.

 

         At Tri City Aikido you will study four arts bound by the same principles.

• Taijitsu (empty hand applications) that involve various strikes, kicks, grabs, grappling, joint locks, pressure points, throws and controls
• Kenjitsu (Japanese sword training) which also includes sword taking and controls
• Jojitsu & Bojitsu (Short and long staff) which also includes various attacks, forms, controls and projections
• Tantojitsu (knife) defense, attacks, controls and projections or throws

 

      While all of the practices listed above appear to be different in method, it is the principles of the Aikido system that binds all of these practices together as one.  When you learn one facet, you learn another indirectly.  Practice is always peaceful in a traditional environment.