Kinokawa Aikido, Lehigh Valley dojo

Kinokawa Aikido, Lehigh Valley dojo The dojo is part of Sensei Wirth's Kinokawa Aikido organization. Aikido is a "soft" martial art. (Obviously, we disagree with such a prejudged assessment.)

Painting a summary picture necessarily involves broad, approximating brush strokes: All martial arts can be generally grouped into being "hard" or "soft". Hard implies generally meeting force with force, and soft implies generally using (or "working with") the attacker's force to their disadvantage. But within the myriad of variations and flavors, Aikido can be variously described as "harder" or "

softer". The description "soft", or "flowing", is often applied to the students and styles whose roots are with Sensei Koichi Tohei. A hallmark of Kinokawa Aikido is that it's roots are in Sensei Tohei's teachings. So those familiar with Aikido will recognize the soft and flowing core principles. A second hallmark of Kinokawa Aikido is that is "hard" -- in the sense of being interested in honestly exploring Aikido as a high intensity [physical and mental], combat effective, applicable to your daily life, sort of practice. In fairness, practitioners of hard type martial arts will generally not consider any sort of Aikido as combat effective or workable in a real world scenario. But setting aside the judgement (does Aikido work, or not, in real application?), it is the goal of honestly exploring those concepts, within the framework of Aikido, which is a critical feature of Kinokawa.

08/20/2026

September is the date for start of our practices again. Get in touch when interested!

This is a montage of photos we're using for the main flyer for our late Winter 2026 Seminar on March 28th & 29th. I put ...
01/08/2026

This is a montage of photos we're using for the main flyer for our late Winter 2026 Seminar on March 28th & 29th.
I put this together to show a little history and to remember the people that made these years so special.

01/08/2024

Dear all,
We have changed our evening start times from 5:30pm to 6:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Thanks

Come visit us at our new practice area. We have moved. Same building but at the other edge close to the bridge :) We wel...
12/01/2023

Come visit us at our new practice area. We have moved. Same building but at the other edge close to the bridge :)
We welcome you all to join practices with us.

11/03/2023

November 4th Open house,
Saturday morning 9:30 - 11:00am
Come get introduced to Lehigh Valley's longest running Aikido school.
Explore your potential and work towards your best self.
Unlike many we have no annual contracts and no third party billing! You practice because you get to love what it does for you.
See you all Saturday Morning.
555 Union Blvd. Entrance through the parking lot at the rear labeled Auditorium.
Sensei Mesut

07/19/2023

Congratulations to Wayne Matthews for a great demonstration of his understanding and receiving his Shodan during the Seminar down in MD.
Keep up the great work.
Sensei Mesut

See you this Saturday
04/11/2023

See you this Saturday

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555 Union Boulevard
Allentown, PA
18109

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 6pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 6pm - 7:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 12pm

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