Kohaku Aikido Dojo

Have you ever thought how important preparation is? It’s not about giving class like we owe it.
Our students clean the dojo🫶🏻
Prepare circuits 🫶🏻
Senpais help organize and lead groups and practise 🫶🏻
They are use to count, keep low voice, keep zori in place, put O Sensei picture in place etc…🫶🏻

Practice is the very least part.
My sensei used to say that the dojo energy is made by students not by teachers.
Thats why preparation makes the good energy way more than simple practice.
In the pictures our lovely kids help preparing a circuit for ukemi and hashisabaki.

Do you ask your students to help preparing the practice in your dojo?

Our everyday kids class!🫶🏻
We welcomed Leo, Gabriele and Ginevra.
We worked on foundations:
Ashisabaki 💥
Stretching and power 💥
Ukemi 💥

Something I strongly believe in is learning ukemi as soon as possible from multiple perspectives like:
Exercises for stretching shoulders 🎯
Practicing inversions and games to be confident upside down 🎯
Strong jumping technique to quickly get through the first try fear 🎯

I also use circuits a lot. They feel they are playing while learning 🥋

What about your routine highlights with kids? 💌

Giornata dei calzini spaiati🫶🏻 Kohaku Dojo joins the inclusion day because Aikido is connection🔥🥋 .g.ro

Da non perdere!

Exams day🔥finally Sandan🧡
That was quite crazy as I planned to do my exam later on this year.
I focused on the dojo first and then I wanted to use summer to study properly.
I got at the seminar and I figured out Simone signed me up for the exams😱😱😱
I almost got a stroke!
But he just looked at me and said: sometimes you just have to trust yourself. Maybe is not your best condition, not your best memory but what you TRULY understood about Aikido will defenitely show!

And that is what happened😎

I am not completey satisfied.
Lack of training, not so many ideas, something to review about tachidori, BUT I had so much fun!
Together with best buddy ever!
And with advices which are always so very interesting and on point!

I love Jurokumon dojo atmosphere .shiatsu.roma I love you🧡

And I love .g.ro and who joined me in the journey. My best congratulations girls! U did amazing 🥰

My apologies for the video almost as blurry and sweaty as my brain yesterday 😅

Giorno di esami🧡
Adoro quanto seriamente le stia parlando.
I veri insegnanti sono i bambini.

Per il Futurismo l'essenza è nel movimento.
Persino il Futurismo è Aikido🥋
O magari il contrario.
In comune hanno, di certo, oltre allo studio di tutto ciò che non è statico (l'immobilita è una delle espressioni più complesse del movimento), anche la Visione.
Aver capito cosa è necessario nel futuro🧡

Long time no see🌸🌸🌸