Yoshinkan Aikido, or the house of cultivating the spirit, has a reputation as a strong style concerned with the practicality of its techniques and the development of an individual's focus and spirit.
Gozo Shioda Sensei formed the Yoshinkan style of Aikido by creating a structured method within which beginning students could learn the foundation techniques. He felt there needed to be a greater consistency in the training process for students of Aikido.
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Aikido meaning Way (do) of Harmony (ai) with Spirit (ki) is a powerful and dynamic martial art that focuses on the redirection and control of an opponent’s momentum.
The great attraction of Aikido is that the techniques practised, require very little strength to make them effective and therefore can be practised by anyone whatever your size and build.
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Morihei Ueshiba or O’Sensei (great teacher) a martial artist of phenomenal skill was the founder of Aikido.
He studied many traditional Japanese martial arts including sword, staff, and hand to hand styles.
It was based on these foundations, in particular Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu that Aikido was developed.
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