Heartwood

Aikido
2027-01-14 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Monday 7:15-8:15PM adults
Thursday 6-7pm Children & 7:15-8:15PM adults
The Lakeshore Aikido Club will start a new course dedicated to beginners, adult and young adult. Please join us and embrace this modern Japanese martial art in a friendly and welcoming community in the heart of Evanston!
Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art (DO) based on the idea of harmonizing (AIKI) with your opponent to peacefully resolve conflict. The goal is subduing not harming. The Aikido practitioner uses circular movements and joint locks to redirect an attacker’s force and neutralize them. Aikido training is physically demanding, but it doesn’t rely on strength. It emphasizes developing endurance, flexibility, stability, and situational awareness. Aikido is a non-competitive activity, and there are no tournaments. Instead, students work with partners to improve their techniques. These include throws, strikes, pins, and joint locks. The goal is to use the attacker’s momentum against them.
All beginners classes will be include the following aspects:
– Body conditioning and stretching
– Aikido safe falling and rolling (ukemi)
– Martial arts principles
– Understanding Aikido Self-defense
– Aikido etiquette and values
– “Silent meditation” (mokuso) and mindfulness
– Aikido movements and postures
– Aikido basic techniques (kihon waza)
Every enrolled student will receive complementary
– Aikido Student Manual
– Aikido LAC Student ID
– Aikido uniform
