Aikido is the ever-evolving manifestation of principles and technical movements first envisioned by its founder, Ueshiba Morihei (O' Sensei). Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art which seeks to blend and harmonize with an attack rather than fight against it. An emphasis on traditional martial aspects such as proper timing, spacing, blending, and awareness are continually refined through our practice.
Aikido provides practitioners with a physical vehicle with which to train the body while also opening the door to deeper spiritual and philosophical avenues. In the end, it is for each student to decide just how far along the path they will travel, or how much they wish to discover.
Aikido provides practitioners with a physical vehicle with which to train the body while also opening the door to deeper spiritual and philosophical avenues. In the end, it is for each student to decide just how far along the path they will travel, or how much they wish to discover.
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About Old City Aikido
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Carefully hidden away within the heart of Philadelphia's historic Downtown district, Old City Aikido is a martial arts school that offers all the convenience of the big city while preserving the more reserved nature of a traditional Japanese martial arts dojo. Our facility provides our students with a variety of amenities to make their training more enjoyable.
Adult
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Our adult program offers an exciting and challenging curriculum suited for practitioners of all experience levels. Our teaching philosophy allows for all of our students to train together regardless of rank or experience. A beginner at our Philadelphia martial arts dojo will train in the same classes as everyone else, but from the first day they will receive one-to-one personal instruction from one of our senior students.
Children
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The Old City Aikido children's program is focused on working with children between the ages of 6 and 13 to improve listening skills, discipline, alertness, self-confidence, and of course, learn Aikido! We have a great bunch of kids and the parents are very engaged as well. Our Philadelphia martial arts school is a wonderful environment to learn, share and become a member of an Aikido family.
Weapons
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Old City Aikido is home to one of the most comprehensive weapons programs in the United States Aikido Federation. Unlike many dojos which offer weapon only once per week or not at all, our Philadelphia martial arts school offers several weapons classes each week that help to build familiarity and proficiency.
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Deconstructing Ikkyo is the first in a series of workshops that have been years in the making. I have developed it specifically for the Aikido practitioner as a method of pressure testing accepted norms, critically revaluating conventional thinking, and filling in the gaps wherever possible.
It is not my intention to present this material from the negative aspect of what does not work, rather, our purpose for the time we spend together will be to reimagine the possible.I believe that even a modest willingness to explore beyond the basic shape of our everyday practice can bring a new understanding that is easy to apply and explore over a lifetime.
It is not my intention to present this material from the negative aspect of what does not work, rather, our purpose for the time we spend together will be to reimagine the possible.I believe that even a modest willingness to explore beyond the basic shape of our everyday practice can bring a new understanding that is easy to apply and explore over a lifetime.
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