NWA Aikido Joshinkan Dojo

description of the school

Aikido is a Japanese martial art. It is one of the youngest martial arts, having been developed in the early part of this century. “Aikido” translates to “the way of harmonizing energy”. Although steeped in Japanese samurai tradition, its practice is ideally suited to today’s world and to our current lifestyles. It helps us deal with stress, conflicts, and attacks from multiple directions. It differs from many other martial arts in that it doesn’t meet aggression with aggression, but stresses blending with an incoming attack and redirecting the energy of that attack back to the attacker.