Zatoichi stop the ninja’s
Learning: using your senses more is a benefit you should remember Attributes: Non Zatoichi is a blind samurai legend. Even when he is blind, he is very good with his sword he never loses a battle. Now Zatoichi stands in front of a group who is crossing his land. Armoured with a foam bokken (or […]
Keep Straight
Learning: Keep your head up and your posture will follow Attributes: Book(s) By bringing a stack of books, you can execute this way of working. Of course you can use flip flops as an alternative. Before you start doing a technique put a book on top of your head and start performing the technique. The goal […]
Warming up by Edo Slui (4 min)
This is a warming up by Edo Slui from Ando dojo.
Tatami Track
In this parkour we use a tatami (lightweight or regular mats depending on the kids) to follow a parkour where they will have to work on their balance but more importantly work together. Learning: By working together the pawn will stay on the tatami. Tip: When the pawn falls down, let them do that part […]
Blacklight class
This theme is made to be done in PITCH dark. Inspired by the white gi and black hakama this is the perfect theme to do with your group. All you need are black lights. Prefably a black light canon. (Which will give you 400Watt of light.) Depanding on the size of your dojo you’ll need […]
O’sensei birthday
The idea of this themed class is to celebrate the birthday (14 december 1883) of the founder of Aikido. This can be done on different ways, here are some samples of things you can easily do with the group: a training with a lot of Fun-damentals use balloons themed class one of the parcours with […]
Movie Bingo night
A great way to entertain your students is with your own movie night. Of course the movies are Aikido /Martial-Arts related. You can use a beamer and project it onto a wall (which makes it cinema like) or use a flatscreen tv which makes it a cozy movie night. Depanding on the movie you can […]
So you think you can… Aikido
So for this themed class you’ll need a jury (sensei and assistant or parents) and performers. Divide the class into little groups with mixed levels. The idea it that each group will get a sound track and has to come up with their own Aikido demonstration. Depanding on your time schedule and level of the […]
Great Aikido books
Every fixed dojo (or dojo-cho) should have at least these books. #1 Zen in the Art of Archery It is almost impossible to understand Zen by studying it as you would other intellectual pursuits. The best way to understand Zen is, simply, to Zen. This is what author Eugen Herrigel allows us to do by […]
Useful managing apps
As a teacher you have a lot on your mind, and a few tools can help you with that. We’ve summed up some great tools for you: Google drive: (have all your documents online, acces them any time, work with more people on them any time you need). Think of Word/Exel/PowerPoint in the cloud! > […]